1935 Bahamian general election
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General elections were held in the Bahamas in 1935. Parliament having been dissolved in May.[1] This election was the last entirely public ballot elections in the country. A bill providing for a trial of secret ballots in New Providence (but not the Family Islands) was passed in July 1939, with the trial becoming permanent in 1942.[2]
Elected MPs
| Number | Name | Party | District | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur H. Sands | Independent | New Providence - Nassau City (first place) | White |
| 2 | Stafford Sands[a] | Independent | New Providence - Nassau City (second place) | White |
| 3 | Roland Symonette | Independent | New Providence East (first place) | White |
| 4 | Leon Walton Young | Independent | New Providence East (second place) | Black |
| 5 | A. F. Adderley | Independent | New Providence West (first place) | Black |
| 6 | Percy E. Christie | Independent | New Providence West (second place) | White |
| 7 | Audrey Solomon | Independent | New Providence South (first place) | White |
| 8 | Claudius Roland Walker | Independent | New Providence South (second place) | Black |
| 9 | J. K. A. Kelly[a] | Independent | Grand Bahama & Bimini | White |
| 10 | R. H. Curry | Independent | Andros & Berry Islands (first place) | White |
| 11 | Basil Herbert McKinney | Independent | Andros & Berry Islands (second place) | White |
| 12 | B. R. Russell | Independent | Abaco (first place) | White |
| 13 | J. W. Roberts | Independent | Abaco (second place) | White |
| 14 | Frank Holmes Christie[a] | Independent | Abaco (third place) | White |
| 15 | W. C. B. Johnson | Independent | Harbour Island (first place) | White |
| 16 | R.R.A. Farrington | Independent | Harbour Island (second place) | White |
| 17 | H. N. Chipman | Independent | Harbour Island (third place) | White |
| 18 | R. W. Sawyer | Independent | Eleuthera (first place) | White |
| 19 | George William Kelly Roberts | Independent | Eleuthera (second place) | White |
| 20 | O. H. Curry | Independent | Eleuthera (third place) | White |
| 21 | Alvin Braynen | Independent | Cat Island(first place) | White |
| 22 | Harold George Christie | Independent | Cat Island(second place) | White |
| 23 | George Murphy | Independent | Exuma (first place) | White |
| 24 | E. V. Solomon | Independent | Exuma (second place) | White |
| 25 | G. W. Higgs | Independent | Rum Cay & San Salvador | White |
| 26 | L. C. Brice | Independent | Long Island (First place) | White |
| 27 | L. G. Dupuch | Independent | Long Island (Second place) | White |
| 28 | R. G. Collins | Independent | Crooked Islands, Long Cay, & Acklins | White |
| 29 | Etienne Dupuch | Independent | Mayaguana & Inagua Islands | White |
| Source: Bethell, Early Settlers of The Bahamas[3] | ||||
References
- ^ "Annual Report on the Social and Economic Progress of the People of the Bahamas, 1936". Colonial Reports (1819). London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office: 5. 1937 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ Saunders, Gail (2017). Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960 (Electronic ed.). Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-5155-0.
- ^ Bethell, Arnold Talbot (1937). The Early Settlers of the Bahamas and Colonists of North America. Rounce & Wortley. p. 116.