title: 1946 Trinidad and Tobago local elections
text: # 1946 Trinidad and Tobago local elections
  
  County Council elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 October 1946, alongside general elections.
  
  ## Background
  
  Constitutional arrangements for local elections in Trinidad and Tobago were made in 1946. Five leaflets were delivered to voters, explaining voter registration, the new county councils and the voting procedure.
  
  ## Electoral system
  
  The County Council elections used the same districts as the Legislative Council, but with each constituency electing two members instead of one.
  
  ## Results
  
  | County Council | Valid votes | Invalid ballots | Total ballots | Registered voters | Turnout |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Caroni | 23,075 | 4,501 | 16,478 | 28,760 | 57.29 |
  | Nariva–Mayaro | 5,054 | 987 | 3,571 | 7,574 | 47.15 |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | 8,358 | 275 | 4,960 | 11,203 | 44.27 |
  | Saint George | 13,276 | 907 | 8,931 | 60,167 | 23.57 |
  | Saint Patrick | 23,539 | 922 | 14,863 | 33,515 | 44.35 |
  | Tobago | 3,313 | 125 | 1,965 | 7,731 | 25.42 |
  | Victoria | 26,039 | 2,685 | 18,911 | 40,401 | 46.81 |
  | Total | 102,654 | 10,402 | 69,679 | 189,361 | 36.80 |
  | Source: EBCTT ||||||
  
  ### Elected members
  
  | County Council | Ward | Elected members |
  | - | - | - |
  | Caroni | Changuanas | Ivan Bertram Nichclas, Doon Emmanuel Ragoobir |
  | Caroni | Couva | Harrison Johnson, Deby Wilchand Ragoonanaing |
  | Caroni | Cunupia | Emrith Matuhura, Jankee Persad |
  | Caroni | Montserrat | Raymond Smith, Ganga Persad |
  | Nariva–Mayaro | Charuma | Alloy Hudson, Joseph Ramcharan |
  | Nariva–Mayaro | Cocal | Kenneth Dougdeen, Ramkoon |
  | Nariva–Mayaro | Guayaguayare | Mitchell Norvan Baptiste, Ernest Felix Archibald |
  | Nariva–Mayaro | Trinity | Norman Orlando Theophilus Millington, Leo Rowley |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | Manzanilla | Samuel Juteram, James P Thomas |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | Matura | Albert Gerald Nathaniel, Alfred Basden |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | Tamana | Pertab Methura, Horatio Matthew Moolchan |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | Toco | John Philip Henry Hutton, Frederick Clever Lovelace |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | Turure | Cuthbert P Charles, Laurence Sooklal |
  | Saint David–Saint Andrew | Valencia | Conrad M Johnson, James S Maycock |
  | Saint George | Arima | Richard Ribeiro, Nellie John |
  | Saint George | Blanchisseuse | Mathias James, Noel Hochoy |
  | Saint George | Diego Martin | Elias George Romany, George Hamilton Charles |
  | Saint George | San Rafael | Vernon Scott Duff, Thomas Fidel De Matas |
  | Saint George | St Ann's | Mohammed Jan, A J Ford |
  | Saint George | Tacarigua | George Kanchan Jitman, Rattan K Harracksingh |
  | Saint Patrick | Cedros | Lee Petrette Sylvester, Manmohansingh |
  | Saint Patrick | Erin | Ethelbert Fitzroy Shurland, Cecil Gittens |
  | Saint Patrick | La Brea | Adjolhasingh, David I Lynch |
  | Saint Patrick | Siparia | Ramlal, R Kallicharan |
  | Tobago | St Andrew | William Elder, Egbert Patrick Alleyne |
  | Tobago | St George | Robert Douglas Smith, Joseph Cecil Ferreira |
  | Tobago | St David | Peter Collins Dick, Patrick Nathaniel Kerr |
  | Tobago | St John | Linsel Wilton Alleyne, Le George Garnette Moore |
  | Tobago | St Mary | Malco Duncan |
  | Tobago | St Patrick | Duport George, George Rowe |
  | Tobago | St Paul | John Edwards, Alphaeus Phillip |
  | Victoria | Moruga | John Eric Bostock, Sydney Adolphus Warner |
  | Victoria | Naparima | Joseph F Seunath, John E Commissiong |
  | Victoria | Ortoire | Vernon Wentworth Lewis, Seemungal Gopaul |
  | Victoria | Pointe-a-Pierre | George Deosingh, Linton Gibbon |
  | Victoria | Savana Grande | Alexander Lal Mahabir, Stephen C Maharaj |
  