2009 Montserratian general election

General elections were held in Montserrat on 8 September 2009, two years earlier than constitutionally necessary. The Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) gained a parliamentary majority with six of the nine seats, while the outgoing Chief Minister, Lowell Lewis (formerly of the Montserrat Democratic Party but campaigning as an independent), and two other independents won the other seats. Reuben Meade of the MCAP was sworn in as Chief Minister on 10 September 2009.^[1]

Campaign

A total of 24 candidates contested the elections; the MCAP was the only party to run a full slate of nine candidates, whilst the Montserrat Labour Party nominated three candidates, the Montserrat Reformation Party two and the Funny Ways Party one. The remaining nine candidates were independents.^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Movement for Change and Prosperity	10,139	52.64	6	+2
	Montserrat Labour Party	2,011	10.44	0	New
	Montserrat Reformation Party	954	4.95	0	New
	Funny Ways Party	140	0.73	0	New
	Independents	6,017	31.24	3	+2
Total		19,261	100.00	9	0
Valid votes		2,315	98.64
Invalid/blank votes		32	1.36
Total votes		2,347	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,516	66.75
Source: Government of Montserrat, IDEA

By candidate

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Joseph Farrell	Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,472	63.59	Elected
	Charles Kirnon	Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,363	58.88	Elected
	David Osborne	Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,148	49.59	Elected
	Colin Riley	Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,140	49.24	Elected
	Reuben Meade	Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,139	49.20	Elected
	Donaldson Romeo	Independent	1,059	45.75	Elected
	Jermaine Wade	Movement for Change and Prosperity	1,043	45.05	Elected
	Lowell Lewis	Independent	1,000	43.20	Elected
	Victor James	Independent	999	43.15	Elected
	Leroy Greaves	Movement for Change and Prosperity	990	42.76
	Roselyn Cassell-Sealy	Movement for Change and Prosperity	987	42.63
	Herman Francis	Movement for Change and Prosperity	857	37.02
	David Tuitt	Independent	808	34.90
	Idabelle Griffith-Meade	Montserrat Labour Party	791	34.17
	Alric J. Taylor	Montserrat Reformation Party	706	30.50
	Margaret Dyer-Howe	Montserrat Labour Party	650	28.08
	Warren Cassell	Independent	631	27.26
	Chedmond Browne	Montserrat Labour Party	570	24.62
	John Ponteen	Independent	559	24.15
	Alaric Lynch	Independent	446	19.27
	Christopher Lee	Independent	310	13.39
	Adelina Tuitt	Montserrat Reformation Party	248	10.71
	Bennette Roach	Independent	205	8.86
	Sylvia White-Gabriel	Funny Ways Party	140	6.05
Total			19,261	100.00

References

1. MCAP wins Montserrat election; outgoing chief minister in opposition Caribbean 360, 9 September 2009
2. General Election Results - 8 September 2009 Archived 19 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections