1959 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

none Greenland All 13 seats in the Provincial Council 1955 1963 1959 6 29 yes 58.63% yes yes Independents 13 13 Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 29 June 1959. A total of 67 candidates contested the 13 seats, with Elisabeth Johansen, who was successful in Uummannaq, becoming the first woman elected to the Provincial Council.https://books.google.com/books?id=zZy8EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT564 The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions Adrian Howkins & Peder Roberts 2023 564 Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-62795-5 Electoral system Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 13 single-member constituencies. Results Independents 13 6641 160 11599 Danmarks StatistikDanmarks Statistik Elected members ConstituencyElected memberAasiaatHans LyngeIlulissatMarius Sivertsen deKangaatsiaqNikolaj Karlsen deManiitsoqLars Møller de Lars Møller (Politiker)NanortalikJakob Nielsen (Greenlandic politician) da Jakob Nielsen (politiker) Jakob NielsenNarsaqErik Egede deNuukPeter K. S. Heilmann dePaamiutNathan Jakobsen deQaqortoqErling Høegh deQullissatAndreas Nielsen (Greenlandic politician) de Andreas Nielsen (Politiker, 1910) Andreas NielsenSisimiutJørgen C. F. Olsen deUpernavikOle Svendsen (politician) de Ole Svendsen Ole SvendsenUummannaqElisabeth JohansenSource: Kjœr Sørensen Aftermath In May 1961 three additional constituencies were created covering Angmagssalik, Scoresbysund and Thule, with elections to fill these seats held on 30 May.https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=14410&sid=gron Statistisk Årbog 1962 Danmarks Statistik Hendrik Abelsen de was elected in Angmagssalik, Peter Jensen (politician) de Peter Jensen (Politiker, 1914) Peter Jensen was elected in Thule and Magtikalaat Arqe de Magtakalât Ârĸê in Scoresysund. Knud Kristiansen de Knud Kristiansen (Politiker, 1918) was unable to attend sessions in May 1963, with Rasmus Kleemann de acting as a substitute.Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176 References Category:Elections in Greenland Category:1950s in Greenland Category:1959 in Denmark Category:1959 in North America Greenland Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results