General elections were held in the Territory of Curaçao on 17 November 1941. Ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by the governor G.J.J. Wouters. The ten elected seats consisted of six for Curaçao, two for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands
From a population of 107,891 (December 1940) only 3,953 men, less than 4% of the population, were entitled to vote in the elections.
Curaçao edit
Only one list of candidates was registered for the election on the island of Curaçao. It was the list of the Curaçaoan Roman Catholic Party (CRKP).
Population: 67,317 (31 December 1940)
Entitled to vote: 2,453
Valid votes: 1,477
Invalid votes: 85
| # | Candidate | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez | 1,379 | Elected |
| 2 | John Horris Sprockel | 17 | Elected |
| 3 | Elias Aloisius Römer | 6 | Elected |
| 4 | Adolphe Willem Jan Marie Desertine | 15 | Elected |
| 5 | Jean André Jacques Ellis | 9 | Elected |
| 6 | José Maria Pedro Kroon | 10 | Elected |
| 7 | Charles Baggs Debrot | 10 | - |
| 8 | Ernesto Cecilio Martijn | 6 | - |
| 9 | Constan Casiano | 10 | - |
| 10 | Jacobus Ambrosius Jonkhout | 15 | - |
Aruba edit
Population: 30,614 (31 December 1940)
Entitled to vote: 1,323
Valid votes: 1,167
| # | Candidate | Total per list | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| List 1 (Roman Catholic Party) | ||||
| 1 | Jacob Rudolf Arends | 244 | 226 | - |
| 2 | Henri Anton Johannes Gijsen | 13 | - | |
| 3 | Juan Enrique Croes | 5 | - | |
| List 2 (Group Wever) | ||||
| 1 | Aristides Eduviges Wever | 208 | 208 | - |
| List 3 (Group Eman) | ||||
| 1 | Jan Hendrik Albert Eman | 689 | 674 | Elected |
| 2 | Frederik Johannes Quant Kwartsz | 15 | Elected | |
| List 4 (Free Dutchman) | ||||
| 1 | Johan Geraes Alvaer van Aggelen | 26 | 19 | - |
| 2 | Marinus Johannes Fokkers | 4 | - | |
| 3 | Frederik Johannes Casper Beaujon | 3 | - | |
Bonaire edit
Population: 5,616 (31 December 1940)
Entitled to vote: 76
Only one list of candidates was registered for the election on Bonaire. On it were two candidates:
- John Aniceto de Jongh (elected)
- Mauricio Marchena
The seat for Bonaire therefore went automatically to the first candidate of the list.
SSS Islands edit
Entitled to vote: 101
William Rufus Plantz was the only candidate so the seat for the SSS Islands went automatically to him.
Appointed by the governor edit
Governor Wouters assigned
- Jacob Rudolf Arends
- Ernesto Cecilio Martijn
- Salomon Alfred Senior
- Frederik Augustus Vromans
- Carel Nicolaas Winkel
to become members of the Estates. After Winkel resigned in 1944 because of health problems, governor P.A. Kasteel appointed Willem Pieter Maal as a new member of the Estates.[1]
Aftermath edit
The governor decided that Sprockel was the speaker of the parliament and Winkel the deputy speaker. Senior became the deputy speaker after Winkel left the parliament.
The new session of the Estates started on the first Tuesday of April 1942. Incumbent members who remained a member were: Da Costa Gomez, Sprockel, Desertine, Kroon, De Jongh, Plantz, Arends, Martijn, Senior, Vromans and Winkel
References edit
- Amigoe di Curaçao, 18 November 1941
- Amigoe di Curacao, 27 November 1941
- ^ Amigoe di Curacao, 3 April 1944