1948 Bermudian general election

none General elections were held in Bermuda from 2 to 4 June 1948.Over 1,000 More Votes To Be Cast Than In 1943 The Royal Gazette, 2 June 1948 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.Bermuda's History from 1939 World War 2 to 1951 Bermuda Online There were around 4,120 electors, although this included many property owners who were allowed more than one registration to vote. Results Two women were elected, Hilda Aitken and Edna Watson. ConstituencyCandidateVotesNotesDevonshireRobert Nathaniel Hodgson156ElectedJohn William Cox154ElectedHereward Watlington153ElectedNicholas Bayard Dill148ElectedWalter Robinson82HamiltonHarry North148ElectedPercy Outerbridge142ElectedHenry Wilkinson139ElectedWillis Furbert123ElectedHilton Gray Hill122John Gwynne Bassett42PagetRoss Winter170ElectedSt George Butterfield166ElectedEdna Watson145ElectedW.W. Davidson125ElectedJ.E. Frith117Leon Powell114J.F. Tucker57Rejected2PembrokeH.D. Butterfield436ElectedJ.E. Pearman436ElectedDavid Tucker363ElectedGilbert Cooper362ElectedMorris Gibbons351UnseatedEdward Nicholl243St George'sDudley Spurling259ElectedSamuel Seward Toddings247ElectedE.P.T. Tucker242ElectedCollingwood Burch234ElectedEdgar F. Gordon216UnseatedFrances Fox42SandysF.C. Misick227ElectedC.G. Gilbert213ElectedJeffrey Carlton Astwood184ElectedW.E. Roberts182ElectedG.O. Ratteray146Alice Scott103Smith'sB.C.C. Outerbridge145ElectedHenry Vesey145ElectedHilda Aitken101ElectedRussell Levi Pearman87ElectedHoward Mercer77Clarence Peniston44SouthamptonReginald Conyers137ElectedEdgar Roderic Williams130ElectedGeorge Williams180ElectedJohn Vesey179ElectedEdgar F. Gordon112Walter Robinson100James Smith91Leonard Charles Bascombe90WarwickDonald Smith225ElectedE.H. Barnes180ElectedE.T. Richards176ElectedEdmond Gibbons170ElectedF.H. Edmondson165Paul Jones55Rufus Astwood35Earlington Simons32Rejected0Source: Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette, Royal Gazette References Category:1948 elections in North America Category:1948 in Bermuda Category:Elections in Bermuda Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results