1986 British Virgin Islands general election

General election held in the British Virgin Islands April 2014 April 2014 1986 British Virgin Islands general election British Virgin Islands parliamentary 1983 British Virgin Islands general election 1983 yes 1986 11 17 1990 British Virgin Islands general election 1990 All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council 5 67.5% Lavity Stoutt Virgin Islands Party 1971 1st District 4 seats, 43.8% 4 5 1 1,838 46.63% Ralph T. O'Neal United Party 1986 9th District 4 seats, 42.3% 4 2 2 977 24.78% Chief Minister Cyril Romney United Party (Coalition) Lavity Stoutt VIP Snap general elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 17 November 1986. The result was a victory for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt over the United Party (UP). Subsequent to the election, Ralph T. O'Neal became leader of the opposition despite not being head of the UP. The VIP won five of the nine available seats giving it an absolute majority. Conrad Maduro and Ralph O'Neal were the only members of the UP to win a seat. Maduro only won by a single vote, and O'Neal would change allegiance to the Virgin Islands Party before the next general election. Two candidates running as independents, Walwyn Brewley and former Chief Minister Cyril Romney, were elected. The election victory would make the start of 17 consecutive years in power for the VIP, which would only end in the 2003 general election. Although Stoutt had lost the previous election, former Chief Minister Cyril Romney had been forced to step down on 1 October 1986 by Governor David Barwick, and so Stoutt had assumed Premiership by virtue of leadership of the largest party in the house prior to the election. Janice George-Creque served as the supervisor of elections.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 67.5% across the Territory, although this masked regional variations in the individual district seats. Turnout was highest in the 9th District (81.3%) and lowest in the 2nd (60.3%) and 3rd (60.6%) Districts. The 2nd District was decided by a single vote. Background Whilst serving as Chief Minister Romney was the 99% owner of a trust company called Financial Management Trust, which had been linked with laundering drugs money. Although Romney was not personally implicated in the money laundering scheme, he was serving as Chief Minister at the time, the Legislative Council resolved to debate a no-confidence motion, and Governor Barwick ordered Romney to step down. To preempt the motion, Romney dissolved the Legislative Council and called a general election. Results Although Romney himself was returned as the representative for Fifth District, his coalition partners in the United Party were beaten by Lavity Stoutt's Virgin Islands Party. The former coalition won only three seats: Romney himself, Conrad Maduro (and Maduro's victory was by a single vote), and Ralph O'Neal. O'Neal was appointed leader of the opposition, but that role would pass to Maduro when O'Neal later joined the Virgin Islands Party. The defeat of Q.W. Osborne was the end of his political career. Willard Wheatley also suffered the first defeat of his political career, but would continue in politics. Virgin Islands Party 1838 5 +1 United Party 977 2 –2 People's Party 255 0 New Independents 872 2 +1 Speaker and Attorney General 2 – 0 79 5948 BVI Deputy Governor's Officehttp://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 95–97 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 By constituency 1st District H. Lavity Stoutt Virgin Islands Party 416 Basil Blake People's Party 213 12 929 2nd District Conrad Maduro BVI United Party 92 Prince Stoutt Independent 91 Malcia Hodge Virgin Islands Party 50 8 398 3rd District Oliver Cills Virgin Islands Party 252 Alfred Christopher BVI United Party 103 Earl Fraser Independent 43 Ishmael Brathwaite People's Party 42 6 740 4th District Walwyn Brewley Independent 181 Elihu R. Rymer Independent 110 Alban Ulric Anthony Virgin Islands Party 91 Ishmael P. Scatliffe Independent 64 Qwominer William Osborne Independent 41 Ulric Scatliffe BVI United Party 41 26 801 5th District Cyril Romney Independent 184 Eileene L. Parsons Independent 158 Patsy Lake Virgin Islands Party 84 10 693 6th District Omar Hodge Virgin Islands Party 294 Charles Mercer BVI United Party 165 5 688 7th District Terrance B. Lettsome Virgin Islands Party 227 Collingston George BVI United Party 73 3 456 8th District Louis Walters Virgin Islands Party 178 Willard Wheatley BVI United Party 166 5 521 9th District Ralph T. O'Neal BVI United Party 337 Allen O'Neal Virgin Islands Party 246 4 722 References Category:Elections in the British Virgin Islands British Virgin General election British Virgin British Virgin