Country: | Gibraltar |
Flag Year: | ensign1939 |
Previous Election: | 1956 |
Next Election: | 1964 |
Election Date: | 24 September 1959 |
Seats For Election: | 7 seats in the Legislative Council |
Majority Seats: | 4 |
Party1: | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights |
Leader1: | Joshua Hassan |
Percentage1: | 41.95 |
Seats1: | 3 |
Last Election1: | 4 |
Party2: | Transport and General Workers' Union |
Percentage2: | 11.50 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Last Election2: | new |
Party3: | Independents |
Leader3: | – |
Percentage3: | 46.55 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Last Election3: | 2 |
Speaker of the Legislative Council | |
Before Election: | Joseph Patron |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Joseph Patron |
After Party: | Independent politician |
General elections were held in Gibraltar on 23 September 1959. The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights remained the largest party in the legislature, winning three of the seven elected seats.[1]
The legislature was elected by single transferable vote.[2]
A total of 13 candidates contested the elections; four for the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, four representing the Transport and General Workers' Union and five independents.[2]
Member | Party | |
---|---|---|
Anthony Baldorino Jnr | Transport and General Workers' Union | |
Dorothy Ellicott | Independent | |
Joshua Hassan | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | |
Peter Isola | Independent | |
Albert Risso | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | |
Abraham Serfaty | Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights | |
Solomon Seruya | Independent | |
Source: Garcia, Parliament |