1930 British Guiana general election

General elections were held in British Guiana in September 1930.

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Electoral system

Following the victory of the Popular Party in the 1926 elections, constitutional reforms in 1928 replaced the 22-member Combined Court with a new 30-member Legislative Council, which included an extra eight appointees,[1] giving them a majority of seats over the elected members. The new Legislative Council consisted of the Governor, two ex-officio members, eight official members, five unofficial members and 14 members elected in single-member constituencies.[2]

Results

Popular Party candidates were elected unopposed in eight constituencies as a result of disquiet over the 1928 constitutional reforms.[3]

Constituency Elected member
Berbice RiverJoseph Eleazar
Central DemeraraJohn Ignatius De Aguiar
Demerara-EssequiboJung Bahadur Singh
Demerara RiverAlfred Victor Crane
Eastern BerbiceEdward Alfred Luckhoo
Eastern DemeraraArnold Emanuel Seeram
Essequibo RiverEdmund Fitzgerald Fredericks
Georgetown CentralPercy Claude Wight
Georgetown NorthNelson Cannon
Georgetown SouthJoseph Gonsalves
New AmsterdamEustace Gordon Woolford
North Western DistrictVictorine Antonio Pires
Western BerbiceAlbert Raymond Forbes Webber
Western EssequiboRobert Edward Brassington
Source: Parliament of Guyana

Aftermath

The first meeting of the newly elected Council was held on 16 October.[2]

References
  1. New constitution of 1928 Guyana.org
  2. Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana
  3. James G Rose (1992) British colonial policy and the transfer of power in British Guiana, 1945-1964 King's College London
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