# 1990 British Virgin Islands general election

General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 12 November 1990. The result was a decisive victory for the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Hamilton Lavity Stoutt. Three other parties contested the election: the BVI United Party (UP) led by Conrad Maduro (which fielded six candidates), the newly formed Progressive People's Democratic Party (PPDP) led by former Chief Minister Willard Wheatley (which fielded five candidates), and the newly formed Independent People's Movement (IPM) which fielded only two candidates. The only candidate from a party other than the VIP to be elected was Omar Hodge of the IPM in the Sixth District (Omar Hodge was a former member of the VIP and would later rejoin that party). Independent candidates won in the Fourth and Fifth Districts, and the VIP won every other available seat.
The supervisor of elections was Eugenie Todman-Smith. The turnout was 69.4%. In the individual seats, turnout was highest in the 9th District (91.1%), a record for district turnout in the British Virgin Islands. The turnout was so high that the losing candidate in the 9th District (Allen O'Neal) actually secured more votes than the victorious candidate in every other district except for Lavity Stoutt in the 1st.

## Results

The VIP led by Lavity Stoutt won an outright majority of 6 of the 9 available seats.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Virgin Islands Party | 2,409 | 46.54 | 6 | +1 |
| | Independent People's Movement | 723 | 13.97 | 1 | New |
| | Progressive People's Democratic Party | 456 | 8.81 | 0 | New |
| | United Party | 416 | 8.04 | 0 | –2 |
| | Independents | 1,172 | 22.64 | 2 | 0 |
| Speaker and Attorney General | Speaker and Attorney General | | | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 5,176 | 100.00 | 11 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,176 | 98.44 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 82 | 1.56 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 5,258 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,447 | 70.61 | | |
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### By constituency

1st District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hamilton Lavity Stoutt | Virgin Islands Party | 520 | 88.74 |
| | Rasuhuru | Independent | 56 | 9.56 |
| | Iran Hyndman | Independent | 10 | 1.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | 586 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 586 | 96.70 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 20 | 3.30 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 606 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,109 | 54.64 |
2nd District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Prince Stoutt | Virgin Islands Party | 199 | 55.74 |
| | Conrad Maduro | BVI United Party | 77 | 21.57 |
| | Carl Dawson | Independent | 57 | 15.97 |
| | Malcia A. Rymer-Hodge | Progressive People's Democratic Party | 18 | 5.04 |
| | Elroy Henley | Independent | 6 | 1.68 |
| Total | Total | Total | 357 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 357 | 99.44 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2 | 0.56 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 359 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 533 | 67.35 |
3rd District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Oliver Cills | Virgin Islands Party | 343 | 63.75 |
| | Ishmael E. Brathwaite | Progressive People's Democratic Party | 137 | 25.46 |
| | Earl P. Fraser | Independent | 39 | 7.25 |
| | Edmund Maduro | BVI United Party | 19 | 3.53 |
| Total | Total | Total | 538 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 538 | 99.63 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2 | 0.37 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 540 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 836 | 64.59 |
4th District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Walwyn Brewley | Independent | 235 | 37.30 |
| | Elihu Rhymer | Virgin Islands Party | 124 | 19.68 |
| | Inez V. Turnbull | Independent | 108 | 17.14 |
| | Merritt Herbert | BVI United Party | 69 | 10.95 |
| | Basil Blake | Progressive People's Democratic Party | 28 | 4.44 |
| | Noel Lloyd | Independent | 28 | 4.44 |
| | Ishmael Scatliffe | Independent | 28 | 4.44 |
| | Donald de Castro | Independent | 10 | 1.59 |
| Total | Total | Total | 630 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 630 | 98.44 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10 | 1.56 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 640 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 897 | 71.35 |
5th District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Cyril Romney | Independent | 301 | 47.40 |
| | Eileene L. Parsons | Virgin Islands Party | 254 | 40.00 |
| | Patsy Lake | Independent | 34 | 5.35 |
| | Harold Vanterpool | BVI United Party | 24 | 3.78 |
| | Ulric Scatliffe | Independent | 22 | 3.46 |
| Total | Total | Total | 635 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 635 | 97.99 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 13 | 2.01 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 648 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 910 | 71.21 |
6th District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Omar Hodge | Independent People's Movement | 306 | 48.04 |
| | Roy E. Pickering | BVI United Party | 170 | 26.69 |
| | Charles Mercer | Independent | 141 | 22.14 |
| | Stanford Connor | Independent | 20 | 3.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | 637 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 637 | 98.45 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10 | 1.55 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 647 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 929 | 69.64 |
7th District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Terrance B. Lettsome | Virgin Islands Party | 210 | 50.85 |
| | Betteto Frett | Progressive People's Democratic Party | 134 | 32.45 |
| | Collingston George | BVI United Party | 57 | 13.80 |
| | Medita Wheatley | Independent | 12 | 2.91 |
| Total | Total | Total | 413 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 413 | 98.57 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 6 | 1.43 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 419 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 550 | 76.18 |
8th District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Louis Walters | Virgin Islands Party | 314 | 60.62 |
| | Willard Wheatley | Progressive People's Democratic Party | 139 | 26.83 |
| | Alred Frett | Independent | 65 | 12.55 |
| Total | Total | Total | 518 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 518 | 98.67 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 7 | 1.33 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 525 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 724 | 72.51 |
9th District :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ralph T. O'Neal | Virgin Islands Party | 445 | 51.62 |
| | Allen O'Neal | Independent People's Movement | 417 | 48.38 |
| Total | Total | Total | 862 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 862 | 98.63 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 12 | 1.37 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 874 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 959 | 91.14 |