1950 British Virgin Islands general election
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General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 27 November 1950,[1] the first after the decision to restore the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands. Four members were elected to the First Legislative Council.
At the time of the election the British Virgin Islands was governed as part of the Leeward Islands and the Legislative Council was constituted under Leeward Islands Act, 1950. After the election a new Constitution of the British Virgin Islands came into effect (the Constitution (Virgin Islands) Act, 1950). The 1950 Constitution was intended to be an interim measure, but several elections were later conducted under it until the 1967 Constitution was promulgated.