1769–1770 United Provinces House of Delegates election

1769–1770 United Provinces House of Delegates election

December 23, 1769 – March 10, 1770
All 14 seats in the United Provinces House of Delegation 8 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Theodore Abbott Henri-René Brisebois Party Confederation Civic Leader's seat New Cumbria at-large Edessa 1st Seats won 7 7
Results:      Confederation      Civic
Speaker before election None (This was the first House of Delegates election) Elected Speaker Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration Party (US)

Elections to the United Provinces House of Delegates for the 1st National Assembly marked the first biennial congressional election of the newly founded republic of Cisplatina. It was held from Saturday, December 23, 1769 and Saturday, March 10, 1770 and marked the first presidential election under the new Constitution ratified in 1768. While political parties were not formally created, two separate camps formed developed into the Confederation League and the Civic League

It coincided with the first presidential election, between João Miguel Castelo and Alain Couturier. The election was selectively competitive by region, as many northern provinces did not field a large slate of candidates. In three of the five districts within Mantiqueira only one candidate ran for election, while in the southern states many districts fielded on average 4 candidates. Within Mantiqueira, the Confederates won all five of the district, in Catarina (formerly the provinces of South Catarina and North Catarina) the two delegates were split. In the French-dominated province of Edessa the Civic candidates assumed all six of the districts. In New Cumbria the Confederates won the at-large district in a narrow victory. This lead to a 7-7 tie, resulting in the only tied election in the country's history.

The creation of the lower house allowed for greater political involvement for the common-man, although only landowning French, Portuguese and English citizens. This contrasted with the Senate which was elected by the provincial assemblies; this process would be abolished in 1943 with the passage of the Seventh Amendment. Most importantly was the lower assemblies responsibility along with the Senators to form the Electoral Assembly which selected the President and Vice President.

Election summaries

State	Type	Date ↑	Total seats	Confederation	Civil
General elections
Catarina	Districts	Janurary 12, 1770	2	1	1
Edessa	Districts	Feburary 1, 1770	6	0	6
Mantiqueira	Districts	December 31, 1769	5	5	0
New Cumbria	At-large	March 1, 1770	1	1	0

House composition

Civic	Civic	Civic
Civic	Civic	Civic	Civic
Majority→ NONE
Confederation	Confederation	Confederation	Confederation
Confederation	Confederation	Confederation

Edessa

District	Result	Candidates
Edessa 1st Aubusson	Civic win	Y Henri-René Brisebois (Civic) 54.65% George Dent (Civic) 34.6%
Edessa 2nd	Civic win	Y Éric Boffrand (Civic) 100%
Edessa 3rd	Civic win	Y Paul Fournier (Civic) 70.1% Jean-François Niel (Confederation) 29.9%
Edessa 4th	Civic win	Y Timothé Léger (Civic) 54.65% Milo Vaillancourt (Civic) 30.9%
Edessa 5th	Civic win	Y Timothé Léger (Civic) 70.7% Loïc Rousselle (Independent) 23.8% Étienne Duchamp (Confederation) 5.5%
Edessa 6th	Civic win	Y Alexandre Bethune (Civic) 74.8% Abraham Hémery (Civic) 25.2%

New Cumbria

District	Result	Candidates
Edessa's at-large delegational seat Aberdeen	Confederation win	Y Theodore Abbott (Confederation) 34.65% Gregoary Marshall (Civic) 34.02% Jonathan Campbell (Civic) 9.98% Fredrick Woods (Civic) 8.09% Mitchel Cumberland (Civic) 7.98% Francis Berkshire (Confederation) 6.89% Robert Patrickson (Confederation) 6.89% Edward "Big Stick" Nelson (Confederation) .78%

See also

Elections in the United Provinces