Statistics on Belize City Council Elections 1962 to 2003

STATISTICS ON BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS 1962 TO 2003

By I Myrtle Palacio Source: “Elections Belize: the Naked Truth”, 2011

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 12 1962

PUP No. of Votes Remarks C.L.B. Rogers 5083 Elected Fred Westby 5034 Elected George Price 5027 Elected James Meighan 4975 Elected Gwendolyn Lizarraga 4948 Elected Orlando Lizama 4937 Elected Anthony Meighan 4919 Elected Lois Encalada 4897 Elected Vallan Neal 4805 Elected

NIP Phillip Goldson 3816 Jaime Staines 3718 Edward Flowers 3666 Leotine Gillett 3569 Reginald Brooks 3554 Helen Taylor 3536 Sabino Savery 3532 Floss Cassassola 3509 Rosita Williams 3461

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 12 PUP 57.9% NIP 0 Female 6 NIP 42.1%

Source: Belize Billboard, Thursday, December 13, 1962

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 14, 1965

PUP No. of Votes Remarks Fred D. Wesby 5239 Elected Anthony F. Meighan 5225 Elected Orlando A. Lizama 5322 Elected Lois E. Encalada 5223 Elected William E. Coffin 5105 Elected George O. Dakers 5251 Elected Homero A. Escalante 5253 Elected Marie L. Usher 5099 Elected James N. Meighan 4971 Elected

NIP Fredrick O. Moody 539 Gilbert R. Lightburn 269 Edward D. Flowers 4446 Howell Longswoth 4411 Helen E. Taylor 4407 Leotine C. Gillett 4410 Colville N. Young 4603 Rolando Perdomo 4341 Clare E. Gill 4331

INDEPENDENT Abel T. Rudon 4332 Edward A. Anderson 4351

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 16 PUP 54% NIP 0 Female 4 NIP 36% IND 10%

Source: British Honduras Gazette, January 22, 1966

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION April 30, 1969

Candidates No. of Votes Remarks PUP Brian Norris Chavannes 4870 Elected William Elijah Coffin 4964 Elected George Oscar Osbon Dakers 5076 Elected Iris Gullap 4724 Elected Adolfo Lizarraga 5009 Elected Anthony F. Meighan 4946 Elected James Nathaniel Meighan 5045 Elected James Leopold Rogers 4904 Elected Peter Alexander Thomas 4717 Elected

NIP Edward Allan Anderson 4434 Reginald Brooks 4310 Henry Clifton Fairweather 4539 Edward Dugal Flowers 4452 Ulric Rollington Fuller 4157 Francis Lionel McNab 4096 Rolando Perdomo 4242 Helen Ethel Elizabeth Taylor 4193 Colville Norbert Young 4485

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 16 PUP 53.21% NIP 0 Female 2 NIP 46.79%

Source: British Honduras Gazette, May 3, 1969

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 8, 1971

PUP No. of Votes Remarks George Oscar Osborne Dakers 4499 Elected William Elijah Coffin 4425 Elected Adolfo Lizarraga 4396 Elected Doyle Andy Ewell 4292 Elected James Leopold Rogers 4291 Elected Brian Norris Chavannes 4236 Elected Peter Alexander Thomas 4151 Elected Michael Ashton Usher 4150 Elected Iris Gullap 4134 Elected

COALITION NINE Evan Anthony Hyde 2953 Rita Berry 2564 Melbourne Elwin Burgess 2562 Denzie W. Belisle 2551 Ismael Omar Shabazz 2549 Edney Bennett 2544 Clifford Liston Leslie 2513 Walter Hubert Gardiner 2499 Thomas Abraham 2443

INDEPENDENT Anthony F. Meighan 801 Reginald Brooks 432

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 18 PUP 63.82% COALITION 0 Female 2 COALITION 34.14% IND 0 IND 1.33%

Source: British Honduras Gazette December 24, 1971

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 11,1974

UDP No. of Votes Remarks Manuel Esquivel 3943 Elected Collet Fitzgerald Gill 3815 Phillip S. W. Goldson 4036 Elected Harry L. Lawrence 3857 Elected Eric Gilbert Neal 3819 Paul Peter Rodriguez 3994 Elected Curl Osman Thompson 3916 Elected Kennett Tillett 4085 Elected Angus McPherson Vernon 3642

PUP William Elijah Coffin 3762 George Oscar Osborn Dakers 3971 Elected Jose Encalada 3834 Elected Jose Eduardo Erales 3673 Alvan Llewelln Fuller 3895 Elected Iris Mae Gullap 3716 Louis Humphreys 3766 Edward Nabil Musa 3828 Doyle Prince 3699

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party UDP 6 Male 17 UDP 51.69% PUP 3 Female 1 PUP 49.30%

Source: Government Gazette, December 21, 1974

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 7,1977

UDP No. of Votes Remarks Paul Rodriguez 5162 Elected Phillip Goldson 5078 Elected Manuel Esquivel 5062 Elected Ken Tillett 5055 Elected Harry Lawrence 4968 Elected Lionel Tillett 4963 Elected Curl Thompson 4956 Elected Eudora Pitts 4907 Elected Jacqueline DeShield 4849 Elected 45000

