1933 Trinidad and Tobago general election

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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago in early 1933.

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Electoral system

The Legislative Council had 12 official members (civil servants), six nominated members, seven elected members and the Governor, who served as the legislature's speaker. The seven elected members were elected from single-member constituencies. [1]

The franchise was limited to people who owned property in their constituency with a rateable value of $60 (or owned property elsewhere with a rateable value of $48) and tenants or lodgers who paid the same sums in rent. All voters were required to understand spoken English. [2] Anyone who had received poor relief within the most recent six months before election day was disqualified from voting. [1]

The restrictions on candidates were more severe, with candidature limited to men that lived in their constituency, were literate in English, and owned property worth at least $12,000 or from which they received at least $960 in rent a year. For candidates who had not lived in their constituency for at least a year, the property values were doubled. [2]

Results

Candidates of the Trinidad Workingmens' Association won three of the seven seats. [3]

ConstituencyElectorateCandidateAffiliationVotesNotes
Caroni County 2,384 Sarran Teelucksingh Independent Socialist701Re-elected
E.A. RobinsonIndependent645
Eastern Counties2,828 Charles Henry Pierre Independent–Re-elected unopposed
Port of Spain 8,835 Arthur Andrew Cipriani Trinidad Workingmens' Association –Re-elected unopposed
Saint George County 3,651 Michael Aldwyn Maillard Trinidad Workingmens' Association 750Elected
A.C.B. SinghIndependent Socialist159
Saint Patrick County 3,031 Timothy Roodal Trinidad Workingmens' Association –Re-elected unopposed
Tobago 1,657 Isaac Hope Independent346Elected
J. KingIndependent117
Victoria County 3,436 Thomas Meade Kelshall Independent791Re-elected
Harold Mahabir Trinidad Workingmens' Association 764
Harold PiperIndependent Socialist517
Source: John, Teelucksingh


References

  1. 1 2 George John (1991) 50 Years of the Ballot, Trinidad Express Newspapers, p8
  2. 1 2 John, p7
  3. ↑ Jermoe Teelucksingh (2014) Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago , pp182–183
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