1965 British Honduras general election

1965 British Honduras general election

1 March 1965
All 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Turnout	69.81%
First party Second party   Leader George Cadle Price Philip Goldson Party PUP NIP Leader since 1956 1962 Leader's seat Freetown Albert Last election 18 seats 0 seats Seats won 16 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 15,271 10,407 Percentage 59.07% 40.25%
Premier before election George Cadle Price PUP Elected Premier George Cadle Price PUP

General elections were held in British Honduras (now Belize) on 1 March 1965. Belizeans elected 18 members to the British Honduras Legislative Assembly.

The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won 16 of 18 seats in the elections. However, the opposition National Independence Party entered the Legislative Assembly for the first time in the election, with party leader Philip Goldson winning in the Albert constituency and Edwin Morey winning in Toledo North.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's United Party	15,271	59.07	16	–2
	National Independence Party	10,407	40.25	2	+2
	Independents	176	0.68	0	0
Total		25,854	100.00	18	0
Valid votes		25,854	97.82
Invalid/blank votes		577	2.18
Total votes		26,431	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		37,860	69.81
Source: Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission

By division

Division	Electorate	Turnout	%	Political party		Candidate	Votes	%
Albert	3,577	2,556	71.5		National Independence Party	Philip Goldson		55.6
					People's United Party	Frederick Westby		44.2
Belize Rural North	1,585	1,024	64.5		People's United Party	Fred Hunter		67.8
					National Independence Party	Elwyn Pitts		28.2
Belize Rural South	1,229	770	62.7		People's United Party	Louis Sylvestre		70.3
					National Independence Party	Phillip Gillett		26.9
Cayo North	1,886	1,343	71.2		People's United Party	Hector Silva		61.9
					National Independence Party	Theodocio Ochoa		36.3
Cayo South	1,771	1,259	71.1		People's United Party	Santiago Perdomo		59.9
					National Independence Party	Pedro Mena		36.5
Collet	3,850	2,670	69.4		People's United Party	Albert Cattouse		49.5
					National Independence Party	Edward Flowers		48.5
Corozal North	1,797	1,232	68.6		People's United Party	Santiago Ricalde		70.4
					National Independence Party	Gualberto Martinez Sr.		25.1
Corozal South	1,440	1,036	71.9		People's United Party	Florencio Marin		83.4
					National Independence Party	Isidoro Castaneda		11.6
Fort George	1,767	1,271	71.9		People's United Party	Alexander Hunter		54.3
					National Independence Party	Helen Taylor		44.5
Freetown	2,898	1,980	68.3		People's United Party	George Cadle Price		60.1
					National Independence Party	Tharine Rudon		38.4
Mesopotamia	3,396	2,400	70.7		People's United Party	Lindbergh Rogers		52.2
					National Independence Party	Colville Young		46.1
Orange Walk North	2,225	1,731	77.8		People's United Party	Elito Urbina		56.0
					National Independence Party	Felipe Escalante		36.0
					Independent	Victor Grellano		6.1
Orange Walk South	926	680	73.4		People's United Party	Guadalupe Pech		61.9
					National Independence Party	Erlindo Leiva		14.7
					Independent	Juan Blanco		10.3
Pickstock	2,172	1,494	68.8		People's United Party	Gwendolyn Lizarraga		68.3
					National Independence Party	Jaime Staines		29.9
Stann Creek Rural	2,598	1,538	59.2		People's United Party	David McKoy		63.2
					National Independence Party	Augustus Buller		33.1
Stann Creek Town	2,666	1,982	74.3		People's United Party	Allan Arthurs		50.0
					National Independence Party	Albert Arzu		48.3
Toledo North	793	556	70.1		National Independence Party	Edwin Morey		55.0
					People's United Party	Samuel Vernon Jr.		41.5
Toledo South	1,284	909	70.8		People's United Party	Charles Martinez		50.4
					National Independence Party	Charles Westby		47.5