2006 Saint Lucian general election

none December 2021 Saint Lucia parliamentary 2001 Saint Lucian general election 2001 2011 Saint Lucian general election 2011 All 17 seats in the House of Assembly 9 2006 12 11 yes 58.46% (5.73pp) John Compton.png John Compton United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) 38,894 37.84%, 3 seats 11 8 51.34% 13.50pp Kenny Anthony 2004.jpg Kenny Anthony Saint Lucia Labour Party 56.01%, 14 seats 6 8 36,604 48.32% 7.69pp 2006_Saint_Lucian_general_election_(results_by_constituency).svg Results by constituency. Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Kenny Anthony Saint Lucia Labour Party John Compton United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 11 December 2006. The elections were fought between the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) and the United Workers Party (UWP), which between them dominated politics in Saint Lucia. The results saw the governing Saint Lucia Labour Party lose the election to the United Workers Party led by John Compton, which gained eight seats to hold an eleven to six majority. Background The last two elections in 1997 and 2001 had seen victories for the Saint Lucia Labour Party with the previous election in 2001 seeing them win 14 seats to only 3 for the United Workers Party.2006-12-10 St Lucia Gov't tipped for landslide third term The Jamaica Observer https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/St-Lucia-Gov't-tipped-for-landslide-third-term 2009-05-20 However in 2005 John Compton came out of retirement to become leader of the opposition United Workers Party again. Compton had led Saint Lucia to independence in 1979 and then been prime minister from 1982 until he resigned in 1996. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562638/Sir-John-Compton.html Sir John Compton 2009-05-20 2007-09-10 The Daily Telegraph London https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries1?gusrc=rss&feed=global Sir John Compton 2009-05-20 2007-09-09 guardian.co.uk London Polly Pattullo Polly Pattullo Compton defeated Vaughan Lewis in an election for the leadership of the United Workers Party with Lewis later defecting from the UWP to fight the 2006 election for the Saint Lucia labour Party. http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2006/12/12/NEWS0000003830.html UWP wins St Lucia polls 2009-05-20 2006-12-12 Caribbean360 27 January 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070127003448/http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2006/12/12/NEWS0000003830.html dead A by-election in Castries Central in March 2006 was seen as starting a long campaign for the election due in December. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061211/carib/carib3.html ST LUCIA: The day of reckoning 2009-05-20 2006-12-11 Jamaica Gleaner dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081121143423/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061211/carib/carib3.html 2008-11-21 The by-election was won by an Independent candidate Richard Frederick in a seat which the Saint Lucia Labour Party had won in the last two elections. http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000008/000853.htm St Lucia by-election victory for independent candidate 2009-05-20 2006-03-14 Caribbean Net News dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080501083507/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000008/000853.htm 2008-05-01 Frederick would later join the United Workers Party and stood for the party in the general election. Campaign thumb|right|2006 campaign poster for future Saint Lucian Prime Minister Stephenson King In the campaign the United Workers Party focused on crime, which they saw as increasing, and promised to make it a priority if they were elected. https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fcaribbean%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F2006%2F12%2F061212_comptonwins.shtml Compton is back in power in St Lucia 2009-05-20 2006-12-12 BBC Online Their leader Compton pledged to tackle unemployment, which they said was to blame for much of the crime in Saint Lucia. http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1018574 Independence hero claims victory 2009-05-20 2006-12-12 Caymanian Compass dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110728062159/http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1018574 2011-07-28 They also promised to revive the banana industry in Saint Lucia and accused the Saint Lucia Labour Party of corruption and nepotism.2006-12-13 Challenges for Compton in St Lucia's aftershock poll The Jamaica Observer https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Challenges-for-Compton-in-St-Lucia's-aftershock-poll 2009-05-20 However the age of the United Workers Party leader John Compton, at 81, became an issue with the Saint Lucia Labour Party calling on voters to not entrust the country to him. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061101/carib/carib2.html ST LUCIA: Compton's age takes centre stage 2009-05-20 2006-11-01 Jamaica Gleaner dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071110092727/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061101/carib/carib2.html 2007-11-10 The governing Saint Lucia Labour Party defended their record in office and put the strong economic growth over the last few years at the centre of their campaign. They also pledged to continue tackling crime in Saint Lucia and to bring in a mandatory capital punishment for anyone convicted of murder. The Saint Lucia Labour Party received assistance in the campaign from the Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica who both spoke in favour of the party at rallies. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20061216T170000-0500_116729_OBS_AFTER_ST_LUCIA__WHERE_NEXT__.asp After St Lucia, where next? 2009-05-20 2006-12-17 The Jamaica Observer October 2010 H3llBot The police commissioner in Saint Lucia described the election as the most peaceful yet in Saint Lucia with election monitors from CARICOM and the Organisation of American States observing the election. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061121/carib/carib1.html ST LUCIA: CARICOM, OAS to monitor polls 2009-05-20 2006-11-21 Jamaica Gleaner dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111007092355/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061121/carib/carib1.html 2011-10-07 Four opinion polls as the election neared showed differing results with each political party favoured by two of the polls. There was controversy over the release of a poll two days before the election which strongly favoured the Saint Lucia Labour Party, with the United Workers Party describing it as a "laughing stock" as it had been conducted back on the 25 and 26 November. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061211/carib/carib4.html ST LUCIA: Bill Johnson poll under fire 2009-05-20 2006-12-11 Jamaica Gleaner dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081121160911/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061211/carib/carib4.html 2008-11-21 Results The results saw the United Workers Party gain a majority in the election, winning 11 of the 17 seats. While the United Workers Party won a strong majority of the seats they were only around 2,000 votes, or 3%, ahead of the Saint Lucia Labour Party. The election resulted in John Compton succeeding Kenny Anthony, and Compton became Prime Minister again at the age of 81. File:Saint Lucia Parliament 2006.svg United Workers Party 38894 11 +8 Saint Lucia Labour Party 36604 6 –8 Independents 258 0 0 1731 0 132545 Caribbean Elections By constituency The seventeen constituency results in the election were as follows. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/s/stlucia/stlucia2006.txt St Lucia legislative election of 11 December 2006 2009-05-20 Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive ConstituencyWinnerPartyAnse la Raye/CanariesKeith MondesirUnited Workers Party gainBabonneauEzekiel JosephUnited Workers Party gainCastries CentralRichard FrederickUnited Workers Party gainCastries EastPhilip PierreSaint Lucia Labour Party holdCastries NorthStephenson KingUnited Workers Party gainCastries SouthRobert LewisSaint Lucia Labour Party holdCastries South EastGuy JosephUnited Workers Party gainChoiseulRufus BousquetUnited Workers Party gainDennery NorthMarcus NicholasUnited Workers Party holdDennery SouthEdmund EstephaneUnited Workers Party gainGros IsletLenard MontouteUnited Workers Party gainLaborieAlva BaptisteSaint Lucia Labour Party holdMicoud NorthJohn ComptonUnited Workers Party holdMicoud SouthArsene JamesUnited Workers Party holdSoufriereHarold DalsonSaint Lucia Labour Party holdVieux Fort NorthMoses Jean BaptisteSaint Lucia Labour Party holdVieux Fort SouthKenny AnthonySaint Lucia Labour Party hold References Saint Lucia General election Category:Elections in Saint Lucia