1938 Trinidad and Tobago general election

Electoral system

The Legislative Council had 12 official members (civil servants), six nominated members, seven elected members and the Governor, who served as the legislature's speaker. The seven elected members were elected from single-member constituencies.[1]

The franchise was limited to people who owned property in their constituency with a rateable value of $60 (or owned property elsewhere with a rateable value of $48) and tenants or lodgers who paid the same sums in rent. All voters were required to understand spoken English.[2] Anyone who had received poor relief within the most recent six months before election day was disqualified from voting.[1]

The restrictions on candidates were more severe, with candidature limited to men that lived in their constituency, were literate in English, and owned property worth at least $12,000 or from which they received at least $960 in rent a year. For candidates who had not lived in their constituency for at least a year, the property values were doubled.[2]

Results
Constituency Candidate Affiliation Votes Notes
Caroni CountySarran TeelucksinghIndependent Labour574Re-elected
Clarence AbidhUnionist Party468
Eastern CountiesEdward Vernon Wharton–Elected unopposed
Port of SpainArthur Andrew CiprianiTrinidad Labour Party–Re-elected unopposed
Saint George CountyMichael Aldwyn MaillardTrinidad Labour Party–Re-elected unopposed
Saint Patrick CountyTimothy RoodalTrinidad Labour Party–Re-elected unopposed
TobagoGeorge de Nobriga–Elected unopposed
Victoria CountyAdrian Cola RienziUnionist Party2,003Elected
Harold PiperIndependent547
Source: John,[3] Teelucksingh,[4] Wyllie[5]

References
  1. George John (1991) 50 Years of the Ballot, Trinidad Express Newspapers, p8
  2. John, p7
  3. John, p67
  4. Jerome Teelucksingh (2014) Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago
  5. George James Wyllie (1959) Political Parties in Trinidad and Tobago, p61
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