General elections were held in British Guiana in September 1930.
Electoral system edit
Following the victory of the Popular Party in the 1926 elections, constitutional reforms in 1928 replaced the 22-member Combined Court with a new 30-member Legislative Council, which included an extra eight appointees,[1] giving them a majority of seats over the elected members. The new Legislative Council consisted of the Governor, two ex-officio members, eight official members, five unofficial members and 14 members elected in single-member constituencies.[2]
Results edit
Popular Party candidates were elected unopposed in eight constituencies as a result of disquiet over the 1928 constitutional reforms.[3]
| Constituency | Elected member | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Berbice River | Joseph Eleazar | ||
| Central Demerara | John Ignatius De Aguiar | ||
| Demerara-Essequibo | Jung Bahadur Singh | ||
| Demerara River | Alfred Victor Crane | ||
| Eastern Berbice | Edward Alfred Luckhoo | ||
| Eastern Demerara | Arnold Emanuel Seeram | ||
| Essequibo River | Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks | ||
| Georgetown Central | Percy Claude Wight | ||
| Georgetown North | Nelson Cannon | ||
| Georgetown South | Joseph Gonsalves | ||
| New Amsterdam | Eustace Gordon Woolford | ||
| North Western District | Victorine Antonio Pires | ||
| Western Berbice | Albert Raymond Forbes Webber | ||
| Western Essequibo | Robert Edward Brassington | ||
| Source: Parliament of Guyana | |||
Aftermath edit
The first meeting of the newly elected Council was held on 16 October.[2]
References edit
- ^ New constitution of 1928 Guyana.org
- ^ a b Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana
- ^ James G Rose (1992) British colonial policy and the transfer of power in British Guiana, 1945-1964 King's College London