# 1977 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election

A Constitutional Convention election was held in the United States Virgin Islands on 14 June 1977.
The Constitutional Council wrote and then unanimously adopted a draft constitution which provided for an elected governor and treasurer, a 17-seat Legislature, a local justice system and protections for Virgin Islander culture.
The draft constitution was rejected by the voters in the referendum in 1979.

## Results

St. Thomas/St. John :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Alexander A. Farrelly | 2,041 | 3.38 |
| Michael Paiewonsky | 1,664 | 2.76 |
| Elmo D. Roebuck | 1,647 | 2.73 |
| Mario A. Watlington | 1,620 | 2.68 |
| John L. Maduro | 1,415 | 2.34 |
| Theovald E. Moorhead | 1,410 | 2.33 |
| Hugo Dennis Jr. | 1,397 | 2.31 |
| Gilbert A. Sprauve | 1,386 | 2.29 |
| Charles W. Turnbull | 1,379 | 2.28 |
| Lloyd L. Williams | 1,356 | 2.25 |
| Edith Quetel Bryan | 1,241 | 2.05 |
| Wilbur La Motta | 1,241 | 2.05 |
| Lucien Alanzo Moolenaar II | 1,213 | 2.01 |
| Geraldo Guirty | 1,198 | 1.98 |
| Roger C. Hill | 1,174 | 1.94 |
| Thyra Hodge Smith | 1,165 | 1.93 |
| Clarice A. Bryan | 1,164 | 1.93 |
| Mavis H. Brady | 1,113 | 1.84 |
| Alphonso A. Christian | 1,091 | 1.81 |
| Rudolph Krigger | 1,048 | 1.74 |
| Gerald E. Hodge Sr. | 1,018 | 1.69 |
| Ernest Schulterbrandt | 1,008 | 1.67 |
| Alfred H. Lockhart | 1,006 | 1.67 |
| Annie Callwood | 999 | 1.65 |
| Darwin D. Creque | 996 | 1.65 |
| Elma Davis Smith | 987 | 1.63 |
| Robert Moss | 959 | 1.59 |
| Vincen M. Clendinen | 928 | 1.54 |
| Ruby Simmonds | 923 | 1.53 |
| Louis J. Boschulte | 903 | 1.50 |
| Ive A. Swan | 855 | 1.42 |
| Catherine S. Farrelly | 821 | 1.36 |
| Fred Vialet Jr. | 818 | 1.35 |
| Florence C. Hill | 803 | 1.33 |
| John P. Collins | 766 | 1.27 |
| Stedmann Hodge | 750 | 1.24 |
| Samuel B. King | 745 | 1.23 |
| Zeathea E. Armstrong | 740 | 1.23 |
| Toya Andrew | 733 | 1.21 |
| Andre Ottley | 733 | 1.21 |
| Edward A. Phillips | 696 | 1.15 |
| Thomas W. Gibbs III | 684 | 1.13 |
| Flavius A. Ottley | 674 | 1.12 |
| Daniel W. Ambrose | 621 | 1.03 |
| Conrad Clark | 608 | 1.01 |
| Louis A. Holder Sr. | 579 | 0.96 |
| Ali J. Paul | 565 | 0.94 |
| Tom Lawrence | 549 | 0.91 |
| Jim Samuels | 527 | 0.87 |
| Neville La Borde | 521 | 0.86 |
| Barbara de Jongh Malo | 504 | 0.83 |
| John V. Watley | 503 | 0.83 |
| Leandre V. Roberts | 491 | 0.81 |
| Renaa Rhymer | 491 | 0.81 |
| Frank McLaughlin Jr. | 476 | 0.79 |
| Carmelo "Tito" Morales | 469 | 0.78 |
| Mary C. Holter | 447 | 0.74 |
| Eudelta Joseph | 440 | 0.73 |
| Constantinos Coulianos | 435 | 0.72 |
| Ray K. Joseph | 434 | 0.72 |
| Felecia Adams Brownlow | 415 | 0.69 |
| Glen J. Smith | 399 | 0.66 |
| Cletis Clendinen Sr. | 394 | 0.65 |
| Lucia C. Woods | 391 | 0.65 |
| Alvin Newton | 336 | 0.56 |
| Hector R. Francis | 335 | 0.55 |
| Louise Larcheveaux Ali | 289 | 0.48 |
| Miguel S. Farrington | 265 | 0.44 |
| Leonard Normil Sr. | 256 | 0.42 |
| David J. O'Connell | 244 | 0.40 |
| K. C. Jones | 235 | 0.39 |
| Gregory Kirchoff | 218 | 0.36 |
| John A. Richards Jr. | 196 | 0.32 |
| Vincent A. Rivera | 183 | 0.30 |
| James P. Goss | 174 | 0.29 |
| James J. Meehan | 165 | 0.27 |
| Douglas R. Gardner | 137 | 0.23 |
| Harthy Brothers | 130 | 0.22 |
| Charles Alphonso Bell | 115 | 0.19 |
| John J. Donnelly | 105 | 0.17 |
| Donald E. Stephens | 102 | 0.17 |
| Myrtle Edwards | 79 | 0.13 |
| Worthington G. Tyler | 65 | 0.11 |
