1996 Montserratian general election

General election to the Montserrat Legislative Assembly Montserrat parliamentary no 1991 Montserratian general election 1991 11 November 1996 2001 Montserratian general election 2001 All 7 seats in the Legislative Assembly 4 John Osborne PPA Northwestern – 2 New 1,472 35.0% 35.0% Bertrand Osborne MNR Southern – 2 New 930 22.1% 22.1% Reuben Meade NPP Central 4 seats, 42.7% 1 3 809 19.2% 23.5% Chief Minister Reuben Meade NPP Subsequent Chief Minister Bertrand Osborne MNR General elections were held in Montserrat on 11 November 1996.General Election Results - 11 November 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20230127043945/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ms/elections/ms_results_1996.asp 27 January 2023 Caribbean Elections The result was a hung parliament, with no party holding more than two seats. Although the People's Progressive Alliance received the largest number of votes, Bertrand Osborne of the Movement for National Reconstruction became Chief Minister after forming a coalition government with the National Progressive Party (which had been the ruling party between 1991 and 1996) and an independent MP. Campaign A total of 26 candidates contested the elections. All three parties nominated seven candidates, with five independents also running. Results People's Progressive Alliance 1472 2 New Movement for National Reconstruction 930 2 New National Progressive Party 809 1 –3 Independents 950 2 +1 45 0 7238 Caribbean Elections, Barrow-Giles & JosephCynthia Barrow-Giles & Tennyson S D Joseph (2006) General elections & voting in the English-Speaking Caribbean 1992-2005, Ian Randall Publishers, p73 By constituency Central ConstituencyMontserrat General Elections Nov 11th 1996 http://www.montserratreporter.org/election.htm Montserrat Reporter 3 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20081120094502/http://www.montserratreporter.org/election.htm 20 November 2008 National Progressive Party Reuben Meade 292 46.4 - Charlesworth Phillip 202 32.0 - John Wilson 61 9.7 - Johnny Dublin 61 9.7 - Richard Payne 8 1.3 - Eastern Constituency Movement for National Reconstruction Adelina Tuitt 189 54.9 - Joel Webbe 119 34.6 - James Lee 24 6.9 - Nowell Tuitt 11 3.2 - Northern Constituency Independent Rupert Weekes 252 57.8 - John Ponteen 182 41.7 - Theo Bramble 2 0.5 - Northwestern Constituency People's Progressive Alliance John Osborne 379 53.9 - Charles Kirnon 222 31.6 - Jim Bass 89 12.7 - George Tuitt 13 1.8 - Plymouth Constituency People's Progressive Alliance Brunelle Meade 372 34.4 - Movement for National Reconstructionhttp://www.ipsnews.net/1996/09/montserrat-politics-elections-amid-volcanic-rumbling/ MONTSERRAT-POLITICS: Elections Amid Volcanic Rumbling Inter Press Service 20 September 1996 live https://archive.today/20210603055959/http://www.ipsnews.net/1996/09/montserrat-politics-elections-amid-volcanic-rumbling/ 3 June 2021 6 July 2017 P. Austin Bramble 354 32.7 - Vereen Thomas Woolcock 126 11.7 - Lazelle Howes 116 10.7 - Chedmond Browne 93 8.6 - Southern Constituency Movement for National Reconstruction Bertrand Osborne 237 50.9 - Idabelle Griffith-Meade 193 41.4 - Justin Casell 36 7.7 - Windward Constituency Independent David Brandt 391 74.1 - Beatrice Fenton 107 20.3 - Joseph Meade 25 4.8 - J.R. Osborne 4 0.8 - References 1996 Category:1996 elections in the Caribbean Category:1996 in Montserrat Category:1996 elections in dependent territories of the United Kingdom Category:November 1996 in North America