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1956 Elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1956. Africa * 1956 Gold Coast legislative election * 1956 Italian Somaliland parliamentary election * 1956–1957 Kenyan legislative election * 1956 Nyasaland general election Asia * 1956 Burmese general election * 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election * 1956 Iranian legislative election * 1956 Japanese House of Councillors election Australia * 1956 New South Wales state election * 1956 Queensland state election * 1956 South Australian state election * 1956 Tasmanian state election * 1956 Wentworth by-election * 1956 Western Australian state election Europe * 1956 Dutch general election * 1956 Gibraltar general election * 1956 Greek legislative election * 1956 Icelandic parliamentary election * 1956 Maltese integration into the United Kingdom referendum * 1956 Swedish general election Austria * 1956 Austrian legislative election France * 1956 French legislative election United Kingdom * 1956 Blaydon by-election * 1956 Chester-le-St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Gold Coast Legislative Election
General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p435 A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly. Background A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly. In May 1956, Prime Minister Nkrumah's government issued a white paper containing proposals for Gold Coast independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Icelandic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 24 June 1956.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p961 The Independence Party Independence Party may refer to: Active parties Outside United States * Independence Party (Egypt) * Estonian Independence Party * Independence Party (Finland) * Independence Party (Iceland) * Independence Party (Mauritius) * Independence Part ... remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 13 of the 35 seats. Electoral system The elections were conducted under two electoral systems. Twenty-one members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were elected using D'Hondt method proportional representation: twelve members in two-member constituencies, eight members in Reykjavík, and eleven from a single national compensatory list. To earn national list seats, a party had to win at least one constituency seat. In constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Panamanian General Election
General elections were held in Panama on 13 May 1956, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly. "The National Patriotic Coalition was almost unopposed in the 1956 election race. The National Liberal Party made the gesture of offering candidates but did not campaign vigorously." Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro, the government candidate, was a conservative businessman and a member of the oligarchy. The José Antonio Remón Cantera’ government had required parties to enroll 45,000 members to receive official recognition. This membership requirement, subsequently relaxed to 5,000, had excluded all opposition parties from the 1956 elections except the National Liberal Party (PLN) which traced its lineage to the original Liberal Party. Black, Jan Knippers and Edmundo Flores. "Historical setting." Meditz, Sandra W. 1989. Panama: a country study. Washington, D.C.: Rederal Research Division, Library of Congress. Pp. 35. Results President National Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Honduran Constituent Assembly Election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 7 October 1956.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p407 Prior to the elections, President Julio Lozano Díaz established his own party, the Party of National Unity. The elections were allegedly heavily rigged and the PUN won all 58 seats. Conduct A group of protesting Liberals were fired on by police in Tegucigalpa.Thomas P. Anderson (1981) ''The war of the dispossessed: Honduras and El Salvador, 1969'', p59 Results Aftermath Shortly after the elections the government announced that the Constituent Assembly would convene on 1 November and that it would elect Julio Lozano Díaz as president with General Abraham Williams Calderón as first vice president. However, a military coup took place on 21 October. The top conspirators included Colonel Héctor Caraccioli, head of the air force, Major Roberto Gálvez Barnes, Minister of Development and General Roque J. Rodríguez, directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Southwark Borough Election
Elections to the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark (''Br'' �sʌðɨk was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965. It was created to cover the western section of the ancient borough of Southwark and the parish of Newington. In common ... were held in 1956. The borough had ten wards which returned between 3 and 8 members. Labour won all the seats and no other party stood a full set of candidates. Election result References {{DEFAULTSORT:Southwark Borough Election, 1956 Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1956 in London 1956 English local elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Bermondsey Borough Election
Elections to the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London, created in 1900 by the London Government Act 1899. It was abolished and its area became part of the London Borough of Southwark in 1965. Formation and bou ... were held in 1956. The borough had 13 wards which returned between 3 and 5 members. Of the 13 wards 6 of the wards had all candidates elected unopposed. Labour won all the seats, the Conservatives only stood in 4 wards, the Liberal Party 1 ward and the Communist Party 1 ward. Election result References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bermondsey Borough Election, 1956 Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1956 in London 1956 English local elections Bermondsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Newport By-election
