1994 Anguillian General Election
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Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...
on 16 March 1994.General Election Results - 16 March 1994
Caribbean Elections Despite a large drop in the Anguilla United Party's vote share, the loss of the Road North constituency to the
Anguilla Democratic Party The Anguilla Democratic Party was a political party in Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying ea ...
gave the second and third parties enough seats to form a
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. Hubert Hughes of the Anguilla United Party, who had stood on a pro-independence platform, was appointed Chief Minister following the elections. The small Anguilla for Good Government party replaced the Party for Anguilla's Culturisation and Economy as the fourth party, but like its predecessor, failed to win representation. The future Chief Minister
Osbourne Fleming Osbourne Berrington Fleming (born February 18, 1940) is a politician and a former Chief Minister of Anguilla, chief minister of Anguilla. He held that post from March 6, 2000, three days after the Anguilla United Front, a conservatism, conservati ...
held his seat of Sandy Hill as an
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Results

John Gumbs and David Carty were nominated to be the appointed members. However, the Speaker of the House refused to swear in Carty, leaving the post unfilled.Nominated members: To be, or not to be, that is the question!
Government of Anguilla


By constituency


References

{{Anguillan elections Elections in Anguilla 1994 in Anguilla
Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...
Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...
March 1994 in North America