1967 Bahamian general election

General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 January 1967. The result was a tie between the Progressive Liberal Party and the United Bahamian Party, both of which won 18 seats.Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas In a reversal of the previous election (in which the PLP received the most votes but the UBP won the most seats), this time the PLP received a lower share of the vote than the UBP, but was able to form the country's first black-led government with the support of the sole Labour Party MP Randol Fawkes.An Informal History of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, 1955-1985 Bahamian Fragments

Results

Elected MPs NumberNamePartyDistrictEthnicity 1Stafford SandsUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence – Nassau CityWhite 2Roland SymonetteUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East - CentrevilleWhite 3U. McPheeProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East - ShirleaBlack 4G.D.F. ClarkeUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East – PalmdaleWhite 5 Arthur HannaProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Anns TownBlack 6 Geoffrey JohnstoneUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East – Fort MontaguWhite 7 Carlton FrancisProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – WintonBlack 8 E.L. DonaldsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - KillarneyBlack 9 C.C. McMillanProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Fort CharlotteBlack 10 Milo ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Bains TownBlack 11 Cecil Wallace-WhitfieldProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. AgnesBlack 12 Arthur FoulkesProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Grants TownBlack 13 J.M. ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Fort FincastleBlack 14J.J. ShepherdProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. MichaelsBlack 15 Randol FawkesLabour PartyNew Providence South – St. BarnabasBlack 16 Clifford DarlingProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South - EnglerstonBlack 17 E.S. MoxeyProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Coconut GroveBlack 18 W.J. LevarityProgressive Liberal PartyGrand Bahama – West End & BiminiBlack 19 M.E. MooreProgressive Liberal PartyGrand BahamaBlack 20 William ChristieUnited Bahamian PartyAndros – Nicholls Town & Berry IslandsWhite 21 C.A. BainProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Mangrove CayBlack 22 Lynden PindlingProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Kemps BayBlack 23 J.H. BethellUnited Bahamian PartyAbaco (first place)White 24 Leonard ThompsonUnited Bahamian PartyAbaco (second place)White 25F.H. ChristieUnited Bahamian PartyAbaco (third place)White 26 Norman SolomonUnited Bahamian PartyHarbour Island (first place)White 27 Alvin Rudolph BraynenIndependentHarbour Island (second place)White 28 George ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera (first place)Black 29 G. BakerUnited Bahamian PartyEleuthera (second place)White 30 Preston AlburyProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera (third place)Black 31 G.K. KellyUnited Bahamian PartyCat IslandWhite 32 Robert SymonetteUnited Bahamian PartyExuma (first place)White 33 F.H. BrownUnited Bahamian PartyExuma (second place)White 34 R.M. SolomonUnited Bahamian PartyRum Cay & San SalvadorWhite 35Peter GrahamUnited Bahamian PartyLong Island (first place)White 36 Donald D'albenasUnited Bahamian PartyLong Island (second place)White 37B.T. KellyUnited Bahamian PartyCrooked Islands, Long Cay, & AcklinsWhite 38Bernard DupuchUnited Bahamian PartyMayaguana & Inagua IslandsWhiteSource: Hughes

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