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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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Politics
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AUTHOR:
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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Jeff Sousa declared the OBA had delivered an early Christmas present to the people of Bermuda as he heard about his party’s success elsewhere on election night.
Mr Sousa won Warwick West with 589 votes, beating PLP Senator Jonathan Smith who polled 3...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Wayne Scott of the One Bermuda Alliance edged out the Progressive Labour Party’s Colonel David Burch by ten votes winning the Warwick North Central Parliamentary seat last night.
Working steadfastly in the constituency since 2005 and running for a se...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Politics
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Craig Cannonier’s victory in Devonshire South Central last night was never in doubt — and the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance took advantage of it and travelled the Island yesterday supporting his party’s candidates.
He skipped the count in his ow...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
