1931 Liberian general election

none Liberia 1931 yes Presidential election presidential 1927 Liberian general election 1927 1935 Liberian general election 1935 Edwin Barclay 01.jpg Edwin Barclay True Whig Party 3x4.svg Thomas J. R. Faulkner no People's Party DDDDDD President Edwin Barclay True Whig Party Edwin Barclay True Whig Party General elections were held in Liberia in 1931. In the presidential election, incumbent Edwin Barclay of the True Whig Party (who had originally taken office following the resignation of Charles D. B. King in December 1930) was challenged by Thomas J. R. Faulkner of the People's Party, who had lost to Charles D. B. King in the heavily rigged 1927 elections.Elections in Liberia https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171749/http://africanelections.tripod.com/lr.html 2017-12-28 African Elections Database Although Faulkner increased his vote share, particularly in Monrovia, where he only narrowly lost, Barclay was elected to a first full term in office. Campaign Immigration was one of the campaign issues, with Faulkner calling for unrestricted immigration for African Americans, while Barclay sought to restrict it to skilled immigrants.https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA159331.pdf Liberia: A country study H.D. Nelson 1984 American University Foreign Area Studies 45 Momulu Massaquoi had also sought to run for the presidency, but, concerned by his popularity, Barclay tried to persuade him not to run by offering him a ministerial position. After this failed, Barclay launched a series of frivolous lawsuits against Massaquoi that prevented him contesting the elections. Although Massaquoi successfully defended the lawsuits, the legal process did not finish until after the elections had taken place.https://www.liberianobserver.com/1931-election-popular-candidate-you-never-heard The 1931 Election: The Popular Candidate You Never Heard Of Daily Observer 30 October 2023 12 February 2024 29 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240229122120/https://www.liberianobserver.com/1931-election-popular-candidate-you-never-heard dead References Liberia General Category:Elections in Liberia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results