1945 Curaçao general election

General elections were held in the Territory of Curaçao on 5 November 1945. Ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by governor P.A. Kasteel. The ten elected seats consisted of five for Curaçao, three for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands

From a population of 127,866 (December 1944) only 6,093 men, about 5% of the population, were entitled to vote in the elections. They was the last parliamentary elections in Curaçao before the introduction of universal suffrage.

Results

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PartyIslandVotes%Seats
Democratic PartyCuraçao2,12239.723
Catholic PartyCuraçao1,20822.612
Eman ListAruba1,16721.852
Catholic UnionAruba5199.721
Curaçaoan Protestant PartyCuraçao1903.560
Gerharts ListBonaire440.821
Protestant ListAruba420.790
Catholic PartyBonaire380.710
Marchena ListBonaire120.220
Plantz ListSSS islands1
Appointed members5
Total5,342100.0015
Registered voters/turnout6,103

Curaçao

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Population: 78,587 (31 December 1944)
Entitled to vote: 4,095
Valid votes: 3,520
Invalid votes: 45
Seats: 5
Average valid votes per seat: 704

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
Democratic Party (DP)
1 E. Jonckheer 2,122 1,262 Elected
2 W.W. de Regt 66 Elected
3 P.H. Maal 41 -
4 C.H.W. Hueck 4 -
5 S.W. van der Meer 337 -
6 R.J. Wix 356 Elected
7 C.D. Kroon 2 -
8 J. Capriles 47 -
9 G.E. Rosario 7 -
Catholic Party
1 M.F. da Costa Gomez 1,208 1,063 Elected
2 J.H. Sprockel 28 Elected
3 E.A. Römer 4 -
4 C.B. Debrot 5 -
5 D.L. Capriles 3 -
6 J.H.E. Lamp 1 -
7 I.A.A. Kramers 10 -
8 R.H.C. van Haaren 94 -
Curaçaoan Protestant Party
1 H. Tiesma 190 107 -
2 F. Visser 15 -
3 W.J. Goslinga 39 -
4 F. Vreugdenhil 2 -
5 D. Colijn 21 -
6 H.J. Rijsdijk 6 -

Wix received enough preferential votes to get elected. With 2,122 votes 3 seats were obtained by the DP; 707 votes per seat. Wix had just more than 50% of 707 votes.

W.W. de Regt was succeeded by P.H. Maal.

Aruba

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Population: 39,318 (31 December 1944)
Entitled to vote: 1,906
Valid votes: 1,728
Seats: 3
Average valid votes per seat: 576

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
Protestant List
1 H. Tiesma 42 12 -
2 F. Visser 1 -
3 W.J. Goslinga 3 -
4 F. Vreugdenhil 0 -
5 D. Colijn 0 -
6 H.J. Rijsdijk 0 -
7 J. Pauw 19 -
8 J.H. Finck 7 -
Eman List
1 J.H.A. Eman 1,167 1,141 Elected
2 F.J.Q. Kwartsz 8 Elected
3 J.E. Irausquin 18 -
Catholic Union
1 J.R. Arends 519 478 Elected
2 L.A.C. Laclé 15 -
3 C.L. Juliao 2 -
4 E.A. de Cuba 8 -
5 C. Maduro 10 -
6 C.W. Wever 6 -

Bonaire

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Population: 5,798 (31 December 1944)
Entitled to vote: 102
Valid votes: 94
Seats: 1

Candidate Total per list Votes Result
Marchena List
R.Th.M. Marchena 12 12 -
Gerharts List
L.D. Gerharts 44 44 Elected
Catholic Party
A. Booi 38 38 -
C.B. Debrot 0 -

SSS Islands

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Entitled to vote: 148 (Sint Maarten: 60, Sint Eustatius: 45, Saba: 43)
Seats: 1

W.R. Plantz was the only candidate so the seat for the SSS Islands went automatically to him.

Appointed by the governor

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Gerharts was not on time to hand over his letter of credence and therefore he lost his seat. The governor decided to use one of the five seats he could appoint for Gerharts, so he still became a member of the Estates of Curaçao. The other four people who were appointed by the governor were A.W.J.M. Desertine, V.E. Henriquez, C.W.J. Jonckheer and E. Cohen Henriquez.[1]

Aftermath

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The governor decided that Desertine was the speaker of the parliament and Plantz the deputy speaker.

The new session of the Estates started on the first Tuesday of April 1946. Because of the issue with the letter of credence of Gerharts the number of members of the Estates of Curaçao was not 15 but 14.

References

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  • Amigoe di Curaçao 2 August 1945
  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 5 November 1945
  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 6 November 1945
  1. ^ Amigoe di Curaçao, 29 March 1946