# 1945 Curaçao general election

General elections were held in the Territory of Curaçao on 5 November 1945. Ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by governor P.A. Kasteel. The ten elected seats consisted of five for Curaçao, three for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands
From a population of 127,866 (December 1944) only 6,093 men, about 5% of the population, were entitled to vote in the elections. They was the last parliamentary elections in Curaçao before the introduction of universal suffrage.

## Results

| Party | Party | Island | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Democratic Party | Curaçao | 2,122 | 39.72 | 3 |
| | Catholic Party | Curaçao | 1,208 | 22.61 | 2 |
| | Eman List | Aruba | 1,167 | 21.85 | 2 |
| | Catholic Union | Aruba | 519 | 9.72 | 1 |
| | Curaçaoan Protestant Party | Curaçao | 190 | 3.56 | 0 |
| | Gerharts List | Bonaire | 44 | 0.82 | 1 |
| | Protestant List | Aruba | 42 | 0.79 | 0 |
| | Catholic Party | Bonaire | 38 | 0.71 | 0 |
| | Marchena List | Bonaire | 12 | 0.22 | 0 |
| | Plantz List | SSS islands | | | 1 |
| Appointed members | Appointed members | Appointed members | | | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,342 | 100.00 | 15 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,103 | – | |

### Curaçao

Population: 78,587 (31 December 1944) Entitled to vote: 4,095 Valid votes: 3,520
Invalid votes: 45 Seats: 5 Average valid votes per seat: 704
| # | Candidate | Total per list | Votes | Result |
| Democratic Party (DP) |||||
| 1 | E. Jonckheer | 2,122 | 1,262 | Elected |
| 2 | W.W. de Regt | 2,122 | 66 | Elected |
| 3 | P.H. Maal | 2,122 | 41 | - |
| 4 | C.H.W. Hueck | 2,122 | 4 | - |
| 5 | S.W. van der Meer | 2,122 | 337 | - |
| 6 | R.J. Wix | 2,122 | 356 | Elected |
| 7 | C.D. Kroon | 2,122 | 2 | - |
| 8 | J. Capriles | 2,122 | 47 | - |
| 9 | G.E. Rosario | 2,122 | 7 | - |
| Catholic Party |||||
| 1 | M.F. da Costa Gomez | 1,208 | 1,063 | Elected |
| 2 | J.H. Sprockel | 1,208 | 28 | Elected |
| 3 | E.A. Römer | 1,208 | 4 | - |
| 4 | C.B. Debrot | 1,208 | 5 | - |
| 5 | D.L. Capriles | 1,208 | 3 | - |
| 6 | J.H.E. Lamp | 1,208 | 1 | - |
| 7 | I.A.A. Kramers | 1,208 | 10 | - |
| 8 | R.H.C. van Haaren | 1,208 | 94 | - |
| Curaçaoan Protestant Party |||||
| 1 | H. Tiesma | 190 | 107 | - |
| 2 | F. Visser | 190 | 15 | - |
| 3 | W.J. Goslinga | 190 | 39 | - |
| 4 | F. Vreugdenhil | 190 | 2 | - |
| 5 | D. Colijn | 190 | 21 | - |
| 6 | H.J. Rijsdijk | 190 | 6 | - |
Wix received enough preferential votes to get elected. With 2,122 votes 3 seats were obtained by the DP; 707 votes per seat. Wix had just more than 50% of 707 votes.
W.W. de Regt was succeeded by P.H. Maal.

### Aruba

Population: 39,318 (31 December 1944) Entitled to vote: 1,906 Valid votes: 1,728
Seats: 3 Average valid votes per seat: 576
| # | Candidate | Total per list | Votes | Result |
| Protestant List |||||
| 1 | H. Tiesma | 42 | 12 | - |
| 2 | F. Visser | 42 | 1 | - |
| 3 | W.J. Goslinga | 42 | 3 | - |
| 4 | F. Vreugdenhil | 42 | 0 | - |
| 5 | D. Colijn | 42 | 0 | - |
| 6 | H.J. Rijsdijk | 42 | 0 | - |
| 7 | J. Pauw | 42 | 19 | - |
| 8 | J.H. Finck | 42 | 7 | - |
| Eman List |||||
| 1 | J.H.A. Eman | 1,167 | 1,141 | Elected |
| 2 | F.J.Q. Kwartsz | 1,167 | 8 | Elected |
| 3 | J.E. Irausquin | 1,167 | 18 | - |
| Catholic Union |||||
| 1 | J.R. Arends | 519 | 478 | Elected |
| 2 | L.A.C. Laclé | 519 | 15 | - |
| 3 | C.L. Juliao | 519 | 2 | - |
| 4 | E.A. de Cuba | 519 | 8 | - |
| 5 | C. Maduro | 519 | 10 | - |
| 6 | C.W. Wever | 519 | 6 | - |

### Bonaire

Population: 5,798 (31 December 1944) Entitled to vote: 102 Valid votes: 94 Seats: 1
| Candidate | Total per list | Votes | Result |
| Marchena List ||||
| R.Th.M. Marchena | 12 | 12 | - |
| Gerharts List ||||
| L.D. Gerharts | 44 | 44 | Elected |
| Catholic Party ||||
| A. Booi | 38 | 38 | - |
| C.B. Debrot | 38 | 0 | - |

### SSS Islands

Entitled to vote: 148 (Sint Maarten: 60, Sint Eustatius: 45, Saba: 43) Seats: 1
W.R. Plantz was the only candidate so the seat for the SSS Islands went automatically to him.

### Appointed by the governor

Gerharts was not on time to hand over his letter of credence and therefore he lost his seat. The governor decided to use one of the five seats he could appoint for Gerharts, so he still became a member of the Estates of Curaçao. The other four people who were appointed by the governor were A.W.J.M. Desertine, V.E. Henriquez, C.W.J. Jonckheer and E. Cohen Henriquez.

## Aftermath

The governor decided that Desertine was the speaker of the parliament and Plantz the deputy speaker.
The new session of the Estates started on the first Tuesday of April 1946. Because of the issue with the letter of credence of Gerharts the number of members of the Estates of Curaçao was not 15 but 14.