1949 Bahamian general election

none General elections were held in the Bahamas in June and July 1949,Randol F Fawkes https://www.sirrandolfawkes.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/You_Should_Know_Your_Government_Final_-_June_2_2012.15381738.pdf You should know your government: A study in citizenship 1949 Nassau, Bahamas en 23 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142404/https://www.sirrandolfawkes.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/You_Should_Know_Your_Government_Final_-_June_2_2012.15381738.pdf 4 March 2016 dead the last entirely non-partisan elections in the country. This was the second election in which the secret ballot was used in New Providence and the first in which the secret ballot was used for the Out Islands. Elected MPs NumberNamePartyDistrictEthnicity1Stafford Lofthouse SandsIndependentNew Providence - Nassau City (first place)White2Raymond W. SawyerIndependentNew Providence - Nassau City (second place)White3Roland Theodore SymonetteIndependentNew Providence East (first place)White4Étienne DupuchIndependentNew Providence East (second place)White5 Gerald Christopher CashIndependentNew Providence West (first place)Black6Marcus Hercules BethelIndependentNew Providence West (second place)Black7Bertram Augustus CambridgeIndependentNew Providence South Black8Claudius Roland WalkerIndependentNew Providence South Black9Charles Walter Frederick BethellIndependentGrand Bahama & BiminiWhite10Phillip George Drover BethellIndependentAndros & Berry Islands (first place)White11Basil Herbert McKinneyIndependentAndros & Berry Islands (second place)White12 Frank Holmes ChristieIndependentAbaco (first place)White13Leonard ThompsonIndependentAbaco (second place)White14Harold JohnsonIndependentAbaco (third place)White15R. Newton Higgs IndependentHarbour Island (first place)White16R.R.A. FarringtonIndependentHarbour Island (second place)White17Alvin BraynenIndependentHarbour Island (third place)White18George William Kelly Roberts IndependentEleuthera (first place)White19George BakerIndependentEleuthera (second place)White20Asa Hubert PritchardIndependentEleuthera (third place)White21Harold George ChristieIndependentCat Island (first place)White22William CartwrightIndependentCat Island (second place)Black23Donald B. McKinneyIndependentExuma (first place)White24Robert SymonetteIndependentExuma (second place)White25Roy M. SolomonIndependentRum Cay & San SalvadorWhite26George Loran PyfromIndependentLong Island (First place)White27Henry Milton TaylorIndependentLong Island (Second place)White28 Artemus PritchardIndependentCrooked Islands, Long Cay, & AcklinsWhite29Geoffrey Allardyce BethellIndependent Mayaguana & Inagua IslandsWhiteSource: sirrandolfawkes.com Other Charles W. F. Bethell, Phillip G. D. Bethell, and Geoffrey A. Bethell were three brothers, sons of Charles E. Bethel. References Category:Elections in the Bahamas General election Bahamas Category:Non-partisan elections Bahamas Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results