Ascension : Press Release - Results Of Polling Day
Submitted by The Islander (Public Relations Information Office) 12.11.2009 (Article Archived on 26.11.2009)

Returning Officer, Gillian Francis, has announced the results of Polling Day and has accordingly declared that the following candidates have been duly elected to serve as Members of the St Helena Legislative Council:

Press Release

Results of Polling Day

Returning Officer, Gillian Francis, has announced the results of Polling Day and has accordingly declared that the following candidates have been duly elected to serve as Members of the St Helena Legislative Council:

For the East Constituency:

Tara Louise Thomas, Bernice Alicia Olsson, Cyril Keith Gunnell, Rodney Garth Buckley, Brian William Isaac, and John Gilbert Cranfield.

For the West Constituency:

Mervyn Robert Yon, Derek Franklin Thomas, Raymond Kenneth Williams, Anthony Arthur Green, Stedson Graham Francis, and Michael Anthony Benjamin.

The votes awarded to each candidate were as follows:

For the East Constituency:

Eric William Benjamin 114

Rodney Garth Buckley  195

John Gilbert Cranfield  185

William Eric Drabble 63

Sylvia Ivy Ellick 153

Eric Walter George 77

Stedson Robert George 109

Cyril Keith Gunnel 233

Christopher David Harrison 152

Brian William Isaac 188

John Frederick Joshua 146

Stuart Richard Moors 57

Bernice Alicia Olsson 284

Tara Louise Thomas 327

Patrick Arthur Williams 59

For the West Constituency:

Michael Anthony Benjamin 316

Gavin George Ellick 269

Stedson Graham Francis 373

Anthony Arthur Green 436

Anthony Douglas Leo 162

Victor John Lines 30

Derek Franklin Thomas 485

Lionel George Williams 145

Raymond Kenneth Williams 440

Mervyn Robert Yon 534

In total 1288 people turned out to vote. This represented around 58 percent of the electorate in comparison to 47 percent of the electorate who voted in 2005.

Public Relations/Information Office

Office of the Chief Secretary

5 November 2009