Belize legislative election, 1989
Encyclopedia
General elections were held in Belize
on 4 September 1989. The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party
, which won 15 of the 28 seats. Voter turnout was 72.6%.
was finishing its first term and sought re-election on the basis of improved economic indicators and standard of living. The People's United Party painted them as lusting after foreign aid and recognition, particularly from the United States
and Taiwan
.
Another issue was national security; the PUP attacked a CIA
-like operation known as the Secret Intelligence Service as being a spy network for the UDP and promised freedom of the press and other fundamental freedoms enshrined in the constitution.
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
on 4 September 1989. The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party
People's United Party
The People's United Party is one of two major political parties in Belize, and currently the main opposition party. It is a Christian Democratic party; the current Party Leader is Francis Fonseca....
, which won 15 of the 28 seats. Voter turnout was 72.6%.
Background
The ruling United Democratic PartyUnited Democratic Party (Belize)
The United Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in Belize, and currently the ruling party, having won the 2008 general elections. A centre-right conservative party, it is currently led by Dean Barrow.-Founding:...
was finishing its first term and sought re-election on the basis of improved economic indicators and standard of living. The People's United Party painted them as lusting after foreign aid and recognition, particularly from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Taiwan
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
Another issue was national security; the PUP attacked a CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
-like operation known as the Secret Intelligence Service as being a spy network for the UDP and promised freedom of the press and other fundamental freedoms enshrined in the constitution.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's United Party People's United Party The People's United Party is one of two major political parties in Belize, and currently the main opposition party. It is a Christian Democratic party; the current Party Leader is Francis Fonseca.... |
29,986 | 50.9 | 15 | |
| United Democratic Party United Democratic Party (Belize) The United Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in Belize, and currently the ruling party, having won the 2008 general elections. A centre-right conservative party, it is currently led by Dean Barrow.-Founding:... |
28,900 | 49.0 | 13 | |
| Independents | 65 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,003 | |||
| Total | 59,954 | 100 | 28 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Registered voters | Votes cast | Turnout | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Shores | Louis Humphreys | PUP People's United Party The People's United Party is one of two major political parties in Belize, and currently the main opposition party. It is a Christian Democratic party; the current Party Leader is Francis Fonseca.... |
2779 | 1745 | 62.7% | 775 | 44.4% |
| Manuel Esquivel Manuel Esquivel Sir Manuel Esquivel, KCMG, PC is a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:... |
UDP United Democratic Party (Belize) The United Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in Belize, and currently the ruling party, having won the 2008 general elections. A centre-right conservative party, it is currently led by Dean Barrow.-Founding:... |
957 | 54.8% | ||||
| Freetown | Derek Aikman | UDP | 2771 | 1774 | 64.0% | 961 | 54.2% |
| Araceli "Lita" Hunter Krohn | PUP | 783 | 44.1% | ||||
| Pickstock | George Cadle Price George Cadle Price George Cadle Price PC was the first Prime Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation".... |
PUP | 2453 | 1514 | 61.7% | 906 | 59.8% |
| Cyril Davis | UDP | 584 | 34.5% | ||||
| Fort George | Said Musa Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from August 28, 1998 to February 8, 2008.-Early life and education:Said Musa was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize... |
PUP | 2833 | 1780 | 62.8% | 1105 | 62.0% |
| Dean Lindo Dean Lindo Dean Lindo is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the United Democratic Party of Belize and was its leader from 1974 to 1979.Lindo is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.... |
UDP | 656 | 36.8% | ||||
| Lake Independence | Carlos Diaz | PUP | 3376 | 2115 | 62.6% | 1091 | 51.5% |
| Hubert Elrington | UDP | 978 | 46.2% | ||||
