1949 Bahamian general election
General elections were held in the Bahamas in June and July 1949,[1] the last entirely non-partisan elections in the country. This was the second election in which the secret ballot was used in New Providence and the first in which the secret ballot was use for the Out Islands.
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Elected MPs
| Number | Name | Party | District | Ethnicity |
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| 1 | Stafford Lofthouse Sands | Independent | New Providence - Nassau City (first place) | White |
| 2 | Raymond W. Sawyer | Independent | New Providence - Nassau City (second place) | White |
| 3 | Roland Theodore Symonette | Independent | New Providence East (first place) | White |
| 4 | Étienne Dupuch | Independent | New Providence East (second place) | White |
| 5 | Gerald Christopher Cash | Independent | New Providence West (first place) | Black |
| 6 | Marcus Hurcules Bethel | Independent | New Providence West (second place) | Black |
| 7 | Bertram Augustus Cambridge | Independent | New Providence South | Black |
| 8 | Claudious Roland Walker | Independent | New Providence South | Black |
| 9 | Charles Walter Frederick Bethell | Independent | Grand Bahama & Bimini | White |
| 10 | Phillip George Drover Bethell | Independent | Andros & Berry Islands (first place) | White |
| 11 | Basil Herbert McKinney | Independent | Andros & Berry Islands (second place) | White |
| 12 | Frank Holmes Christie | Independent | Abaco (first place) | White |
| 13 | Leonard Thompson | Independent | Abaco (second place) | White |
| 14 | Harold Johnson | Independent | Abaco (third place) | White |
| 15 | R. Newton Higgs | Independent | Harbour Island (first place) | White |
| 16 | R.R.A. Farrington | Independent | Harbour Island (second place) | White |
| 17 | Alvin Braynen | Independent | Harbour Island (third place) | White |
| 18 | George William Kelly Roberts | Independent | Eleuthera (first place) | White |
| 19 | George Baker | Independent | Eleuthera (second place) | White |
| 20 | Asa Hubert Pritchard | Independent | Eleuthera (third place) | White |
| 21 | Harold George Christie | Independent | Cat Island (first place) | White |
| 22 | William Cartwright | Independent | Cat Island (second place) | Black |
| 23 | Donald B. McKinney | Independent | Exuma (first place) | White |
| 24 | Robert Symonette | Independent | Exuma (second place) | White |
| 25 | Roy M. Solomon | Independent | Rum Cay & San Salvador | White |
| 26 | George Loran Pyfrom | Independent | Long Island (First place) | White |
| 27 | Henry Milton Taylor | Independent | Long Island (Second place) | White |
| 28 | Artemus Pritchard | Independent | Crooked Islands, Long Cay, & Acklins | White |
| 29 | Geoffrey Allardyce Bethell | Independent | Mayaguana & Inagua Islands | White |
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References
- Randol F Fawkes You should know your government: A study in citizenship
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