1960 Papua New Guinean general election

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'''General elections''' were held in [[Territory of Papua and New Guinea|Papua and New Guinea]] on 27 August 1960.<ref name=PIM7>[https://ift.tt/2pL5Kor Mr Lloyd Hurrell Wins Morobe Seat] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1960, pp144–145</ref>

==Electoral system==
The 29-member [[Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea|Legislative Council]] consisted of the [[List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea|Administrator]], 16 civil servants, nine members appointed by the Administrator (three representatives of the indigenous population, three representing European settlers and three representing missionaries) and three elected Europeans.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Hrjw57 Local voice in Papua-N. Guinea administration: Legislative Council Taking Shape After Long Delay] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1951, p9</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2rs2GOn Five Hours And It Was All Over] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1960, pp21–22</ref> The [[Chinese people in Papua New Guinea|Chinese community]] were also given the right to vote alongside Europeans.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2UGvRrq Future of Chinese Communities In The Pacific] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1953, p40</ref>

The three elected members were elected from three single-member constituencies, New Guinea Islands, New Guinea Mainland and Papua by [[Instant-runoff voting|preferential voting]].<ref name=PIM1>[https://ift.tt/2ZsUB7h P-NG Legislative Council: Election of Three Members] Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1951, p11</ref>

==Campaign==
Two of the three seats were uncontested, with [[Craig Kirke]], a [[Port Moresby]] solicitor and anti-income tax activist running unopposed in Papua and former MLC [[Douglas Barrett]], a planter, the sole candidate in New Guinea Islands.<ref name=PIM6>[https://ift.tt/2qzbLEI Candidates for P-NG Elections] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', July 1960, p18</ref> The New Guinea Mainland seat was contested by former MLC [[Sydney Barker]] (a dentist and miner from [[Wau, Papua New Guinea|Wau]]), Paul Hymna (an accountant from [[Lae]]), [[Lloyd Hurrell]] (a farmer in Wau) and Keith Watkins (a trader from Lae).

==Results==
In the sole contested constituency, voter turnout was around 38%.<ref name=PIM7/>

{| class=wikitable
!Constituency
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!Notes
|-
|New Guinea Islands||[[Douglas Barrett]]||colspan=2 align=center|Unopposed||Elected
|-
|rowspan=4|New Guinea Mainland||[[Lloyd Hurrell]]||align=right|304||align=right| ||Elected
|-
|Paul Hyman||align=right|109||align=right| ||
|-
|Sydney Barker|| || ||
|-
|Keith Watkins|| || ||
|-
|Papua||[[Craig Kirke]]||align=center colspan=2|Unopposed||Elected
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||align=right| ||align=right|–||
|-
|colspan=2|'''Total'''||align=right|''' '''||align=right|''' '''||
|-
|colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||align=right|1,313||align=right| ||
|-
|colspan=5|Source: [https://ift.tt/36L1ohz Pacific Islands Monthly]
|}

==References==




[[Category:Elections in Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:1960 elections in Oceania|Papua]]
[[Category:1960 in Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Politics of Papua and New Guinea]]

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