PUP Said Musa 4414 George Daker 4412 Jose Encalada 4386 Alvan Fuller 4360 Leroy Taegar 4343 Signa Yorke 4316 Edwin Flowers 4302 lois Young 4289 Evan Hyde 4203

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party UDP 9 Male 14 UDP 54% PUP 0 Female 4 PUP 46%

Source: Reporter, December 11, 1977

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 17 1980

No. of PUP Votes Remarks Dorian Barrow 6620 Elected Alvan Fuller 6585 Elected Gloria McField 6528 Elected Rafael Chavez 6505 Elected Harry Lui 6479 Elected Daniel Meighan 6447 Elected Simeon Sampson 6445 Elected Earl Ferguson 6440 Elected Remijio Montejo 6385 Elected

UDP Manuel Esquivel 5655 Philip Goldson 5650 Derek Aikman 5620 Curl Thompson 5528 Gustavo Bautista 5450 Jacqueline DeShield 5424 Leroy Panting 5413 Eudora Pitts 5406 Samuel Rhaburn 5392

Councill ors by % Votes Seats by Party Sex by Party Male PUP PUP 9 15 54.12% Female UDP UDP 0 3 45.88%

Source: Belize Gazett, January 3, 1981

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 14 1983

UDP No. of Votes Remark Dean Barrow 7121 Elected Derek Aikman 7096 Elected Hubert Elrington Jr. 6954 Elected Philip Goldson 6896 Elected Carlos Castillo 6885 Elected Frank Lizama 6859 Elected Gustavo Bautista 6826 Elected Rodwell Pinks 6708 Elected Samuel Rhaburn 6678 Elected

PUP Remijio Montejo 5002 Merlene Fonseca 4988 Gloria McField 4987 Rafael Chavez 4971 Dorian Barrow 4924 Harry Lui 4910 Marie Lewis 4838 Victor Usher 4837 Winston Smiling 4812

Councillors by % Votes by Seats by Party Sex Party UDP 9 Male 15 UDP 58.35% PUP 0 Female 3 PUP 41.65%

Source: Belize Gazette, December 24, 1983

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION By- election March 27 1985

UDP No. of Votes Remark Cleophos Lord 6208 Elected Allan pitts 6282 Elected Ramon Vasquez 6246 Elected Michael Young 6285 Elected

PUP Carlos Diaz 3820 Remiio Montejo 3842 Maurice Robateau 3613 James Saunders 3579

No. of Registered Voters: 23,404 Votes Cast: 10,375 % of votes Cast: 44.3%

Source: Suppliment to the New Belize (MC-365 Belize Archives Dept.)

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION December 10,1986

UDP No. of Votes Remarks Deanna Nisbet 6758 Elected Frank Lizama 6743 Elected Ellis Arnold 6710 Elected Bernard Pitts 6684 Elected Michael Young 6675 Elected K.B. Smith 6665 Elected Cyril Davis 6655 Elected Edward Eau 6637 Elected R. Ramon Vaquez 6633 Elected

PUP Araceli Krohn 4999 Remijio Montejo 4929 Glen Quallo 4928 Henry Latchman 4908 Carlos Diaz 4897 Louis Humphreys 4844 Everal Waight 4830 Mark Usher 4790 William Reyes 4729

BPP Nicholas Pollard Sr. 201 Frederick Hunter 190 Walter Whittaker 109 Lolita Delgado 98 Collington Beeks 96 Leslie Gentle 93 James Pasqual 80 Leonard Reyes 80

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 0 Male 23 PUP 41.78% UDP 9 Female 3 UDP 57.32% BPP 0 BPP 0.90%

Source: Belize Gazette, December 20, 1986

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION DECEMBER 6 1989

PUP No. of Votes Remarks Jose Coye 7210 Elected William David Fonseca 7160 Elected Dorla Eleanor Bowman 7149 Elected Raymond Albert Cox 7139 Elected Manuel Jesus Bautista 7116 Elected Roy Gilbert Young 7113 Elected Stephen Henry Latchman 7066 Elected Adrian A. (Danny) Madrid 7035 Elected Thomas Henry Greenwood 7026 Elected

UDP Michael Young 6031 Kenneth N. Smith 6006 B. Q. Pitts 6003 Faith Stuart-Babb 6002 Cyril G. Davis 5982 Hubert Elrington 5913 Reginald Rodriguez 5896 Cleophas Lord 5847 Rodwell Pinks 5845

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 16 PUP 54.46% UDP 0 Female 2 UDP 45.54%

Source: Belize Gazette, March 27, 1989

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION March 18 1993

PUP No. of Votes Remarks Jose Alfredo Coye 7822 Elected William David Fonseca 7699 Elected Raymond Albert Cox 7668 Elected Stephen Latchman 7598 Elected Juliet Orosco Soberanis 7576 Elected Manuel Jesus Bautista 7548 Elected Roy Gilber Young 7521 Elected Darrell Carter 7518 Elected Adrian (Danny) Madrid 7424 Elected

