1954 Netherlands Antilles general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 15 November 1954.

The 22 seats in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles consisted of twelve for Curaçao, eight for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands.

Results


Party		Island	Votes	Seats
	National People's Party	Curaçao	15,590	5
	Democratic Party	Curaçao	13,620	5
	Aruban Patriotic Party	Aruba	8,412	5
	Catholic People's Party	Curaçao	4,865	1
	Aruban People's Party	Aruba	3,822	2
	Curaçaoan Independent Party	Curaçao	3,022	1
	Aruban National Union	Aruba	1,749	1
	List Lampe	SSS Islands	648	1
	List Voges	SSS Islands	602	0
	PBU/PPB	Bonaire		1
	Bonaire Democratic Party	Bonaire		0
Total				22

Curaçao

Population: 114,683 (31 December 1953)
Entitled to vote: 44,363
Valid votes: 37,097
Seats: 12
Average valid votes per seat: 3,091.4

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
National People's Party (NVP)
1	M.F. da Costa Gomez	15,590	15,037	Elected
2	H.G.M. Pieters Kwiers		74	Elected
3	N. Debrot		101	Elected
4	B.Ph. Römer		16	Elected
5	C.E. Dip		23	Elected
6	A.A. Lieder		20	-
7	Ch.E.W. Voges		137	-
8	J. Eleonora		9	-
9	C.E. Cathalina		20	-
10	S.D. Abbad		1	-
11	J.M.F. Pieters		5	-
12	E. Diaz		3	-
13	J.A. Schoop		10	-
14	P.N.A. Neuman		3	-
15	A.P. Loewenthal		20	-
16	E.A.V. Jesurun		20	-
17	H.M. Henriquez		91	-
Democratic Party (DP)
1	E. Jonckheer	13,620	10,493	Elected
2	C.D. Kroon		348	Elected
3	S.W. van der Meer		47	Elected
4	R.J. Isa		24	Elected
5	C.H.W. Hueck		11	-
6	H.L. Braam		2,149	Elected
7	Mrs. L.C. van der Linde-Helmijr		17	-
8	J.B. Rosario		6	-
9	F.J. Pijpers		10	-
10	O.R.A. Beaujon		19	-
11	J.A.O. Bikker		2	-
12	R.M. Martinez		7	-
13	J.G. Felix		17	-
14	J. Oenes		12	-
15	M.A. Margaretha		6	-
16	H.I. Lopes		408	-
17	P.H. Maal		0	-
Catholic People's Party (KVP)
1	I.C. Debrot	4,865	4,255	Elected
2	E.J. Morkos		95	-
3	B.M. Leito		73	-
4	E.C.J.M. van de Laarschot		213	-
5	Miss A.M.R. Rigaud		14	-
6	H.M. van Delden		104	-
7	J.L. Martina		22	-
8	Miss R.M. Panneflek		3	-
9	P.M. Maduro		10	-
10	P.A. Nicatia		3	-
11	E.R. Goilo		5	-
12	H.D. Feliz		7	-
13	M.R.W.B. Berkenveldt		17	-
14	V.R. Maduro		13	-
15	T.I. Janga		5	-
16	E.M. Zimmeman		5	-
17	M.A.T. Pinedo		21	-
Curaçaoan Independent Party (COP)
1	P. van der Hoeven	3,022	2,599	Elected
2	N.M. Chumaceiro		202	-
3	W. Meijer		21	-
4	Ph.J. Evertsz		6	-
5	J.G. van Gelder		25	-
6	A.N.Th. van Meeteren		20	-
7	C. van de Mark		14	-
8	E.J. van Romondt		6	-
9	L.J. Braumuller		23	-
10	Miss E.R. Lansberg		20	-
11	E.J. Ruiz		3	-
12	Ch.W. Wix		6	-
13	A.J. van Romondt		12	-
14	Miss C.M. Heidenreich		10	-
15	J.W.M. Diemont		13	-
16	Mrs. E.L. Segaar-Eldermans		19	-
17	J.W. van de Berg		23	-

