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Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia in 1947 to elect the one elected member of the Legislative Council. It was the first time that the Council had had a directly elected representative. [1]
Background
In 1946 the Legislative Council was reorganised and increased in size from 11 to 14 members. It would consist of three ex-officio members, three officials, six appointees and one elected member. [2]
Results
The seat was won by Edward Francis Small, [3] the founder of the Gambia Labour Union, who defeated I.M. Garba-Jahumpa (who later founded the Muslim Congress Party) and Sheikh Omar Fye. [4]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Francis Small | 1,491 | 46.67 |
| Sheikh Omar Fye | 1,018 | 31.86 |
| I.M. Garba-Jahumpa | 679 | 21.25 |
| John Finden Dailey | 4 | 0.13 |
| Richard Rendall | 3 | 0.09 |
| Total | 3,195 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,580 | – |
| Source: Hughes & Perfect [5] | ||
References
- ^ Hughes, A. & Perfect, D. (1989) "Trade Unionism in the Gambia" African Affairs Vol. 88, No. 353 pp. 549-572
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp731–732
- ^ Gambia: On the Road to Independence FOROYAA, 27 February 2007
- ^ History of the Independence Movement Archived 2016-12-27 at the Wayback Machine Gambia Information Site
- ^ Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, pp115–298
