1992 Caymanian general election explained

Election Name:1992 Caymanian general election
Country:Cayman Islands
Previous Election:1988
Next Election:1996
Election Date:19 November 1992
Seats For Election:15 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:8
Nopercentage:yes
Party1:National Team
Colour1:
  1. D00C27
Party1 Link:no
Leader1:Thomas Jefferson
Seats1:12
Last Election1:new
Party2:Independents
Seats2:3
Last Election2:5
Leader of Government Business
Before Election:Thomas Jefferson
Before Party:Independent politician
After Election:Thomas Jefferson
After Party:Independent politician

General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 19 November 1992.[1] The result was a victory for the National Team, which won 12 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Assembly.[2]

Results

Three of the four members of the Executive Council stood for re-election (the other retired from politics prior to the elections), but all three lost their seats.[1]

By district

District Candidate Votes %
align=left rowspan=5Bodden Town Roy Bodden 1,234 87.89
Anthony Ebanks 1,089 77.56
Haig Bodden 981 69.87
Mary J. Lawrence 338 24.07
George Robert Ebanks 304 21.65
Colspan=6
align=left rowspan=5Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Marby S. Kirkconnell 415 59.03
Gilbert Allan McLean 325 46.23
206 29.30
Keith Parker Tibbetts Jr. 154 21.91
Herbie Martín 148 21.05
Colspan=6
align=left rowspan=4East End John Bonwell McLean Sr. 395 77.00
100 19.49
Blafour Christian 16 3.12
Carlyle B. McLaughlin Sr. 3 0.58
Colspan=6
align=left rowspan=15George Town Truman M. Bodden 2,211 64.22
Steve Tomlinson 2,127 61.78
Berna Thompson Murphy 2,116 61.46
Kurt Tibbetts 1,488 43.22
Adrien Bodden Briggs 1,182 34.33
Linford Ainsworth Pierson 1,041 30.24
Brian Francis Wight 682 19.81
John Edlin Hurlstone 578 16.79
Eldon Rankin 454 13.19
Rudi D. Evans 374 10.86
Renard Moxam 224 6.51
Derrick Ebanks 174 5.05
Robert Bodden 165 4.79
James Manoah Bodden 118 3.43
George Smith 87 2.53
Colspan=6
align=left rowspan=3North Side Edna Moyle 266 58.21
Ezzard Miller 187 40.92
Franklin Roosevelt Smith 4 0.88
Colspan=6
align=left rowspan=12West Bay McKeeva Bush 1,954 83.04
Thomas Jefferson 1,802 76.58
John Dwight Jefferson 1,775 75.44
Dalmain Dunstan Ebanks 1,626 69.10
Benson Obadiah Ebanks 613 26.05
Alice Mae Coe 435 18.49
Daphne Louise Orrett 392 16.66
John Garston Smith 267 11.35
Carlyle Ebanks 165 7.01
Waldo Hilton Parchment 135 5.74
Burns Rankine 69 2.93
Cadian Andhal Ebanks 36 1.53

Notes and References

  1. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547522/1992_redacted.pdf The Cayman Islands: Annual Review for 1992
  2. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002, Psychology Press, p217