1995 British Virgin Islands general election

General election held in the British Virgin Islands April 2014 April 2014 1995 British Virgin Islands general election British Virgin Islands parliamentary 1990 British Virgin Islands general election 1990 yes 1995 02 20 1999 British Virgin Islands general election 1999 13 of the 15 seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council 7 69.21% H.L. Stoutt Virgin Islands Party 1971 1st District 46.54%, 6 seats 6 5,810 30.15% Conrad Maduro United Party 1967 At-large 8.04%, 0 seats 2 2 3,292 17.09% Walwyn Brewley CCM 1994 4th District – 2 New 2,485 12.90% Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt Virgin Islands Party Lavity Stoutt Virgin Islands Party General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 20 February 1995. The result was a victory for the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt. The VIP won a plurality of six seats, and thus were able to form a minority government as no other party or coalition could muster a larger number of seats. The BVI United Party (UP) won three seats, and the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) won two seats. The two other seats were won by independents.http://216.197.123.192/Portals/0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf BVI election and information results 1950–2011 BVI Deputy Governor's Office 114–188 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063531/http://216.197.123.192/Portals/0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf 7 April 2014 dmy-all Shortly after the election Alvin Christopher joined the VIP upon being offered a Ministerial seat, giving the VIP an outright majority. It was the first election to be fought in the British Virgin Islands after the introduction of Territorial at-large seats. Lavity Stoutt had fought hard against the introduction of at-large seats, fearing it would undermine the strong territorial base of the VIP. After his victory he said: "The at-large system was a plot, a plot designed to derail H. Lavity Stoutt. Well it failed. The people have had their say. Their voice has been heard."https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary--h-lavity-stoutt-1620711.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary--h-lavity-stoutt-1620711.html 1 May 2022 subscription live OBITUARY : H. Lavity Stoutt The Independent 23 May 1995 The 1995 general election also witnessed the first ever female representatives elected: Ethlyn E. Smith in the Fifth District, and Eileene Parsons as an At-large representative. Eileene Parsons would later join the ruling Virgin Islands Party and become the first ever female Minister for Government in the Territory. Former Chief Minister, Willard Wheatley ran as an independent in at the at-large seats and was resoundingly rejected by the voters, only winning slightly more votes than were recorded as spoiled ballots (265 against 232). It was the last election in the British Virgin Islands to be fought prior to the death of Lavity Stoutt. The supervisor of elections was Eugenie Todman-Smith.http://216.197.123.192/Portals/0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf BVI election and information results 1950–2011 BVI Deputy Governor's Office 7 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063531/http://216.197.123.192/Portals/0/Forms/Election%20Information%20and%20Results%201950-2011.pdf 7 April 2014 dmy-all The turnout was 68.8%. Results District At-large Virgin Islands Party 2122 4 5810 2 6 0 United Party 796 1 3292 1 2 +2 Concerned Citizens Movement 1033 2 2485 0 2 New Independents 1130 2 7681 1 3 +1 Speaker and Attorney General 2 0 5055 135 232 +4 7537 7731 Elections in the Virgin Islands Notable candidates Notable candidates who were elected to the legislature for the first time included the first two women elected to the legislature, Ethlyn Eugenie Smith and Eileene Parsons; and future Minister, Alvin Christopher. Conversely, Willard Wheatley suffered the worst electoral defeat of his career, and would never run again. Cyril Romney was defeated for the first time since 1975, although he would run again (unsuccessfully) in 1999. Longtime legislators Oliver Cills and Terrance Lettsome were both elected, but neither would stand again after the 1995 election. Lavity Stoutt was also elected, but would die later in the same year. Andre Penn was elected for his only ever term of office; Penn would later be convicted of sexual crimes involving children and sentenced to 12 years in prison.http://www.bvibeacon.com/1/index.php/news-articles-2/1788-december-4-2014/local-news-dec-4-2014/6032-andre-penn-convicted-on-11-of-12-counts Andre Penn convicted on 11 of 12 counts BVI Beacon 5 December 2014 17 November 2015 Former legislator Andre Penn was convicted this week for 11 of the 12 sex crimes against a minor that he allegedly perpetrated between 2006 and 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118113122/http://www.bvibeacon.com/1/index.php/news-articles-2/1788-december-4-2014/local-news-dec-4-2014/6032-andre-penn-convicted-on-11-of-12-counts 18 November 2015 dead District seats 1st District H. Lavity Stoutt Virgin Islands Party 489 Andrew Fahie Independent 197 Harold L. Vanterpool BVI United Party 16 14 1139 2nd District Alvin Christopher Independent 193 Prince MacDonald Stoutt Virgin Islands Party 103 Leal Rymer BVI United Party 34 15 545 3rd District Oliver Cills Virgin Islands Party 313 Maxwell Smith BVI United Party 272 13 705 4th District Walwyn Brewley Concerned Citizens Movement 407 Arnando Scatliffe Virgin Islands Party 173 Donald de Castro BVI United Party 28 10 912 5th District Ethlyn Eugenie Smith Independent 291 Cyril Romney Independent 274 29 973 6th District Omar Hodge Concerned Citizens Movement 270 Roy E. Pickering BVI United Party 194 Reeso M. Maduro Independent 175 4 955 7th District Terrance Lettsome Virgin Islands Party 259 Betteto Frett Concerned Citizens Movement 104 16 589 8th District Andre Penn BVI United Party 252 Louis Walters Virgin Islands Party 251 12 727 9th District Ralph T. O'Neal Virgin Islands Party 534 Allen O'Neal Concerned Citizens Movement 252 22 992 At-large seats Eileene Parsons Independent 1675 Conrad Maduro BVI United Party 1618 Reeial George Virgin Islands Party 1595 Alred Frett Virgin Islands Party 1478 Neil Blyden Virgin Islands Party 1435 Paul P. Wattley Independent 1314 Earl P. Fraser Virgin Islands Party 1302 Merritt Herbert BVI United Party 941 Inez V. Turnbull Independent 922 Hubert O'Neal Concerned Citizens Movement 900 Belsadys Donovan Independent 852 Elihu Rhymer Concerned Citizens Movement 793 Carl Dawson Concerned Citizens Movement 792 Medita Wheatley Independent 470 Fletcher Scatliffe Independent 439 Patsy Lake Independent 439 Ulric Scatliffe BVI United Party 388 Aubrey Levons Independent 384 Edmund Maduro BVI United Party 345 Edison O'Neal Independent 341 Keith George Independent 339 Willard Wheatley Independent 265 Stanford Connor Independent 147 Walter L. de Castro Independent 94 5055 232 7731 References Category:Elections in the British Virgin Islands British Virgin General British Virgin British Virgin