Aruba

Population: 57,303 (31 December 1953)
Valid votes: 13,983
Seats: 8
Average valid votes per seat: 1,747.875

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA)
1	J.E. Irausquin	8,412	3,668	Elected
2	P. Croes		574	Elected
3	J. Erasmus		?	Elected
4	J.R.L. Beaujon		?	Elected
5	J. Maduro		?	Elected
6	W.C. Anslijn		486	-
7	E.R. Finck		698	-
8	O. Croes		30	-
9	J. Kelly		?	-
10	D.C. Mathew		?	-
11	I. Serphos		?	-
12	E.O. Petronia		?	-
13	C. Angela		?	-
Aruban People's Party (AVP)
1	J.H.A. Eman	3,822	?	Elected
2	J. Geerman		?	Elected
3	M.E. de Cuba		?	-
4	L. Laclé		?	-
5	A.J. Flanegin		?	-
6	S. Bruin		?	-
7	W.H. de la Fuente		?	-
8	F.E. Lejuez		?	-
9	M.H. Booi		?	-
10	J.A.C. Nieuw		?	-
11	J.E. Lejuez		?	-
12	E. Brokke		?	-
13	C.A. Eman		?	-
UNA
1	A. Werleman	1,749	?	Elected
2	Th.J. Figaroa		?	-
3	A.F. Dussenbroek		?	-
4	Th.D. Luydens		?	-
5	F.B. Tromp		?	-
6	J.G. Croes		?	-
7	L. Henriquez		?	-
8	C.P. Schwengle		?	-
9	N. Schuit		?	-
10	C.J. Maduro		?	-
11	B.J.M. Gomez		?	-

Bonaire

Population: 5,386 (31 December 1953)
Valid votes: ?
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
PBU/PPB
1	L.D. Gerharts	?	?	Elected
2	E.A. Booi		?	-
3	W. Booi		?	-
4	S. Soliano		?	-
5	I.C. Debrot		?	-
6	E.B. Sint Jago		?	-
Bonaire Democratic Party
1	J.A. Abraham	?	?	-
2	C.L. Neuman		?	-
3	C.D. Christiaan		?	-
4	H. Adoptie		?	-
5	A.A. Emerenciano		?	-
6	C.D. Kroon		?	-

SSS Islands

Population: 3,678 (31 December 1953)
Valid votes: 1,250
Seats: 1

#	Candidate	Total per list	Votes	Result
List Lampe
1	W.F.M. Lampe	648	412	Elected
2	H.I. Lopes		166	-
3	W.C. Anslijn		35	-
4	D.C. Mathew		5	-
5	H. Johnson		4	-
6	C. Labega		26	-
List Voges
1	Ch.E.W. Voges	602	544	-
2	C. Peterson		22	-
3	C. Buncamper		3	-
4	K. Peterson		1	-
5	W. Slicer		3	-
6	V. Lopes		29	-

Aftermath

The new session of the Estates began around 8 December 1954. Before that Jonckheer, Kroon, Van der Meer and Lampe gave up their position in the parliament to become government ministers in the First Jonckheer cabinet. They were succeeded by Hueck, Van der Linde-Helmijr, Rosario and Lopes. Van der Linde-Helmijr was at that moment the only female in the parliament but not the first one; A.A. de Lannoy-Elisabeth was from 1949 until 1954 a female member of the Estates. Anslijn became a member of the parliament instead of Maduro.

Early 1955 Voges became a member of the parliament to replace Debrot and later that year O.R.A. Beaujon, Pieters Kwiers and P. Croes were succeeded by Bikker, Abbad and Finck. A year later Sint Jago succeeded Gerharts.^[1] After Eman died he was replaced by De Cuba.

References

Amigoe di Curaçao, 21 September 1954
Amigoe di Curaçao, 23 September 1954
Amigoe di Curaçao, 16 November 1954
Know Your Political History: St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, by Edgar Lynch & Julian Lynch, Election Watchnite Association, 1990, page 25 & 55

↑ Amigoe di Curaçao, 17 December 1956

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Amigoe di Curaçao, 17 December 1956

[1]