1977 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election
A Constitutional Convention election was held in the United States Virgin Islands on 14 June 1977.
The Constitutional Council wrote and then unanimously adopted a draft constitution which provided for an elected governor and treasurer, a 17-seat Legislature, a local justice system and protections for Virgin Islander culture.
The draft constitution was rejected by the voters in the referendum in 1979.
Results
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % |
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Alexander A. Farrelly | 2,041 | 3.38 |
Michael Paiewonsky | 1,664 | 2.76 |
Elmo D. Roebuck | 1,647 | 2.73 |
Mario A. Watlington | 1,620 | 2.68 |
John L. Maduro | 1,415 | 2.34 |
Theovald E. Moorhead | 1,410 | 2.33 |
Hugo Dennis Jr. | 1,397 | 2.31 |
Gilbert A. Sprauve | 1,386 | 2.29 |
Charles W. Turnbull | 1,379 | 2.28 |
Lloyd L. Williams | 1,356 | 2.25 |
Edith Quetel Bryan | 1,241 | 2.05 |
Wilbur La Motta | 1,241 | 2.05 |
Lucien Alanzo Moolenaar II | 1,213 | 2.01 |
Geraldo Guirty | 1,198 | 1.98 |
Roger C. Hill | 1,174 | 1.94 |
Thyra Hodge Smith | 1,165 | 1.93 |
Clarice A. Bryan | 1,164 | 1.93 |
Mavis H. Brady | 1,113 | 1.84 |
Alphonso A. Christian | 1,091 | 1.81 |
Rudolph Krigger | 1,048 | 1.74 |
Gerald E. Hodge Sr. | 1,018 | 1.69 |
Ernest Schulterbrandt | 1,008 | 1.67 |
Alfred H. Lockhart | 1,006 | 1.67 |
Annie Callwood | 999 | 1.65 |
Darwin D. Creque | 996 | 1.65 |
Elma Davis Smith | 987 | 1.63 |
Robert Moss | 959 | 1.59 |
Vincen M. Clendinen | 928 | 1.54 |
Ruby Simmonds | 923 | 1.53 |
Louis J. Boschulte | 903 | 1.50 |
Ive A. Swan | 855 | 1.42 |
Catherine S. Farrelly | 821 | 1.36 |
Fred Vialet Jr. | 818 | 1.35 |
Florence C. Hill | 803 | 1.33 |
John P. Collins | 766 | 1.27 |
Stedmann Hodge | 750 | 1.24 |
Samuel B. King | 745 | 1.23 |
Zeathea E. Armstrong | 740 | 1.23 |
Toya Andrew | 733 | 1.21 |
Andre Ottley | 733 | 1.21 |
Edward A. Phillips | 696 | 1.15 |
Thomas W. Gibbs III | 684 | 1.13 |
Flavius A. Ottley | 674 | 1.12 |
Daniel W. Ambrose | 621 | 1.03 |
Conrad Clark | 608 | 1.01 |
Louis A. Holder Sr. | 579 | 0.96 |
Ali J. Paul | 565 | 0.94 |
Tom Lawrence | 549 | 0.91 |
Jim Samuels | 527 | 0.87 |
Neville La Borde | 521 | 0.86 |
Barbara de Jongh Malo | 504 | 0.83 |
John V. Watley | 503 | 0.83 |
Leandre V. Roberts | 491 | 0.81 |
Renaa Rhymer | 491 | 0.81 |
Frank McLaughlin Jr. | 476 | 0.79 |
Carmelo "Tito" Morales | 469 | 0.78 |
Mary C. Holter | 447 | 0.74 |
Eudelta Joseph | 440 | 0.73 |
Constantinos Coulianos | 435 | 0.72 |
Ray K. Joseph | 434 | 0.72 |
Felecia Adams Brownlow | 415 | 0.69 |
Glen J. Smith | 399 | 0.66 |
Cletis Clendinen Sr. | 394 | 0.65 |
Lucia C. Woods | 391 | 0.65 |
Alvin Newton | 336 | 0.56 |
Hector R. Francis | 335 | 0.55 |
Louise Larcheveaux Ali | 289 | 0.48 |
Miguel S. Farrington | 265 | 0.44 |
Leonard Normil Sr. | 256 | 0.42 |
David J. O'Connell | 244 | 0.40 |
K. C. Jones | 235 | 0.39 |
Gregory Kirchoff | 218 | 0.36 |
John A. Richards Jr. | 196 | 0.32 |
Vincent A. Rivera | 183 | 0.30 |
James P. Goss | 174 | 0.29 |
James J. Meehan | 165 | 0.27 |
Douglas R. Gardner | 137 | 0.23 |
Harthy Brothers | 130 | 0.22 |
Charles Alphonso Bell | 115 | 0.19 |
John J. Donnelly | 105 | 0.17 |
Donald E. Stephens | 102 | 0.17 |
Myrtle Edwards | 79 | 0.13 |
Worthington G. Tyler | 65 | 0.11 |
Total | 60,396 | 100.00 |
