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The two Smith's North seats were formerly held by Speaker Ernest DeCouto and Cabinet Minister Leonard Gibbons. Both retired this year after long political careers.
Mr. Simons and Mr. Marshall kept both seats in the UBP stronghold convincingly in the ...
DATE: Nov 10, 1998
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Mr. Bascome topped the polls for the second election running with 1,098 votes followed closely by former union leader Mr. Simmons on 1,061.
The United Bermuda Party's Michael Williams and David Petty trailed badly with 191 and 184 votes respectively....
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Mr. Morton topped the poll with 891 votes while his running mate, Mr. Allen, followed closely with 887.
The votes for the PLP candidates were more than double that of their UBP counterparts -- Patricia Gordon-Pamplin received 404 and Wayne Scott fini...
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Nearly 82 percent of the 1,715 registered voters returned outgoing Premier Pamela Gordon and former Tourism Minister David Dodwell to the House of Assembly, but not before seeing support rise for lawyer and PLP stalwart Michael Scott -- running for t...
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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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