General elections were held in the Territory of Curaçao on 17 November 1941. Ten of the fifteen seats in the Estates of Curaçao were elected, with the remaining five appointed by the governor G.J.J. Wouters. The ten elected seats consisted of six for Curaçao, two for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands

From a population of 107,891 (December 1940) only 3,953 men, less than 4% of the population, were entitled to vote in the elections.

Curaçao

Only one list of candidates was registered for the election on the island of Curaçao. It was the list of the Curaçaoan Roman Catholic Party (CRKP).

Population: 67,317 (31 December 1940)
Entitled to vote: 2,453
Valid votes: 1,477
Invalid votes: 85

# Candidate Votes Result
1Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez1,379Elected
2John Horris Sprockel17Elected
3Elias Aloisius Römer6Elected
4Adolphe Willem Jan Marie Desertine15Elected
5Jean André Jacques Ellis9Elected
6José Maria Pedro Kroon10Elected
7Charles Baggs Debrot10-
8Ernesto Cecilio Martijn6-
9Constan Casiano10-
10Jacobus Ambrosius Jonkhout15-

Aruba

Population: 30,614 (31 December 1940)
Entitled to vote: 1,323
Valid votes: 1,167

# Candidate Total per list Votes Result
List 1 (Roman Catholic Party)
1Jacob Rudolf Arends244226-
2Henri Anton Johannes Gijsen13-
3Juan Enrique Croes5-
List 2 (Group Wever)
1Aristides Eduviges Wever208208-
List 3 (Group Eman)
1Jan Hendrik Albert Eman689674Elected
2Frederik Johannes Quant Kwartsz15Elected
List 4 (Free Dutchman)
1Johan Geraes Alvaer van Aggelen2619-
2Marinus Johannes Fokkers4-
3Frederik Johannes Casper Beaujon3-

Bonaire

Population: 5,616 (31 December 1940)
Entitled to vote: 76

Only one list of candidates was registered for the election on Bonaire. On it were two candidates:

  1. John Aniceto de Jongh (elected)
  2. Mauricio Marchena

The seat for Bonaire therefore went automatically to the first candidate of the list.

SSS Islands

Entitled to vote: 101

William Rufus Plantz was the only candidate so the seat for the SSS Islands went automatically to him.

Appointed by the governor

Governor Wouters assigned

  • Jacob Rudolf Arends
  • Ernesto Cecilio Martijn
  • Salomon Alfred Senior
  • Frederik Augustus Vromans
  • Carel Nicolaas Winkel

to become members of the Estates. After Winkel resigned in 1944 because of health problems, governor P.A. Kasteel appointed Willem Pieter Maal as a new member of the Estates.[1]

Aftermath

The governor decided that Sprockel was the speaker of the parliament and Winkel the deputy speaker. Senior became the deputy speaker after Winkel left the parliament.

The new session of the Estates started on the first Tuesday of April 1942. Incumbent members who remained a member were: Da Costa Gomez, Sprockel, Desertine, Kroon, De Jongh, Plantz, Arends, Martijn, Senior, Vromans and Winkel

References

  • Amigoe di Curaçao, 18 November 1941
  • Amigoe di Curacao, 27 November 1941
  1. ↑ Amigoe di Curacao, 3 April 1944
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