1993 Falkland Islands general election

The Falkland Islands general election of 1993 was held on Thursday 14 October 1993 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley).

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It was the last election in which Desire the Right Party, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands, fielded candidates.

Results

Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.

Camp constituency

Camp result[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton 228 23.0 -1.4
Nonpartisan Eric Goss 144 14.5 -0.1
Nonpartisan Norma Edwards 136 13.7 -6.4
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens 135 13.6 N/A
Nonpartisan Tony Blake 100 10.1 N/A
Nonpartisan Neil Watson 99 10.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Kevin Kilmartin 90 9.1 -6.3
Nonpartisan Ron Binnie 59 6.0 -11.2
Turnout 991

Stanley constituency

Stanley result[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Charles Keenleyside 456 17.4 N/A
Nonpartisan John Cheek 356 13.6 +4.1
Nonpartisan Wendy Teggart 245 9.4 +1.8
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford 214 8.2 N/A
Nonpartisan John Birmingham 208 8.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Terry Betts 182 7.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Laurie Butler 140 5.4 N/A
Desire the Right Mike Rendell 139 5.3 +0.8
Nonpartisan John Pollard 130 5.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Ben Claxton 125 4.8 N/A
Nonpartisan Gerard Robson 96 3.7 -8.6
Nonpartisan John Halford 89 3.4 -3.4
Nonpartisan Terry Peck 79 3.0 -14.9
Nonpartisan Dave Eynon 61 2.3 -0.4
Nonpartisan Steve Vincent 47 1.8 N/A
Nonpartisan Alex Smith 33 1.3 N/A
Nonpartisan Jennifer Jones 14 0.5 N/A
Turnout 2614
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References

  1. "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 16 October 1993. Missing or empty |url= (help)


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