1930 British Guiana general election

none General elections were held in British Guiana in September 1930. Electoral system Following the victory of the Popular Party in the 1926 elections, constitutional reforms in 1928 replaced the 22-member Combined Court with a new 30-member Legislative Council, which included an extra eight appointees,New constitution of 1928 Guyana.org giving them a majority of seats over the elected members. The new Legislative Council consisted of the Governor, two ex-officio members, eight official members, five unofficial members and 14 members elected in single-member constituencies.Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100143/http://parliament.gov.gy/GUYANA%20PARLIAMENT%20HISTORY%202009-1.pdf 2018-11-29 Parliament of Guyana Results Popular Party candidates were elected unopposed in eight constituencies as a result of disquiet over the 1928 constitutional reforms.James G Rose (1992) British colonial policy and the transfer of power in British Guiana, 1945-1964 King's College London ConstituencyElected memberBerbice RiverJoseph EleazarCentral DemeraraJohn Ignatius De AguiarDemerara-EssequiboJung Bahadur SinghDemerara RiverAlfred Victor CraneEastern BerbiceEdward Alfred LuckhooEastern DemeraraArnold Emanuel SeeramEssequibo RiverEdmund Fitzgerald FredericksGeorgetown CentralPercy Claude WightGeorgetown NorthNelson CannonGeorgetown SouthJoseph GonsalvesNew AmsterdamEustace Gordon WoolfordNorth Western DistrictVictorine Antonio PiresWestern BerbiceAlbert Raymond Forbes Webber Western EssequiboRobert Edward BrassingtonSource: Parliament of Guyana https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100143/http://parliament.gov.gy/GUYANA%20PARLIAMENT%20HISTORY%202009-1.pdf 2018-11-29 Aftermath The first meeting of the newly elected Council was held on 16 October. References Category:Elections in Guyana Category:20th century in Guyanese politics Category:1930 in British Guiana British Guiana Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results British Guiana