1948 Bermudian general election

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]

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There were around 4,120 electors, although this included many property owners who were allowed more than one registration to vote.[1]

Results

Two women were elected, Hilda Aitken and Edna Watson.

Constituency Candidate Votes Notes
DevonshireRobert Nathaniel Hodgson156Elected
John William Cox154Elected
Hereward Watlington153Elected
Nicholas Bayard Dill148Elected
Walter Robinson82
HamiltonHarry North148Elected
Percy Outerbridge142Elected
Henry Wilkinson139Elected
Willis Furbert123Elected
Hilton Gray Hill122
John Gwynne Bassett42
PagetRoss Winter170Elected
St George Butterfield166Elected
Edna Watson145Elected
W.W. Davidson125Elected
J.E. Frith117
Leon Powell114
J.F. Tucker57
Rejected2
PembrokeH.D. Butterfield436Elected
J.E. Pearman436Elected
David Tucker363Elected
Gilbert Cooper362Elected
Morris Gibbons351Unseated
Edward Nicholl243
St George'sDudley Spurling259Elected
Samuel Seward Toddings247Elected
E.P.T. Tucker242Elected
Collingwood Burch234Elected
Edgar F. Gordon216Unseated
Frances Fox42
SandysF.C. Misick227Elected
C.G. Gilbert213Elected
Jeffrey Carlton Astwood184Elected
W.E. Roberts182Elected
G.O. Ratteray146
Alice Scott103
Smith'sB.C.C. Outerbridge145Elected
Henry Vesey145Elected
Hilda Aitken101Elected
Russell Levi Pearman87Elected
Howard Mercer77
Clarence Peniston44
SouthamptonReginald Conyers137Elected
Edgar Roderic Williams130Elected
George Williams180Elected
John Vesey179Elected
Edgar F. Gordon112
Walter Robinson100
James Smith91
Leonard Charles Bascombe90
WarwickDonald Smith225Elected
E.H. Barnes180Elected
E.T. Richards176Elected
Edmond Gibbons170Elected
F.H. Edmondson165
Paul Jones55
Rufus Astwood35
Earlington Simons32
Rejected0
Source: Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette

References
  1. Over 1,000 More Votes To Be Cast Than In 1943 The Royal Gazette, 2 June 1948
  2. Bermuda's History from 1939 World War 2 to 1951 Bermuda Online
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