| Total | 60,396 | 100.00 |
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St. Croix :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sidney Lee | 1,800 | 3.19 |
| Alva C. McFarlane | 1,748 | 3.10 |
| Anrold M. Golden | 1,743 | 3.09 |
| Juan Luis | 1,734 | 3.07 |
| Ann E. Abramson | 1,572 | 2.78 |
| Williams S. Harvey | 1,543 | 2.73 |
| Jessica Tutein Moolenaar | 1,406 | 2.49 |
| Wilfrid A. James | 1,383 | 2.45 |
| Henry E. Rohlsen | 1,357 | 2.40 |
| Edgar M. Iles | 1,325 | 2.35 |
| Rupert W. Ross Jr. | 1,297 | 2.30 |
| Bent Lawaetz | 1,172 | 2.08 |
| Walter I. M. Hodge | 1,099 | 1.95 |
| Eulalie C. Rivera | 1,081 | 1.91 |
| Hilda B. England | 1,075 | 1.90 |
| James O'Neal Henderson | 1,068 | 1.89 |
| George G. O'Reilly | 1,056 | 1.87 |
| Adelbert Bryan | 1,052 | 1.86 |
| Clifford A. Christian | 1,043 | 1.85 |
| James H. Isherwood | 1,018 | 1.80 |
| Clemente Cintron Jr. | 1,017 | 1.80 |
| Juan Garcia Jr. | 998 | 1.77 |
| Leona B. Watson | 893 | 1.58 |
| Douglas D. Nesbitt | 870 | 1.54 |
| Edgar Mullgrav | 859 | 1.52 |
| Oran Roebuck | 858 | 1.52 |
| Octave "Snacky" David | 850 | 1.51 |
| Randall N. James | 845 | 1.50 |
| Wallace W. Phaire | 836 | 1.48 |
| Adelbert Anduze | 805 | 1.43 |
| Robert P. Cramer | 794 | 1.41 |
| Clarence A. Molloy Jr. | 780 | 1.38 |
| Joseph J. Christian | 722 | 1.28 |
| Felix I. Pitterson | 694 | 1.23 |
| Max Jacobs | 691 | 1.22 |
| Denise G. Richards | 666 | 1.18 |
| Priscilla Watkins | 651 | 1.15 |
| Teofilo Rivera Almestica | 650 | 1.15 |
| Lawrence A. Bastian | 619 | 1.10 |
| Yvonne Lang Lombardi | 584 | 1.03 |
| Alan J. Bronstein | 517 | 0.92 |
| Robert Bidelspacher | 501 | 0.89 |
| Victor C. Gomez | 490 | 0.87 |
| Annette F. Hendricks | 487 | 0.86 |
| Juanita Espinosa | 474 | 0.84 |
| Ira Jacobs Jr. | 473 | 0.84 |
| Leslie Chenet | 467 | 0.83 |
| Anastasia D. Armstrong | 391 | 0.69 |
| Jose de Diego Encarnacion | 385 | 0.68 |
| Teofilo Espinosa | 385 | 0.68 |
| Eric W. Stanley | 384 | 0.68 |
| Evelyn N. Cooper Whitney | 366 | 0.65 |
| Marion J. Christian | 350 | 0.62 |
| Lawrence J. C. Salter | 340 | 0.60 |
| Roy D. Roberts | 329 | 0.58 |
| Wilhelmine Marsh | 325 | 0.58 |
| Jaime Perez | 322 | 0.57 |
| Carmelo Velazquez | 315 | 0.56 |
| Wilfred Benjamin | 303 | 0.54 |
| William T. Holmes | 300 | 0.53 |
| Frank Prince | 294 | 0.52 |
| Delita M. W. Jacobs | 294 | 0.52 |
| John J. Sullivan | 278 | 0.49 |
| Helvia G. Encarnacion | 277 | 0.49 |
| Helen Joseph | 262 | 0.46 |
| Gregory E. Willocks | 245 | 0.43 |
| Cipriani Phillip | 239 | 0.42 |
| Alvin E. Claxton | 231 | 0.41 |
| David W. Thomson | 230 | 0.41 |
| Faith Dane Johnson | 229 | 0.41 |
| Ray Vance | 228 | 0.40 |
| Mrs. Richard S. Manno | 222 | 0.39 |
| Manuel Zurita II | 217 | 0.38 |
| Noreen Galvin | 215 | 0.38 |
| Charles E. Williams | 215 | 0.38 |
| Beatrice Jackson | 213 | 0.38 |
| Mr. Richard S. Manno | 211 | 0.37 |
| Gabriel Williams | 208 | 0.37 |
| Sharon C. Trefry | 207 | 0.37 |
| Ernesto Cortes | 199 | 0.35 |
| Norman Gussman | 191 | 0.34 |
| Monsita Ayala | 176 | 0.31 |
| Elmira McIntosh Espinosa | 175 | 0.31 |
| Susa Grumer | 146 | 0.26 |
| Wesley L. Browne | 133 | 0.24 |
| Anthony Bradshaw | 133 | 0.24 |
| Oliver Tompkins | 129 | 0.23 |
| Annamaria Carrera | 128 | 0.23 |
| Bertram L. Charles | 112 | 0.20 |
| Samuel Mark Bass | 104 | 0.18 |
| Alphonse A. Donastorg Jr. | 92 | 0.16 |
| Timothy J. Robinson | 65 | 0.12 |
| Total | 56,456 | 100.00 |
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