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1938 Surinamese General Election
General elections were held in Surinam (Dutch colony), Surinam on 14 February and 23 March 1938 to choose the ten elected members of the Estates of Suriname, Estates. Grace Schneiders-Howard was the only female candidate and was successful in the second round of voting, becoming the first woman elected in the Surinamese legislature.Edward Dew (2013''The Difficult Flowering of Surinam: Ethnicity and Politics in a Plural Society'' p53 Electoral system The elections were held using a two-round system in a single nationwide constituency. To be elected in the first round, a candidate had to receive more votes than 50% of the valid ballots cast. If a second round was required the number of candidates was twice the number of seats available. Suffrage was limited to men paying poll tax, although women were allowed to stand as candidates. Campaign A total of 22 candidates contested the ten seats. Although not able to vote, a group of creole market women set up the Social Democratic Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surinam (Dutch Colony)
Surinam (), also unofficially known as Dutch colonisation of the Guianas, Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation economy, plantation colony in the Guianas and the predecessor polity of modern country of Suriname. It was bordered by the fellow Dutch colony of Berbice to the west, and the French colony of French Guiana, Cayenne to the east. It later bordered British Guiana (modern-day Guyana) from 1831 to 1966. History The colonization of Suriname Surinam was a Dutch colony from 26 February 1667, when Dutch forces captured Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, Francis Willoughby's England, English colony during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, until 15 December 1954, when Surinam became a Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands), constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The status quo of Dutch sovereignty over Surinam, and English sovereignty over New Netherland, which it had conquered in 1664, was kept in the Treaty of Breda (1667), Treaty of Breda of 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