Source: [1] |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Sidney Lee | 1,800 | 3.19 |
Alva C. McFarlane | 1,748 | 3.10 |
Anrold M. Golden | 1,743 | 3.09 |
Juan Luis | 1,734 | 3.07 |
Ann E. Abramson | 1,572 | 2.78 |
Williams S. Harvey | 1,543 | 2.73 |
Jessica Tutein Moolenaar | 1,406 | 2.49 |
Wilfrid A. James | 1,383 | 2.45 |
Henry E. Rohlsen | 1,357 | 2.40 |
Edgar M. Iles | 1,325 | 2.35 |
Rupert W. Ross Jr. | 1,297 | 2.30 |
Bent Lawaetz | 1,172 | 2.08 |
Walter I. M. Hodge | 1,099 | 1.95 |
Eulalie C. Rivera | 1,081 | 1.91 |
Hilda B. England | 1,075 | 1.90 |
James O'Neal Henderson | 1,068 | 1.89 |
George G. O'Reilly | 1,056 | 1.87 |
Adelbert Bryan | 1,052 | 1.86 |
Clifford A. Christian | 1,043 | 1.85 |
James H. Isherwood | 1,018 | 1.80 |
Clemente Cintron Jr. | 1,017 | 1.80 |
Juan Garcia Jr. | 998 | 1.77 |
Leona B. Watson | 893 | 1.58 |
Douglas D. Nesbitt | 870 | 1.54 |
Edgar Mullgrav | 859 | 1.52 |
Oran Roebuck | 858 | 1.52 |
Octave "Snacky" David | 850 | 1.51 |
Randall N. James | 845 | 1.50 |
Wallace W. Phaire | 836 | 1.48 |
Adelbert Anduze | 805 | 1.43 |
Robert P. Cramer | 794 | 1.41 |
Clarence A. Molloy Jr. | 780 | 1.38 |
Joseph J. Christian | 722 | 1.28 |
Felix I. Pitterson | 694 | 1.23 |
Max Jacobs | 691 | 1.22 |
Denise G. Richards | 666 | 1.18 |
Priscilla Watkins | 651 | 1.15 |
Teofilo Rivera Almestica | 650 | 1.15 |
Lawrence A. Bastian | 619 | 1.10 |
Yvonne Lang Lombardi | 584 | 1.03 |
Alan J. Bronstein | 517 | 0.92 |
Robert Bidelspacher | 501 | 0.89 |
Victor C. Gomez | 490 | 0.87 |
Annette F. Hendricks | 487 | 0.86 |
Juanita Espinosa | 474 | 0.84 |
Ira Jacobs Jr. | 473 | 0.84 |
Leslie Chenet | 467 | 0.83 |
Anastasia D. Armstrong | 391 | 0.69 |
Jose de Diego Encarnacion | 385 | 0.68 |
Teofilo Espinosa | 385 | 0.68 |
Eric W. Stanley | 384 | 0.68 |
Evelyn N. Cooper Whitney | 366 | 0.65 |
Marion J. Christian | 350 | 0.62 |
Lawrence J. C. Salter | 340 | 0.60 |
Roy D. Roberts | 329 | 0.58 |
Wilhelmine Marsh | 325 | 0.58 |
Jaime Perez | 322 | 0.57 |
Carmelo Velazquez | 315 | 0.56 |
Wilfred Benjamin | 303 | 0.54 |
William T. Holmes | 300 | 0.53 |
Frank Prince | 294 | 0.52 |
Delita M. W. Jacobs | 294 | 0.52 |
John J. Sullivan | 278 | 0.49 |
Helvia G. Encarnacion | 277 | 0.49 |
Helen Joseph | 262 | 0.46 |
Gregory E. Willocks | 245 | 0.43 |
Cipriani Phillip | 239 | 0.42 |
Alvin E. Claxton | 231 | 0.41 |
David W. Thomson | 230 | 0.41 |
Faith Dane Johnson | 229 | 0.41 |
Ray Vance | 228 | 0.40 |
Mrs. Richard S. Manno | 222 | 0.39 |
Manuel Zurita II | 217 | 0.38 |
Noreen Galvin | 215 | 0.38 |
Charles E. Williams | 215 | 0.38 |
Beatrice Jackson | 213 | 0.38 |
Mr. Richard S. Manno | 211 | 0.37 |
Gabriel Williams | 208 | 0.37 |
Sharon C. Trefry | 207 | 0.37 |
Ernesto Cortes | 199 | 0.35 |
Norman Gussman | 191 | 0.34 |
Monsita Ayala | 176 | 0.31 |
Elmira McIntosh Espinosa | 175 | 0.31 |
Susa Grumer | 146 | 0.26 |
Wesley L. Browne | 133 | 0.24 |
Anthony Bradshaw | 133 | 0.24 |
Oliver Tompkins | 129 | 0.23 |
Annamaria Carrera | 128 | 0.23 |
Bertram L. Charles | 112 | 0.20 |
Samuel Mark Bass | 104 | 0.18 |
Alphonse A. Donastorg Jr. | 92 | 0.16 |
Timothy J. Robinson | 65 | 0.12 |
Total | 56,456 | 100.00 |
Source: [1] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION OF 1977 SPECIAL ELECTION RETURNS ACCORDING TO POLLING PLACES for DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION" (PDF). Election System of the Virgin Islands.
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