The Falkland Islands general election of 1989 was held on Thursday 12 October 1989 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley).
Three candidates stood for the Desire the Right Party, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands which normally acts as a non-partisan democracy, however none of the party's candidates were elected.[1]
Contents
1 Results
1.1 Camp constituency
1.2 Stanley constituency
2 References
Results[edit]
Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.
Camp constituency[edit]
Camp result[2]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±
Nonpartisan
Bill Luxton
239
24.4
N/A
Nonpartisan
Norma Edwards
197
20.1
N/A
Nonpartisan
Ron Binnie
169
17.2
N/A
Nonpartisan
Kevin Kilmartin
151
15.4
N/A
Nonpartisan
Eric Goss
143
14.6
N/A
Desire the Right
Ann Robertson
64
6.5
N/A
Nonpartisan
Fred Clark
17
1.7
N/A
Turnout
980
Stanley constituency[edit]
Stanley result[2]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±
Nonpartisan
Harold Rowlands
386
18.1
N/A
Nonpartisan
Terry Peck
381
17.9
+10.4
Nonpartisan
Gavin Short
280
13.1
N/A
Nonpartisan
Gerrard "Fred" Robson
262
12.3
N/A
Nonpartisan
John Cheek
202
9.5
-1.6
Nonpartisan
Wendy Teggart
161
7.6
N/A
Nonpartisan
John Halford
145
6.8
N/A
Nonpartisan
Christel Mercer
103
4.8
N/A
Desire the Right
Mike Rendell
95
4.5
N/A
Desire the Right
Tim Miller
58
2.7
N/A
Nonpartisan
Dave Eynon
57
2.7
N/A
Turnout
2130
References[edit]
^The Europa World Year Book 2004 - Volume II. Taylor & Francis Group. 29 July 2004. p. 4461. ISBN 9781857432558. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ a b"Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 13 October 1989. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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