General elections were held in British Honduras on 20 March 1957. The ruling People's United Party won all nine seats contested.General Elections 1957 , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (Retrieved 19 November 2014) This was the first of two occasions they would sweep the House. It was the PUP's first election under the leadership of George Cadle Price. Price would lead the party until 1996.
The Honduran Independence Party (HIP), a forerunner of the modern United Democratic Party, was founded the previous year by an anti-Price faction within the PUP led by former PUP leader Leigh Richardson. The party fielded five out of a possible nine candidates, but failed to win any seats.
The elections were the last for the pro-colonial National Party. Charles Westby, the NP's only successful candidate in the 1954 election, ran as an independent. The HIP and NP merged in 1958 to form the National Independence Party.
Results
By division DivisionElectorateTurnout%Political partyCandidateVotes%Belize North3,4901,90154.5People's United PartyGeorge Cadle Price70.2National PartyJaime Staines28.4Belize Rural2,3831,01342.5People's United PartyLouis Sylvestre68.2Honduran Independence PartyHerman Jex19.2National PartyLindsay Burns10.8Belize South2,7671,64859.6People's United PartyDenbigh Jeffery38.7Honduran Independence PartyPhilip Goldson38.6National PartyHerbert Fuller21.5Belize West3,6651,97753.9People's United PartyAlbert Cattouse57.4Honduran Independence PartyLeigh Richardson26.7National PartyLionel Francis14.3Cayo2,0191,04451.7People's United PartyEnrique De Paz50.1Honduran Independence PartyEduardo Espat21.6National PartyHamid Musa6.7Corozal1,5781,00163.4People's United PartySantiago Ricalde82.3Honduran Independence PartyJose Leon Chin15.3Orange Walk1,43680055.7People's United PartyVictor Orellana64.8National PartyWilliam George23.6Honduran Independence PartyGeorge Flowers7.9Stann Creek3,3491,61148.1People's United PartyDavid McKoy57.0IndependentHarry Stanely14.7IndependentLem Benguche13.5IndependentMax Arzu13.1Toledo1,37163946.6People's United PartyFaustino Zuniga46.2National PartyBernard Avilez26.0IndependentCharles Westby25.4
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