# 1967 Bahamian general election

General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 January 1967. The result was a tie between the Progressive Liberal Party and the United Bahamian Party, both of which won 18 seats. In a reversal of the previous election (in which the PLP received the most votes but the UBP won the most seats), this time the PLP received a lower share of the vote than the UBP, but was able to form the country's first black-led government with the support of the sole Labour Party MP Randol Fawkes.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | United Bahamian Party | 19,408 | 45.05 | 18 | 0 |
| | Progressive Liberal Party | 18,452 | 42.83 | 18 | +10 |
| | Labour Party | 2,118 | 4.92 | 1 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Party | 2,118 | 4.92 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 3,107 | 7.21 | 1 | –5 |
| Total | Total | 43,085 | 100.00 | 38 | +5 |
| Source: Hughes, Bahamian Fragments ||||||

## Elected MPs

| Number | Name | Party | District | Ethnicity |
| 1 | Stafford Sands | United Bahamian Party | New Providence – Nassau City | White |
| 2 | Roland Symonette | United Bahamian Party | New Providence East - Centreville | White |
| 3 | U. McPhee | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence East - Shirlea | Black |
| 4 | G.D.F. Clarke | United Bahamian Party | New Providence East – Palmdale | White |
| 5 | Arthur Hanna | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence East – Anns Town | Black |
| 6 | Geoffrey Johnstone | United Bahamian Party | New Providence East – Fort Montagu | White |
| 7 | Carlton Francis | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence East – Winton | Black |
| 8 | E.L. Donaldson | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence West - Killarney | Black |
| 9 | C.C. McMillan | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence West – Fort Charlotte | Black |
| 10 | Milo Butler | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence West – Bains Town | Black |
| 11 | Cecil Wallace-Whitfield | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence South – St. Agnes | Black |
| 12 | Arthur Foulkes | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence South – Grants Town | Black |
| 13 | J.M. Thompson | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence South – Fort Fincastle | Black |
| 14 | J.J. Shepherd | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence South – St. Michaels | Black |
| 15 | Randol Fawkes | Labour Party | New Providence South – St. Barnabas | Black |
| 16 | Clifford Darling | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence South - Englerston | Black |
| 17 | E.S. Moxey | Progressive Liberal Party | New Providence South – Coconut Grove | Black |
| 18 | W.J. Levarity | Progressive Liberal Party | Grand Bahama – West End & Bimini | Black |
| 19 | M.E. Moore | Progressive Liberal Party | Grand Bahama | Black |
| 20 | William Christie | United Bahamian Party | Andros – Nicholls Town & Berry Islands | White |
| 21 | C.A. Bain | Progressive Liberal Party | Andros – Mangrove Cay | Black |
| 22 | Lynden Pindling | Progressive Liberal Party | Andros – Kemps Bay | Black |
| 23 | J.H. Bethell | United Bahamian Party | Abaco (first place) | White |
| 24 | Leonard Thompson | United Bahamian Party | Abaco (second place) | White |
| 25 | F.H. Christie | United Bahamian Party | Abaco (third place) | White |
| 26 | Norman Solomon | United Bahamian Party | Harbour Island (first place) | White |
| 27 | Alvin Rudolph Braynen | Independent | Harbour Island (second place) | White |
| 28 | George Thompson | Progressive Liberal Party | Eleuthera (first place) | Black |
| 29 | G. Baker | United Bahamian Party | Eleuthera (second place) | White |
| 30 | Preston Albury | Progressive Liberal Party | Eleuthera (third place) | Black |
| 31 | G.K. Kelly | United Bahamian Party | Cat Island | White |
| 32 | Robert Symonette | United Bahamian Party | Exuma (first place) | White |
| 33 | F.H. Brown | United Bahamian Party | Exuma (second place) | White |
| 34 | R.M. Solomon | United Bahamian Party | Rum Cay & San Salvador | White |
| 35 | Peter Graham | United Bahamian Party | Long Island (first place) | White |
| 36 | Donald D'albenas | United Bahamian Party | Long Island (second place) | White |
| 37 | B.T. Kelly | United Bahamian Party | Crooked Islands, Long Cay, & Acklins | White |
| 38 | Bernard Dupuch | United Bahamian Party | Mayaguana & Inagua Islands | White |
| Source: Hughes ||||