British Honduras general election, 1954

28 April 1954

1957 →

All 9 seats in the British Honduras Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party
	PUP	NP
Leader	Leigh Richardson (acting)	W. H. Courtenay
Party	PUP	NP
Alliance	PUP-GWU
Leader since	1953	1951
Leader's seat	candidate in Belize West	(not a candidate)
Seats won	8	1
Popular vote	9,461	3,342
Percentage	65.04%	22.98%

Majority party leader before election

N/A

Elected Majority party leader

Leigh Richardson
PUP

N/A

Leigh Richardson
PUP

General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage. The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members. The result was a decisive victory for the pro-independence People's United Party, which won eight of the nine seats in a coalition with the General Workers' Union.

The pro-colonial National Party won the remaining seat, with NP candidate Charles Westby prevailing in the Toledo constituency.

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