1993 Falkland Islands general election

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The Falkland Islands general election of 1993 was held on Thursday 14 October 1993 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley).

Contents

It was the last election in which Desire the Right Party, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands, fielded candidates.

Results

Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.

Camp constituency

Camp result [1]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton Symbol confirmed.svg 22823.0-1.4
Nonpartisan Eric Goss Symbol confirmed.svg 14414.5-0.1
Nonpartisan Norma Edwards Symbol confirmed.svg 13613.7-6.4
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens Symbol confirmed.svg 13513.6N/A
Nonpartisan Tony Blake10010.1N/A
Nonpartisan Neil Watson9910.0N/A
Nonpartisan Kevin Kilmartin909.1-6.3
Nonpartisan Ron Binnie596.0-11.2
Turnout 991

Stanley constituency

Stanley result [1]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Nonpartisan Charles Keenleyside Symbol confirmed.svg 45617.4N/A
Nonpartisan John Cheek Symbol confirmed.svg 35613.6+4.1
Nonpartisan Wendy Teggart Symbol confirmed.svg 2459.4+1.8
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford Symbol confirmed.svg 2148.2N/A
Nonpartisan John Birmingham 2088.0N/A
Nonpartisan Terry Betts1827.0N/A
Nonpartisan Laurie Butler1405.4N/A
Desire the Right Mike Rendell 1395.3+0.8
Nonpartisan John Pollard1305.0N/A
Nonpartisan Ben Claxton1254.8N/A
Nonpartisan Gerard Robson963.7-8.6
Nonpartisan John Halford893.4-3.4
Nonpartisan Terry Peck 793.0-14.9
Nonpartisan Dave Eynon612.3-0.4
Nonpartisan Steve Vincent471.8N/A
Nonpartisan Alex Smith331.3N/A
Nonpartisan Jennifer Jones140.5N/A
Turnout 2614

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References

  1. 1 2 "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 16 October 1993.