UDP Owen H. Morrison 5547 Myrna K. McDonald Manzanares 5390 M. Solangel Arguelles 5339 Ellis R. Arnold 5259 Philip Brackett 5180 Michael Samuel Godoy 5157 Geraldine Jennifer Tillett 5021 Howell Longsworth 5015 Ralph Lewin Hulse 4917

NABR Adelma Lanthi Broaster 948 Frank Alexander Lizama 867 K. B. Smith 731 Figenia V. Cayetano 645 Anthony Cervantes 608 Leigh (Gerilee) Flowers 607 Derek Bernard Gabourel 533 Charles Selaise Hope 520 Edward F. Robateau 484 Source: Belize Gazette, March 27, 1993 Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 21 PUP 56.44% UDP 0 Female 6 UDP 38.65% NABR 0 NABR 4.91%

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION March 18,1996 PUP No. of Votes Remarks Jose Coye 8897 Elected William David Fonseca 8549 Elected Marshall M. Nunez 8402 Elected Merilyn "Marlin" Young 8391 Elected Darrell Carter 8384 Elected Stephen Latchman 8364 Elected Adrian (Danny) Madrid J.P. 8330 Elected Eric Kirkwood 8284 Elected Olga May Gordon 8272 Elected

UDP Myrna Kaye Manzanares 6212 Thomas G. Morrison J.P. 5662 Cleophas Lord J.P. 5606 Omar Ramon Mitchell 5594 Anthony (Boots) Martinez 5567 Roderick James Elijio 5536 Lionel Douglas Clarke 5535 Norman Charles Rodriguez 5414 Wilmore Staine 5260

NABR Gilda Jo-Ann Lewis 937 Adelma Ianthi Broaster 900 Ward Grant 600 Figenia Vilkirey Cayetano 572 Leigh Harrison Flowers 536 Reuben Randolph Middleton 506 Radiance Angela Hill 369 Conrad Edison Staine 339 Clarence Alvin McKay Jr. 282

PDP Marisa (Marisol) Quan 767 Estevan (Steve) Perera 637 Joseito Nasario (Joe) Sosa 618 Gilroy Usher 515 Enrique Silva 502 Robert (Capi) Mariano 477 Russell August 405 Noel Maheia 398 Lisburn Peters 359 Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 9 Male 28 PUP 55.79% UDP 0 Female 8 UDP 37.05% NABR 0 NABR 3.71% PDP 3.44% Source: Elections and Boundaries Commission

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION March 3 1999

PUP No. of Votes Remarks DAVID FONSECA 8123 Elected Marshall Nunez 8753 Elected Remond cox 8736 Elected Gus A Perera 8647 Elected Elosia Trujeque 8629 Elected Andrian (Danny) Madrid 8621 Elected Lillette Barkley Waite 8594 Elected Yasmin Shoman 8544 Elected Darrel Carter 8531 Elected Maerilyn E Young 8514 Elected Austin Waight 8489 Elected

UDP Anthony "Boots" Martinez 5230 Patrick Jason Faber 6000 Denys "Sister B" Barrow Anderson 5959 Myrna Kaye Manzanares 5937 Dale "Teach" Anthony 5836 Brian Bennett Hall 5697 Albert "Girl" Robinson 5658 Sydney Fuller 5643 Deon Orlando Lind 5637 Chester Sutherland 5622 Enrique L Silva 5553

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 11 Male 16 PUP 60% UDP 0 Female 6 UDP 40%

Source: Election and Boundaries Department

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION March 5, 2003

PUP No. of Votes Remarks David Fonseca 12575 Elected Lindsford Castillo 12409 Elected Jenny Craig 12458 Elected Adrian Madrid 12489 Elected Rachel Montejo 12341 Elected Marshall Nunez 12590 Elected Yasmin Shoman 12468 Elected Eloisa Trujeque 12420 Elected Jacqueline Welch 12201 Elected Austin Waight 12301 Elected Devvie Vasquez 12334 Elected

UDP Wayne Usher 1870 Dale Anthony 2196 Darrell Bradley 2180 Laura Esquivel 2184 Cecil Jenkins 2143 Dawn Lemott 2184 Anthony Michael 1995 Eric Neal 2162 Joreg Pelayo 1977 Norman Rodriguez 2159 Ernesto Torres 2054

INDEPENDENT Estevan Perrera 146 Jose Sosa 130 F.E. "Paco" Smith 184 Source: Election and Boundaries Department. Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 11 Male 14 PUP 55% UDP 0 Female 8 UDP 44% IND. 0 IND. 1 %

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION March 5, 2003

INDEPENDENT Estevan Perrera 146 Jose Sosa 130 F.E. "Paco" Smith 184

Seats by Party Councillors by Sex % Votes by Party PUP 11 Male 14 PUP 55% UDP 0 Female 8 UDP 44% IND. 0 IND. 1 % Source: Election and Boundaries Department.