General elections were held in Bermuda from 2 to 4 June 1948.[1] Women had been given the right to vote and stand for election in 1944 and had been able to vote in a by-election in Paget in the same year. This was the first general election in which they could vote and be candidates.[2]
There were around 4,120 electors, although this included many property owners who were allowed more than one registration to vote.[1]
Two women were elected, Hilda Aitken and Edna Watson.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire | Robert Nathaniel Hodgson | 156 | Elected | |
| John William Cox | 154 | Elected | ||
| Hereward Watlington | 153 | Elected | ||
| Nicholas Bayard Dill | 148 | Elected | ||
| Walter Robinson | 82 | |||
| Hamilton | Harry North | 148 | Elected | |
| Percy Outerbridge | 142 | Elected | ||
| Henry Wilkinson | 139 | Elected | ||
| Willis Furbert | 123 | Elected | ||
| Hilton Gray Hill | 122 | |||
| John Gwynne Bassett | 42 | |||
| Paget | Ross Winter | 170 | Elected | |
| St George Butterfield | 166 | Elected | ||
| Edna Watson | 145 | Elected | ||
| W.W. Davidson | 125 | Elected | ||
| J.E. Frith | 117 | |||
| Leon Powell | 114 | |||
| J.F. Tucker | 57 | |||
| Rejected | 2 | |||
| Pembroke | H.D. Butterfield | 436 | Elected | |
| J.E. Pearman | 436 | Elected | ||
| David Tucker | 363 | Elected | ||
| Gilbert Cooper | 362 | Elected | ||
| Morris Gibbons | 351 | Unseated | ||
| Edward Nicholl | 243 | |||
| St George's | Dudley Spurling | 259 | Elected | |
| Samuel Seward Toddings | 247 | Elected | ||
| E.P.T. Tucker | 242 | Elected | ||
| Collingwood Burch | 234 | Elected | ||
| Edgar F. Gordon | 216 | Unseated | ||
| Frances Fox | 42 | |||
| Sandys | F.C. Misick | 227 | Elected | |
| C.G. Gilbert | 213 | Elected | ||
| Jeffrey Carlton Astwood | 184 | Elected | ||
| W.E. Roberts | 182 | Elected | ||
| G.O. Ratteray | 146 | |||
| Alice Scott | 103 | |||
| Smith's | B.C.C. Outerbridge | 145 | Elected | |
| Henry Vesey | 145 | Elected | ||
| Hilda Aitken | 101 | Elected | ||
| Russell Levi Pearman | 87 | Elected | ||
| Howard Mercer | 77 | |||
| Clarence Peniston | 44 | |||
| Southampton | Reginald Conyers | 137 | Elected | |
| Edgar Roderic Williams | 130 | Elected | ||
| George Williams | 180 | Elected | ||
| John Vesey | 179 | Elected | ||
| Edgar F. Gordon | 112 | |||
| Walter Robinson | 100 | |||
| James Smith | 91 | |||
| Leonard Charles Bascombe | 90 | |||
| Warwick | Donald Smith | 225 | Elected | |
| E.H. Barnes | 180 | Elected | ||
| E.T. Richards | 176 | Elected | ||
| Edmond Gibbons | 170 | Elected | ||
| F.H. Edmondson | 165 | |||
| Paul Jones | 55 | |||
| Rufus Astwood | 35 | |||
| Earlington Simons | 32 | |||
| Rejected | 0 | |||
| Source: Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette | ||||