1969 Gibraltar general election

1969 Gibraltar general election

←  1964 30 July 1969 1972  →

15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– AACR Joshua Hassan 7 +2 IWBP Robert Peliza 5 New Isola Group William and Peter Isola 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chief Minister before Chief Minister after Joshua Hassan AACR Robert Peliza IWBP

General elections were held in Gibraltar on Wednesday 30 July 1969 . The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights remained the largest party in the House of Assembly, winning seven of the 15 seats. ^[1] However, the opposition Integration with Britain Party and Isola Group held eight seats between them and were able to form a government, marking the first time since 1950 that the AACR had been out of power. ^[2]

Electoral system

Until 1969 the legislature had been elected by single transferable vote. However, in 1969 the voting system was changed to limited voting, with each voter allowed to vote for up to eight candidates. ^[3]

Results

Party		Seats	+/–
	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	7	+2
	Integration with Britain Party	5	New
	Isola Group	3	New
	Independents	0	–6
Total		15	+4
Source: McHale

By candidate

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Joshua Hassan	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	7,086	9.86	Elected
	Peter Isola	Isola Group	5,688	7.91	Elected
	Robert Peliza	Integration with Britain Party	5,495	7.65	Elected
	Maurice Xiberras	Integration with Britain Party	5,414	7.53	Elected
	Abraham Serfaty	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,956	5.50	Elected
	Aurelius Peter Montegriffo	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,872	5.39	Elected
	Emilius Joseph Alvarez	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,817	5.31	Elected
	Maurice Kenneth Featherstone	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,691	5.14	Elected
	Alfred Joseph Gache	Isola Group	3,566	4.96	Elected
	Isaac Abecasis	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	3,461	4.82	Elected
	Concepcion Anes	Integration with Britain Party	3,406	4.74	Elected
	Joseph Caruana	Integration with Britain Party	3,405	4.74	Elected
	Lloyd DeVincenzi Sr.	Integration with Britain Party	3,283	4.57	Elected
	William Isola	Isola Group	3,031	4.22	Elected
	James Leonard Hoare	Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights	2,921	4.06	Elected
	Augustus Victor Stagnetto	Independent	2,815	3.92
	Francis Gonzalez		2,564	3.57
	Julius Gonzalez		2,478	3.45
	Anthony John Baldorino	Independent	1,927	2.68
Total			71,876	100.00
Source: Parliament, Garcia

References

1. Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p327 ISBN   0-313-23804-9
2. McHale, p326
3. McHale, p322