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In an evening of celebration and heartbreak, a handful of candidates managed to topple some of the Island’s political elite.
OBA’s Glen Smith landed a huge blow for the One Bermuda Alliance early in the evening by defeating Premier Paula Cox by 40 vo...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dale Butler, Dame Jennifer Smith, Paula Cox, Kim Swan for decades the names have been part of the political fray.
Premier Paula Cox had her Devonshire North West seat taken from her last night by the OBA’s Glen Smith.
Said Ms Cox, who’d held the seat...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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There was no victory party last night on Court Street as many had hoped, but the party’s leadership vowed to carry on and fight for the people from the Opposition benches.
Shortly after calling the One Bermuda Alliance leadership to inform them that ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Veteran MP Cole Simons was last night returned to the House of Assembly — this time under the banner of the One Bermuda Alliance in Constituency 8, Smiths South.
The Smith’s South candidate received 706 votes ahead of the Progressive Labour Party’s W...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Jeanne Atherden called her win in Pembroke West ‘one of the biggest’ in her political career as she cruised to a comfortable 255 vote win in the Opposition stronghold.
One Bermuda Alliance candidate Mrs Atherden claimed 530 votes.
Progressive Labour...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Progressive Labour Party’s Lovitta Foggo celebrated with family and supporters at Clearwater Middle School last night after defeating the One Bermuda Alliance’s Gaylynne Cannonier in St David’s.
In the 2007 election Ms Foggo won the Constituency from...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Former United Bermuda Party leader Wayne Furbert was returned to Parliament by the voters of Hamilton West despite his switch to the Progressive Labour Party.
The veteran MP fell short of his predicted margin of victory over his former UBP colleague ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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One Bermuda Bermuda Alliance candidate Shawn Crockwell secured a convincing victory in Southampton West Central last night.
The final count, 520 votes for Mr Crockwell who defeated the Progressive Labour Party’s Scott Simmons with 284 votes. Independ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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The One Bermuda Alliance last night ended the Progressive Labour Party’s 14-year hold on power in a fiercely fought general election in which Premier Paula Cox lost her seat.
The OBA won 19 seats to the PLP’s 17, a result that means that Craig Cannon...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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In the end, it was the economy, stupid.
Conventional wisdom would suggest that when an economy has been in contraction for three and probably four years, that the incumbent party in a general election is likely to lose.
Certainly that has been the ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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