1977 Falkland Islands general election

none The Falkland Islands general election of 1977 was held on Thursday 6 October 1977 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Six Councillors were elected through universal suffrage, one from each constituency. The election took place just over a year after the last so that the changes to the Legislative Council under the new constitution could be implemented. The new constitution, which came into force under Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977,1977 The Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977 Parliament of the United Kingdom http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/423/contents/made 3 May 2014 abolished the remaining appointed members Councillors and increased the number of elected Councillors to six. The constitution also created three new constituencies (Camp, East Stanley and West Stanley) to add to the existing three (Stanley, East Falkland, West Falkland). Results Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents. Camp constituency Camp resultFI Gazette Vol LXXXVI No.14 Jane Cameron National Archives 1977 Nonpartisan candidate Timothy John Durose Miller 16px 163 42.7 N/A Nonpartisan candidate William Robert Luxton 159 41.6 N/A Nonpartisan candidate Alan David Cusworth 60 15.7 N/A 382 East Falkland constituency East Falkland Nonpartisan candidate Adrian Bertrand Monk 16px Uncontested N/A N/A East Stanley constituency East Stanley result Nonpartisan candidate William Henry 16px Uncontested N/A N/A Stanley constituency Stanley result Nonpartisan candidate William Edward Bowles 16px 156 37.3 -2.9 Nonpartisan candidate John Edward Cheek 109 26.1 N/A Nonpartisan candidate David Anthony Ryan 102 24.4 N/A Nonpartisan candidate Eddie Anderson 51 12.2 N/A 418 West Falkland constituency West Falkland Nonpartisan candidate Derek Stanley Evans 16px 99 55.3 N/A Nonpartisan candidate Lionel Geoffrey Blake 42 23.5 -34.6 Nonpartisan candidate Alan David Cusworth 38 21.2 -20.7 179 West Stanley constituency West Stanley result Nonpartisan candidate Stuart Barrett Wallace 16px 89 44.9 N/A Nonpartisan candidate John Edward Cheek 60 30.3 N/A Nonpartisan candidate David Anthony Ryan 49 24.7 N/A 198 References Category:1977 elections in South America General election 1977 Category:Non-partisan elections Category:October 1977 in South America Category:1977 elections in the British Empire