1968 Bahamian general election

Early general elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 April 1968. The result was a victory for the Progressive Liberal Party, which won 29 seats.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p78 Voter turnout was 85.5%.Colin A. Hughes (1981) Race and Politics in the Bahamas

Results

Elected MPs NumberNamePartyDistrictEthnicity1Cleophas AdderleyUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence – Nassau CityBlack2R.F.A. RobertsProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East - CentrevilleBlack3Roland SymonetteUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East - ShirleaWhite4Arlington ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – CulmervilleBlack5Arthur HannaProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Anns TownBlack6S.L. BoweProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Free TownBlack7Geoffrey JohnstoneUnited Bahamian PartyNew Providence East – Fort MontaguWhite8L.L. DavisProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence East – Fox HillBlack9E.L. DonaldsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - KillarneyBlack10Clement T. MaynardProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West - GambierBlack11C.C. McMillanProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Fort CharlotteBlack12Milo ButlerProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence West – Bains TownBlack13Cecil Wallace-WhitfieldProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. AgnesBlack14Arthur FoulkesProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Grants TownBlack15J.M. ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Fort FincastleBlack16J.J. ShepherdProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – St. MichaelsBlack17Randol FawkesLabour PartyNew Providence South – St. BarnabasBlack18Clifford DarlingProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South - EnglerstonBlack19E.S. MoxeyProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – Coconut GroveBlack20Carlton FrancisProgressive Liberal PartyNew Providence South – South BeachBlack21W.J. LevarityProgressive Liberal PartyGrand Bahama – West End & BiminiBlack22M.E. MooreProgressive Liberal PartyGrand BahamaBlack23Loftus RokerProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Nicholls Town & Berry IslandsBlack24C.A. BainProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Mangrove CayBlack25Lynden PindlingProgressive Liberal PartyAndros – Kemps BayBlack26S.C. BootleProgressive Liberal PartyAbaco – Coopers TownBlack27Sherwin ArcherUnited Bahamian PartyAbaco – Marsh HarbourWhite28Norman SolomonUnited Bahamian PartyHarbour Island – St. George & Dunmore TownWhite29Alvin Rudolph BraynenIndependentHarbour Island – St. JohnsWhite30George ThompsonProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera – Governors HarbourBlack31Preston AlburyProgressive Liberal PartyEleuthera – Rock SoundBlack32O.N. JohnsonProgressive Liberal PartyCat IslandBlack33George SmithProgressive Liberal PartyExuma – RollevilleWhite34Livingston CoakleyProgressive Liberal PartyExuma – George Town & Ragged IslandBlack35Peter GrahamUnited Bahamian PartyLong Island – North Long Island, Rum Cay & San SalvadorWhite36Donald D'albenasUnited Bahamian PartyLong Island – Clarence TownWhite37W.A. MossProgressive Liberal PartyCrooked Islands, Long Cay, & AcklinsBlack38J.R. FordProgressive Liberal PartyMayaguana & Inagua IslandsBlackSource: Hughes

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