British Honduras general election, 1965

British Honduras general election, 1965
All 18 seats in the British Honduras Legislative Assembly
Premier before election; George Cadle Price ; PUP	Elected Premier; George Cadle Price ; PUP

Last updated March 16, 2019

A legislative election was held in British Honduras (now Belize) on 1 March 1965. Belizeans elected 18 members to the British Honduras Legislative Assembly.

British Honduras was a British Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1862 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize. British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas.

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The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won 16 of 18 seats in the election. However, the opposition National Independence Party entered the Legislative Assembly for the first time in the election, with party leader Philip Goldson winning in the Albert constituency ^[1] and Edwin Morey winning in Toledo North.^[2]

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References

↑ General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
↑ "The UDP's burden of proof", Amandala . (accessed 19 November 2014)

e • d Summary of the 1 March 1965 British Honduras Legislative Assembly election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
People's United Party	15,271	57.8	16
National Independence Party	10,407	39.4	2
Independents	753	2.8	-
Total valid votes	26,431	100.00	18
Invalid votes	770
Total votes cast (turnout: 69.8%)	26,431
Registered voters	37,860

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[nineteen65-1] General Elections 1965, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)

[morey-2] "The UDP's burden of proof", Amandala . (accessed 19 November 2014)

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