1999 British Virgin Islands general election


The British Virgin Islands general election, 1999 was held in the British Virgin Islands on 17 May 1999. The result was a victory for the incumbent Virgin Islands Party led by Chief Minister Ralph T. O'Neal over the newly formed National Democratic Party led by Orlando Smith.
The election was largely notable for three reasons:
The election was largely decided in three key seats: the Third District, the Sixth District and the Eighth District and David. The At-large seats were split equally between the two main parties. Ethelyn Smith won the Fifth District for the minority party, the Concerned Citizens Movement, where the second placed candidate was former Chief Minister running as an independent, Cyril Romney.
Although the overall vote count was flattering to the NDP this was because they polled well in the At-large seats. But most of the Territorial seats were not that competitive, with the VIP winning some seats with huge majorities, the largest being Alvin Christopher's thumping 80.2% of the vote in the Second District. Conversely, Julian Fraser won his seat in the Third District with the smallest mandate of any candidate – just 228 votes in a three-way contest with a low voter turnout.
Notable candidates who were elected to the Legislature for the first time included future Chief Minister and Premier, Orlando Smith; future Deputy Premier and Minister Kedrick Pickering; future Minister Andrew Fahie; and future Minister and Leader of the Opposition Julian Fraser. Conversely, Walwyn Brewley suffered the first electoral defeat of his career, and would thereafter choose to end his political career at this point.

Individual territorial seats

Winning candidates are shaded in blue. The previous incumbent, if any, is indicated in bold.
First Electoral District
CandidateCarrot BayZion HillTotalPercentage
Andrew FAHIE 30622252876.9%
Elvin STOUTT 1014014120.5%
Rejected151162.3%
Spoiled1120.3%

Second Electoral District
CandidateJost Van DykeBrewers BayCane Garden BayMeyersTotalPercentage
Alvin CHRISTOPHER 748516516048480.2%
Enriquito RHYMER 413613611418.9%
Rejected003250.8%

Third Electoral District
CandidatesSea Cows BayTotalPercentage
Julian FRASER 22822838.4%
Michael THOMAS 20220234.0%
Maxwell SMITH 14814824.9%
Rejected14142.4%
Spoiled220.3%

Fourth Electoral District
CandidatesRoad TownSalt IslandTotalPercentage
Mark VANTERPOOL 451245362.2%
Walwyn BREWLEY 254425835.4%
Gregory HODGE 220223.0%
Rejected140141.9%
Spoiled1010.1%

Fifth Electoral District
CandidatesHuntum's GhutLong TrenchTotalPercentage
Ethlyn SMITH 2087027837.9%
Cyril ROMNEY 1825123331.8%
Hugo VANTERPOOL 1045616021.8%
Ulric SCATLIFFE 473506.8%
Rejected82101.4%

Sixth Electoral District
CandidatesBaughers BayBelle VueTotalPercentage
Omar HODGE 3165136745.4%
Elvis HARRIGAN 2896635543.9%
Edmund MADURO 674718.8%
Rejected133162.0%

Seventh Electoral District
CandidatesLong LookTotalPercentage
Kedrick PICKERING 35635660.8%
Collingston GEORGE 10910918.6%
Birton LETTSOME 10710718.3%
Rejected13132.2%
Spoiled110.1%

Eighth Electoral District
CandidatesHope EstateEast EndTotalPercentage
Lloyd BLACK 1125326438.7%
Andre PENN 1823525337.0%
David PENN 1014815823.1%
Rejected0881.2%

Ninth Electoral District
CandidatesThe ValleyNorth SoundAnegadaTotalPercentage
Ralph T. O'NEAL 3921814461766.2%'''
Hubert O'NEAL 202534530032.2%
Rejected1211141.5%

At-large seats

Territorial At-Large Electoral District
PositionNameAffiliationTotalPercentage
1SMITH, D. OrlandoNDP3,09412.93%
2GEORGE, ReeialVIP3,01512.60%
3SKELTON, RonnieNDP2,67511.18%
4PARSONS, EileeneVIP2,2889.56%
5WATTLEY, PaulNDP1,8977.93%
6O'NEAL, IreneVIP1,8357.67%
7PICKERING, RoyVIP1,6526.90%
8CHRISTOPHER, DelorisNDP1,4606.10%
9FRETT, Alred IND 1,4576.09%
10BLYDEN, NeilIND9193.84%
11MADURO, ConradUP 7233.02%'''
12FLAX, KeithIND5372.24%
13HERBERT, MerrittUP5052.11%
14MERCER, CharlesUP4511.88%
15DAWSON, CarlCCM3451.44%
16FRETT, BettetoCCM3251.36%
17O'NEAL, EdisonUP2441.02%
18SCATLIFFE, FletcherIND2090.87%
19BARONVILLE, EileenIND1990.83%
20LLOYD, NoelIND970.41%

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