1950 Gibraltar general election explained

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]

Electoral system

The legislature was formed in 1950 to replace Gibraltar City Council,[2] and was elected by single transferable vote.[3]

Results

By candidate

CandidatePartyVotesNotes
First countSecond countThird countFourth count
TransfersTotalTransfersTotalTransfersTotal
Albert R. IsolaIndependent2,022Elected in the first count
Albert RissoAssociation for the Advancement of Civil Rights1,112+281,140+191,159+891,248Elected in the fourth count
Francis PanayottiAssociation for the Advancement of Civil Rights1,058+1981,256Elected in the second count
Joshua HassanAssociation for the Advancement of Civil Rights1,009+911,100+211,121+871,208Elected in the fourth count
Louis BruzonIndependent671+88759+10769+98bgcolor=#fcc867Eliminated in the fourth count
Joseph PatronIndependent567+399966+26992+1071,099Elected in the fourth count
Agustin HuartTransport and General Workers' Union434+25459+2bgcolor=#fcc461Eliminated in the third count
R.H. BianchiTransport and General Workers' Union106+91150bgcolor=#fcc115Eliminated in the third count
Abraham SerfatyAssociation for the Advancement of Civil Rights71+879+2bgcolor=#fcc81Eliminated in the third count
align=left colspan=2Non-transferable votes0000+276276
align=left colspan=10Source: Garcia, Gibraltar Chronicle, 9 November 1950[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 9 November 1950. Gibraltar Chronicle Report.
  2. Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p322
  3. Joseph John Garcia (1991) The Modern Political and Constitutional Development of Gibraltar, 1940 – 1988 pp87–90
  4. [Tommy Finlayson|Finlayson, Thomas James]