General elections were held in the Territory of Curaçao on 5 November 1945. Ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by governor P.A. Kasteel. The ten elected seats consisted of five for Curaçao, three for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands
From a population of 127,866 (December 1944) only 6,093 men, about 5% of the population, were entitled to vote in the elections. They was the last parliamentary elections in Curaçao before the introduction of universal suffrage.
Results
Curaçao Population: 78,587 (31 December 1944) Entitled to vote: 4,095 Valid votes: 3,520 Invalid votes: 45 Seats: 5 Average valid votes per seat: 704
# Candidate Total per list Votes Result Democratic Party (DP) 1 E. Jonckheer 2,122 1,262 Elected 2 W.W. de Regt 66 Elected 3 P.H. Maal 41 - 4 C.H.W. Hueck 4 - 5 S.W. van der Meer 337 - 6 R.J. Wix 356 Elected 7 C.D. Kroon 2 - 8 J. Capriles 47 - 9 G.E. Rosario 7 - Catholic Party 1 M.F. da Costa Gomez 1,208 1,063 Elected 2 J.H. Sprockel 28 Elected 3 E.A. Römer 4 - 4 C.B. Debrot 5 - 5 D.L. Capriles 3 - 6 J.H.E. Lamp 1 - 7 I.A.A. Kramers 10 - 8 R.H.C. van Haaren 94 -Curaçaoan Protestant Party 1 H. Tiesma 190 107 - 2 F. Visser 15 - 3 W.J. Goslinga 39 - 4 F. Vreugdenhil 2 - 5 D. Colijn 21 - 6 H.J. Rijsdijk 6 -
Wix received enough preferential votes to get elected. With 2,122 votes 3 seats were obtained by the DP; 707 votes per seat. Wix had more than 50% of 707 votes.
W.W. de Regt was succeeded by P.H. Maal.
Aruba Population: 39,318 (31 December 1944) Entitled to vote: 1,906 Valid votes: 1,728 Seats: 3 Average valid votes per seat: 576
# Candidate Total per list Votes Result Protestant List 1 H. Tiesma 42 12 - 2 F. Visser 1 - 3 W.J. Goslinga 3 - 4 F. Vreugdenhil 0 - 5 D. Colijn 0 - 6 H.J. Rijsdijk 0 - 7 J. Pauw 19 - 8 J.H. Finck 7 - Eman List 1 J.H.A. Eman 1,167 1,141 Elected 2 F.J.Q. Kwartsz 8 Elected 3 J.E. Irausquin 18 - Catholic Union 1 J.R. Arends 519 478 Elected 2 L.A.C. Laclé 15 - 3 C.L. Juliao2 - 4 E.A. de Cuba 8 - 5 C. Maduro 10 - 6 C.W. Wever 6 -
Bonaire Population: 5,798 (31 December 1944) Entitled to vote: 102 Valid votes: 94 Seats: 1
Candidate Total per list Votes Result Marchena List R.Th.M. Marchena 12 12 - Gerharts List L.D. Gerharts 44 44 Elected Catholic Party A. Booi 38 38 - C.B. Debrot 0 -
SSS Islands Entitled to vote: 148 (Sint Maarten: 60, Sint Eustatius: 45, Saba: 43) Seats: 1
W.R. Plantz was the only candidate so the seat for the SSS Islands went automatically to him.
Appointed by the governor Gerharts was not on time to hand over his letter of credence and therefore he lost his seat. The governor decided to use one of the five seats he could appoint for Gerharts, so he still became a member of the Estates of Curaçao. The other four people who were appointed by the governor were A.W.J.M. Desertine, V.E. Henriquez, C.W.J. Jonckheer and E. Cohen Henriquez.Amigoe di Curaçao, 29 March 1946
Aftermath The governor decided that Desertine was the speaker of the parliament and Plantz the deputy speaker.
The new session of the Estates started on the first Tuesday of April 1946. Because of the issue with the letter of credence of Gerharts the number of members of the Estates of Curaçao was not 15 but 14.
References Amigoe di Curaçao 2 August 1945 Amigoe di Curaçao, 5 November 1945 Amigoe di Curaçao, 6 November 1945