| Albert Albert, Belize Albert is a constituency in the Belize District of the Central American nation of Belize.-History:Albert was one of the original 18 constituencies that were by the government of the then British Colony of British Honduras... |
Roy Young | PUP | 2393 | 1397 | 58.0% | 560 | 40.0% |
| Phillip Goldson Phillip Goldson Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson was a Belizean newspaper editor, activist and politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Belize as member for the Albert Division from 1961 to 1998 and twice as a Minister... |
UDP | 812 | 58.1% | ||||
| Collet | Frank Lizama | UDP | 2656 | 1616 | 60.8% | 661 | 40.9% |
| Remijio Montejo | PUP | 940 | 58.2% | ||||
| Mesopotamia | Curl Thompson | UDP | 2818 | 1570 | 55.7% | 834 | 53.1% |
| Stephen Latchman | PUP | 713 | 45.4% | ||||
| Queen's Square | Dean Barrow Dean Barrow Dean Oliver Barrow is Prime Minister of Belize and leader of the United Democratic Party. An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was then Leader of the Opposition until the UDP won the February 2008 election... |
UDP | 2896 | 1697 | 58.5% | 1085 | 63.9% |
| Tom Greenwood | PUP | 588 | 34.6% | ||||
| Port Loyola | Henry Young | UDP | 3002 | 1759 | 58.5% | 991 | 56.3% |
| Ernest Staine | PUP | 695 | 39.5% | ||||
| Belize Rural North | Ewing Maxwell Samuels Maxwell Samuels Maxwell Ewing Samuels is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He represents the Belize Rural North constituency of Belize District in the House of Representatives of Belize.... |
PUP | 2469 | 1653 | 66.9 | 760 | 45.9 |
| Samuel Rhaburn | UDP | 806 | 48.8% | ||||
| Rufus X | Independent | 65 | 3.9% | ||||
| Belize Rural South | Rudolph Thompson | UDP | 3350 | 2297 | 68.5% | 762 | 33.2% |
| Glenn Godfrey | PUP | 1489 | 64.8% | ||||
| Orange Walk North | Santiago Rosado | PUP | 2982 | 2641 | 88.5% | 1256 | 47.5% |
| Ruben Campos | UDP | 1338 | 50.6% | ||||
| Orange Walk Central | Leopoldo Briceno | PUP | 2717 | 2170 | 79.8% | 1144 | 52.7% |
| Leliz Carballo | UDP | 1010 | 46.5% | ||||
| Orange Walk East | Ramon Cervantes | PUP | 3264 | 2706 | 82.9% | 1195 | 44.2% |
| Elodio Aragon | UDP | 1464 | 54.1% | ||||
| Orange Walk South | Guadalupe Pech | PUP | 3057 | 2743 | 81.7 | 1378 | 50.2% |
| Onesimo Pech | UDP | 1331 | 48.5% | ||||
| Cayo North | Salvador Fernandez | UDP | 3751 | 2951 | 78.6% | 1562 | 52.9% |
| Ismael "Miley" Garcia | PUP | 1321 | 44.8% | ||||
| Cayo South | Samuel Waight | PUP | 3199 | 2382 | 74.0% | 1425 | 59.8% |
| Philip Brackett | UDP | 910 | 38.2% | ||||
| Cayo West | Miguel Ruiz | PUP | 2539 | 2010 | 79.0% | 1033 | 51.3% |
| Carlos Leon | UDP | 929 | 46.2% | ||||
| Cayo Central | Daniel Silva | PUP | 3249 | 2491 | 76.6% | 1277 | 51.2% |
| Eduardo "Dito" Juan | UDP | 1152 | 46.2% | ||||
| Corozal North | Valdemar Castillo | PUP | 2922 | 2522 | 86.3% | 1371 | 54.4% |
| Richard Quan | UDP | 1119 | 44.4% | ||||
| Corozal Southwest | Asterio Ortega | UDP | 2821 | 2398 | 85.0% | 1309 | 54.6% |
| Everaldo Puck | PUP | 1055 | 43.9% | ||||
| Corozal Bay | Juan Vildo Marin Juan Vildo Marin Juan Vildo Marin, otherwise known as Vildo Marin is a Belizean politician and People's United Party member. He represents Corozal Bay, which includes Corozal Town, in the House of Representatives of Belize.Marin is married. He has a B.A. from the Southeastern Louisiana University... |
PUP | 3336 | 2544 | 76.0% | 1258 | 50.5% |
| Israel Alpuche | UDP | 1201 | 47.2% | ||||
| Corozal Southeast | Florencio Marin | PUP | 3203 | 2887 | 90.0% | 1528 | 52.9% |
| Doroteo Pott | UDP | 1320 | 45.7% | ||||
| Dangriga Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean coast at the mouth of Stann Creek. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District and also the largest town in southern Belize... |
Theodore Aranda Theodore Aranda Dr. Theodore "Ted" Aranda is a Belizean politician.- Education and UDP career :Aranda holds a Ph.D. and worked with the Belize branch of the CARE organization. In 1974 he joined the newly formed United Democratic Party and quickly rose up the ranks. In 1979 he was one of the 5 representatives... |
PUP | 3486 | 2330 | 66.8% | 1233 | 52.9 |
| Randolph Enriquez | UDP | 1057 | 45.4% | ||||
| Stann Creek West | Melvin Hulse | UDP | 2286 | 1783 | 77.9% | 881 | 49.4% |
| Conrad Lewis | PUP | 871 | 48.8% | ||||
| Toledo East | Michael Espat | PUP | 3375 | 2494 | 73.8% | 1298 | 52.0% |
| Charles Wagner | UDP | 1168 | 46.8% | ||||
| Toledo West | William "Dennis" Usher | UDP | 2573 | 1985 | 53.5% | 1062 | 53.5% |
| Samuel Alexander "Alejandro" Vernon | PUP | 911 | 45.9% | ||||
| Source: The Belize Times, Sun, Sept. 10, 1989. pgs. C and D | |||||||