1967 British Virgin Islands general election

1967 British Virgin Islands general election

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All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council 4 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.2%
First party Second party Third party   Leader C.A. Maduro Q.W. Osborne I.G. Fonseca Party United Party VIDP POP Leader since 1967 1967 1967 Leader's seat 1st District 4th District 5th District Seats won 4 2 1 Popular vote 1,094 800 663 Percentage 42.8% 31.3% 25.9%
Chief Minister before election New Office Elected Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt United Party

General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 14 April 1967.^[1] The election was the first general election after the passing of the new Constitution^[2] earlier in the same year, which introduced Ministerial Government into the British Virgin Islands for the first time.^[1] Elections under the prior Constitution introduced in 1950^[3] to restore the Legislative Council had merely elected legislators. It is probably fair to say that 1967 marked the introduction of true direct democratic rule in the British Virgin Islands. But, notwithstanding the introduction of Ministerial Government, the resulting Legislative Council is still referred to as the 6th Legislative Council in deference to the five prior Councils elected under the 1950 Constitution.^[1]