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General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago in 1938.
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]
| Constituency | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Notes | ||
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| Caroni County | Sarran Teelucksingh | Independent Labour | 574 | Re-elected | ||
| Clarence Abidh | Unionist Party | 468 | ||||
| Eastern Counties | Edward Vernon Wharton | – | Elected unopposed | |||
| Port of Spain | Arthur Andrew Cipriani | Trinidad Labour Party | – | Re-elected unopposed | ||
| Saint George County | Michael Aldwyn Maillard | Trinidad Labour Party | – | Re-elected unopposed | ||
| Saint Patrick County | Timothy Roodal | Trinidad Labour Party | – | Re-elected unopposed | ||
| Tobago | George de Nobriga | – | Elected unopposed | |||
| Victoria County | Adrian Cola Rienzi | Unionist Party | 2,003 | Elected | ||
| Harold Piper | Independent | 547 | ||||
| Source: John, [3] Teelucksingh, [4] Wyllie [5] | ||||||
Elections in Trinidad and Tobago gives information on election and election results in Trinidad and Tobago.
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