The first Provincial Council to be elected by direct suffrage was elected on 29 June 1951 (excepting Upernavik on account of snow and Nanortalik on account of the island's first measles outbreak) and opened on 25 September 1951.Christensen, N.O. & al. "Elections in Greenland". Arctic Circular, Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 83–85. Op. cit. "Northern News". Arctic, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar 1952), pp. 58–59. It was the first Greenlandic election to permit female suffrage. During the first election season, there were no parties but some cliques formed among economic groups; all told, turnout was about 6,400 from an eligible population of about 8,750.
Constituency Name Occupation Nanortalik Jacob Nielsen outpost manager Julianehåb Frederik Nielsen schoolmaster Frederikshåb Gerhard Egede clergyman Narssaq Abel Kristiansen catechist Godthåb Augo Lynge schoolmaster Sukkertoppen Peter Egede outpost manager Holsteinsborg Knud Olsen shop assistant Kangatsiaq Nikolai Rosing outpost manager Egedesminde Frederik Lynge ex-colony manager Disko Bugt(Christianshåb & Jakobshavn) Marius Sivertsen trade assistant Disko(Godhavn & Qutdligssat) Jens Olsen clergyman Umanaq Peter Fleischer outpost manager Upernavik Hendrik Olsen trade assistant
All were native-born Greenlanders and employees of the Greenland Administration. They selected Augo Lynge and Frederik Nielson to represent Greenland in the Danish Parliament and Frederik Lynge to represent it on the board of the Royal Greenland Trading Department.
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