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She led the Progressive Labour Party to its first ever election victory in 1998, but last night Dame Jennifer Smith’s 40-year political career appeared to be over after she was rejected by the voters of St George’s North.
Opposition OBA candidate Ken...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Former Progressive Labour Party Senator Walton Brown Jr won Pembroke Central a PLP stronghold with just four votes over newcomer Andrew Simons.
Mr Brown, a pollster and former educator, won with 353 and Mr Simons earned 347 votes of the 707 cast.
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DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox lost her Devonshire North West seat last night after 16 years and a political career that has seen her hold virtually every major Cabinet post.
Glen Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance polled 470 votes to Ms Cox's 377 and his party wo...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Voter turnout last night dropped nearly ten percent over 2007, as hundreds fewer voters went to the polls to cast their votes.
A few thousand less people came out to cast votes for the PLP compared to 2007, while the number of votes cast for Independ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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One Bermuda Alliance candidate Patricia Gordon-Pamplin stormed to victory in Constituency 23 last night to return to the House of Assembly for the third successive term.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin topped the poll in Paget West with 676 votes, while Progressiv...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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After soundly defeating One Bermuda Alliance candidate Jon Brunson, an ebullient Zane DeSilva emerged from the Southampton East polling station at Warwick Camp tonight
to discover that the leader of his party, Paula Cox, had just lost her seat in De...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Busy days lie ahead for the Island’s roster of 13 newly elected, first-time MPs.
Jeanne Atherden, the OBA winner in Pembroke West, said earlier in the polling day that she would provide a new voice for the area’s voters.
“They want to be part of the ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
Hamilton West candidate Wayne Furbert got the feeling luck was on his side when, just ten minutes before the polling station door closed, a voter walked in to cast her vote. After exchanging pleasantries with the voter, Mr Furbert turned to his wif...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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The Progressive Labour Party candidate Marc Bean of Warwick South Central swept to victory in Constituency 26 last night, retaining his seat.
The newlywed topped the polls with 507 votes, followed by One Bermuda Alliance candidate Ras Mykkal with 272...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Senate Leader and Attorney General Kim Wilson secured victory for her party in Sandys South Central.
Attorney General Wilson, replacing PLP stalwart Mr Walter Lister, as candidate for this constituency, topped the poll with 563 votes. Mr Lister has s...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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