Country: | Gibraltar |
Flag Year: | ensign1939 |
Next Election: | 1953 |
Election Date: | 8 November 1950 |
Seats For Election: | 5 seats in the Legislative Council |
Majority Seats: | 3 |
First Election: | yes |
Party1: | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights |
Leader1: | Joshua Hassan |
Percentage1: | 46.10 |
Seats1: | 3 |
Party2: | Independents |
Leader2: | – |
Percentage2: | 46.24 |
Seats2: | 2 |
President of the Legislative Council | |
After Election: | Kenneth Anderson |
After Party: | Independent politician |
General elections were held in Gibraltar on 8 November 1950. The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights emerged as the largest party in the new legislature, winning three of the five elected seats.[1]
The legislature was formed in 1950 to replace Gibraltar City Council,[2] and was elected by single transferable vote.[3]
Candidate | Party | Votes | Notes | |||||||
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First count | Second count | Third count | Fourth count | |||||||
Transfers | Total | Transfers | Total | Transfers | Total | |||||
Albert R. Isola | Independent | 2,022 | Elected in the first count | |||||||
Albert Risso | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 1,112 | +28 | 1,140 | +19 | 1,159 | +89 | 1,248 | Elected in the fourth count | |
Francis Panayotti | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 1,058 | +198 | 1,256 | Elected in the second count | |||||
Joshua Hassan | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 1,009 | +91 | 1,100 | +21 | 1,121 | +87 | 1,208 | Elected in the fourth count | |
Louis Bruzon | Independent | 671 | +88 | 759 | +10 | 769 | +98 | bgcolor=#fcc | 867 | Eliminated in the fourth count |
Joseph Patron | Independent | 567 | +399 | 966 | +26 | 992 | +107 | 1,099 | Elected in the fourth count | |
Agustin Huart | Transport and General Workers' Union | 434 | +25 | 459 | +2 | bgcolor=#fcc | 461 | Eliminated in the third count | ||
R.H. Bianchi | Transport and General Workers' Union | 106 | +9 | 115 | 0 | bgcolor=#fcc | 115 | Eliminated in the third count | ||
Abraham Serfaty | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | 71 | +8 | 79 | +2 | bgcolor=#fcc | 81 | Eliminated in the third count | ||
align=left colspan=2 | Non-transferable votes | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +276 | 276 | ||
align=left colspan=10 | Source: Garcia, Gibraltar Chronicle, 9 November 1950[4] |