St Helena : St Helena Announces Election Results
Submitted by Saint Helena Herald (Juanita Brock) 06.11.2009 (Article Archived on 20.11.2009)
Returning Officer, Gillian Francis, has announced the results of Polling Day and has accordingly declared that the following candidates have been duly elected to serve as Members of the St Helena Legislative Council:
Press Release
Results of Polling Day
Returning Officer, Gillian Francis, has announced the results of Polling Day and has accordingly declared that the following candidates have been duly elected to serve as Members of the St Helena Legislative Council:
For the East Constituency:
Tara Louise Thomas, Bernice Alicia Olsson, Cyril Keith Gunnell, Rodney Garth Buckley, Brian William Isaac, and John Gilbert Cranfield.
For the West Constituency:
Mervyn Robert Yon, Derek Franklin Thomas, Raymond Kenneth Williams, Anthony Arthur Green, Stedson Graham Francis, and Michael Anthony Benjamin.
The votes awarded to each candidate were as follows:
For the East Constituency:
Eric William Benjamin 114
Rodney Garth Buckley 195
John Gilbert Cranfield 185
William Eric Drabble 63
Sylvia Ivy Ellick 153
Eric Walter George 77
Stedson Robert George 109
Cyril Keith Gunnel 233
Christopher David Harrison 152
Brian William Isaac 188
John Frederick Joshua 146
Stuart Richard Moors 57
Bernice Alicia Olsson 284
Tara Louise Thomas 327
Patrick Arthur Williams 59
For the West Constituency:
Michael Anthony Benjamin 316
Gavin George Ellick 269
Stedson Graham Francis 373
Anthony Arthur Green 436
Anthony Douglas Leo 162
Victor John Lines 30
Derek Franklin Thomas 485
Lionel George Williams 145
Raymond Kenneth Williams 440
Mervyn Robert Yon 534
In total 1288 people turned out to vote. This represented around 58 percent of the electorate in comparison to 47 percent of the electorate who voted in 2005.
Public Relations/Information Office
Office of the Chief Secretary
5 November 2009
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