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1959 Liberian general election information


1959 Liberian general election
1959 Liberian general election
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Presidential election
 
Nominee William Tubman William O. Davies-Bright
Party TWP Independent
Popular vote 530,566 55
Percentage 99.99% 0.01%

President before election

William Tubman
TWP

Elected President

William Tubman
TWP

General elections were held in Liberia in May 1959. In the presidential election, William Tubman of the True Whig Party was re-elected for a fourth term, defeating independent candidate William O. Davies Bright, who received just 55 votes.[1] For the first time, a woman was elected to the Legislature, with Ellen Mills Scarbrough winning a seat in the House of Representatives.[2][3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p517 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ Election results Liberia Today, September 1959
  3. ^ Richard A. Henries & A. Doris Banks Henries (1966) Liberia, the West African Republic, p135

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