HC Deb 07 December 1966 vol 737 c318W
Mr. Driberg

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will circulate in HANSARD an up-to-date estimate of the number of persons of voting age in each of the nine parishes of Bermuda, with a statement of the number of members which each of these parishes should return to the House of Assembly under the proposals of the recent constitutional conference.

Mr. Frederick Lee

The present numbers of persons of voting age in the nine parishes of Bermuda are estimated as follows:

Devonshire 3,258
Hamilton 1,604
Paget 3,102
Pembroke 8,869
St. George's 2,051
Sandys 2,708
Southampton 1,735
Smith's 1,705
Warwick 2,912

It is proposed that each parish should return 4 members, except Pembroke which should return 8 members.

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