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supporters thought that the UBP could possibly win another election. People detected a wind of change and thinking which said, "Give the PLP a chance'', and "It's time for a change''. However not many people were so bold as to predict that the Progre...
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THE ADVENT OF the electronic media caused some Election officials a little consternation.
For some returning officers were under the impression that all quarter, half and full results would simply be posted on the Government website for all to see.
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DATE: Nov 10, 1998
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success.
"At last,'' she said after attracting 1,243 votes, giving her 37.7 percent of the poll, an increase of just over four percent on 1993. But running mate Paula Cox, who romped to victory in the October, 1996, by-election in the constituency fo...
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With more spin doctors than visitors in Bermuda on an overcast November day, the one sure thing about yesterday's General Election should have been the result. Of late, Bermudians have been polled more often than prize Hereford bulls.
But the prevail...
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But it was not the expected landslide for the UBP duo, with PLP candidate George Scott polling 429 votes.
Trade unionist Mr. Scott was upbeat in the early hours of polling, predicting the PLP would take one of the seats, splitting the constituency wi...
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Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess and his running mate, Renee Webb, took an early lead in the count and never looked back.
All day long the twosome predicted victory and spoke of their excitement about the PLP forming the next Govern...
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A whole host of household names fell to the PLP chopping axe last night.
Among the big names to fall were Labour and Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess, Health Minister Wayne Furbert and Deputy Premier Jerome Dill.
And joining them in the politica...
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The United Bermuda Party was left licking its wounds last night and contemplating life in the immediate future as the Opposition.
Thirty odd years of reign as Bermuda's Government came to a close as the Progressive Labour Party seized 26 of the 40 av...
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casts her ballot in Warwick West.
AREN'T YOU A BIT YOUNG FOR THIS? -- P.c. John Lynch-Wade advises Tanaya Taylor, seven, that she can't vote at Devonshire North polling station for another 11 years.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE -- National Liberal Party chief C...
DATE: Nov 10, 1998
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The defending pair romped home streets ahead of the opposition, with Dr.
Gibbons topping the poll with 855 votes.
Mrs. Young came in just behind with 840 votes, while Mr. Scott picked up 127 votes.
Dr. Gibbons said minutes after the vote was announce...
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