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British Honduras general election, 1954

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28 April 1954
  
1957 →

1953
  
1951

8
  
1

PUP
  
NP

candidate in Belize West
  
(not a candidate)

9,461
  
3,342

British Honduras general election, 1954

General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage. The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members. The result was a decisive victory for the pro-independence People's United Party, which won eight of the nine seats in a coalition with the General Workers' Union.

The pro-colonial National Party won the remaining seat, with NP candidate Charles Westby prevailing in the Toledo constituency.

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British Honduras general election, 1954 Wikipedia