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PLP Justice Minister Michael Scott won the seat for Sandys North in a nail bitting finish to election night.
Mr Scott came out on top with 399 votes, narrowly beating out OBA candidate Ray Charlton’s 391 votes.
Mr Scott said: “It was an extremely cl...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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On a night of upsets, the OBA’s Mark Pettingill swept to victory by 141 votes in Warwick North East, unseating close friend Dale Butler in the process.
Mr Pettingill returns to House of Assembly for a second successive term, having won Warwick West a...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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One Bermuda Alliance candidate Suzann Roberts-Holshouser trumped her opponents in St George’s South last night to return to the House of Assembly after being ousted in the previous election.
Mrs Roberts-Holshouser topped the poll with 515 votes, foll...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Yesterday’s general election had 15 independent candidates — the highest number since the advent of party politics 50 years ago.
However, the poll led to disappointment for all of them, including former United Bermuda Party members Kim and Charlie Sw...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Veteran MP Grant Gibbons scored his fifth successive election victory in his Paget East constituency with a reduced majority.
The One Bermuda Alliance MP garnered 699 votes, seeing off the challenge of Progressive Labour Party candidate Dawn Simmons,...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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One Bermuda Alliance candidate Bob Richards enjoyed a comfortable victory over Progressive Labour Party challenger Neville Tyrrell in Devonshire East last night.
Mr Richards, who also took the constituency in 2007, topped the poll with 460 votes whil...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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Twenty-six-year-old political newcomer Nandi Davis helped decide the country’s election last night, winning St George’s West in a nail-biter of a vote.
Representing the One Bermuda Alliance, Ms Davis won the constituency by just four votes.
She jumpe...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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If one polling station across Bermuda stood out in the tension and partisan rivalry of election day, Warwick North East was the happiest on the Island.
Progressive Labour Party, independents and One Bermuda Alliance candidates were noticeably distant...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
We asked our readers for reaction to the general election result last night. Here are some of their comments.
Sonya Fuller: This is a historic time and historic election. Record crime, high unemployment, IB sceptical, tourism down, education in need ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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The Progressive Labour Party’s Walter Roban easily won Pembroke East last night.
He topped the polls with 525 votes compared to the One Bermuda Alliance’s Scott Stewart who only managed 114 votes. Mr Roban took 82 percent of the vote while Mr Stewart...
DATE: Dec 18, 2012
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