The 1956 Newport by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 6 July 1956 for the British House of Commons constituency of Newport in Monmouthshire. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Peter Freeman had died on 19 May 1956, aged 67. He had held the seat since the 1945 general election, having previously been MP for Brecon and Radnorshire from 1929 to 1931. Candidates The Labour candidate was Sir Frank Soskice, who had been Solicitor General and then Attorney General in the Labour Government 1945-1951. His Sheffield Neepsend constituency had been abolished for the 1955 general election. The Conservative Party selected as its candidate Donald Box, a stockbroker from Cardiff who had contested the seat at the 1955 general election. The Liberal Party did not field a candidate, and third candidate was Emrys Roberts of Plaid Cymru. Results Soskice held the seat with a majority higher than that achieved by Freeman th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Mid Ulster By-election
The by-election held in Mid Ulster on 8 May 1956 was called because both candidates in the 1955 Mid Ulster by-election were disqualified. Tom Mitchell was disqualified from assuming office because he was a convicted felon. Charles Beattie Charles Beattie (3 August 1899 – 10 March 1958) was a Northern Irish farmer and auctioneer. Active in the Ulster Farmers' Union and in Unionist associations, he achieved senior office in the Orange Order and the Royal Black Institution and se ... was awarded the seat but he was also disqualified because he held an office of profit under the Crown. External links A Vision of Britain Through Time(Constituency elector numbers) References Mid Ulster by-election By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Londonderry constituencies By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Tyrone constituencies 20th century in County Londonderry 20th century in County Tyrone Mid Ulster by-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Leeds North East By-election
The Leeds North East byelection of 9 February 1956 was a by-election to the House of Commons. It was caused when the sitting Member, Osbert Peake, was awarded a Viscountcy in the New Year's Honours list (he took the title Viscount Ingleby). Sir Keith Joseph kept the seat for the Conservative Party with a slightly reduced numerical majority, but increased in percentage terms. Candidates The Conservative Party's choice of Sir Keith Joseph reflected his strong performance at the 1955 general election when he had failed to be elected, but only by 125 votes, in the London constituency of Baron's Court. Joseph was then a 37-year-old director of building and civil engineering companies and non-practising Barrister. The Labour Party chose Harry Waterman, who had fought the constituency in the previous election. He was a 38-year-old local solicitor and a member of the Fabian Society. The election was a 'straight fight' with no Liberal or Independent candidate intervening. Results Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Chester-le-Street By-election
The 1956 Chester-le-Street by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chester-le-Street on 27 September 1956. Vacancy The by-election had been caused by the death aged 47 years on 25 June 1956 of the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Patrick Bartley. Bartley had held the seat since 1950. Candidates In what was to be a straight fight between the two main parties, Labour chose Norman Pentland, a colliery checkweighman from Fatfield, County Durham as their candidate and the Conservatives selected the journalist William Rees-Mogg. Issues The main political topic of the day was the Suez Crisis but the cost of living and the performance of the government on the economy were also mentioned by Labour as issues in the campaign.The Times, 26 September 1956, p6 The result In what was a safe Labour seat during a period of Conservative government Pentland was easily elected with a majority of 21,287 votes. The votes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Blaydon By-election
The Blaydon byelection of 2 February 1956 was a by-election held in the British House of Commons constituency of Blaydon in County Durham, the North East of England. It was caused by the death on 3 November 1955 of William Whiteley, the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament for the constituency, who had first been elected in 1922 and had represented it ever since with the exception of 1931 to 1935. Labour Party candidate Robert Woof held the seat with little change in the majority. Candidates Labour selected Robert Woof, who was a miner and official with the National Union of Mineworkers; Woof, who was 44, had been a member of Durham County Council since 1947. The Conservative Party candidate was John Reay-Smith, a 40-year-old solicitor who had been a member of Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 French Legislative Election
French legislative elections to elect the third National Assembly of the Fourth Republic took place on 2 January 1956 using party-list proportional representation. The elections had been scheduled for June 1956; however, they were brought forward by Edgar Faure using a constitutional sanction. The previous legislative elections in 1951 had been won by the Third Force, a coalition of center-left and center-right parties, but it was divided about denominational schools question and, when faced with the colonial problem, the governments had gradually moved towards the right. A part of the Rally of the French People (RPF), the Gaullist party, joined the majority in opposing the leadership of Charles de Gaulle, who then retired. The defeat in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in May 1954 caused a political crisis. The Radical Pierre Mendès-France became leader of the cabinet and ended the First Indochina War. He also began the process of independence for Morocco and Tunisia, but fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
