List of members of the Greenland Provincial Council, 1951–60

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The first Provincial Council to be elected by direct suffrage was elected on 29 June 1951 (excepting Upernavik on account of snow and Nanortalik on account of the island's first measles outbreak) and opened on 25 September 1951.^[1] It was the first Greenlandic election to permit female suffrage. During the first election season, there were no parties but some cliques formed among economic groups; all told, turnout was about 6,400 from an eligible population of about 8,750.^[1]

Constituency	Name	Occupation
Nanortalik	Jacob Nielsen	outpost manager
Julianehåb	Frederik Nielsen	schoolmaster
Frederikshåb	Gerhard Egede	clergyman
Narssaq	Abel Kristiansen	catechist
Godthåb	Augo Lynge	schoolmaster
Sukkertoppen	Peter Egede	outpost manager
Holsteinsborg	Knud Olsen	shop assistant
Kangatsiaq	Nikolai Rosing	outpost manager
Egedesminde	Frederik Lynge	ex-colony manager
Disko Bugt (Christianshåb & Jakobshavn)	Marius Sivertsen	trade assistant
Disko (Godhavn & Qutdligssat)	Jens Olsen	clergyman
Umanaq	Peter Fleischer	outpost manager
Upernavik	Hendrik Olsen	trade assistant

All were native-born Greenlanders and employees of the Greenland Administration. They selected Augo Lynge and Frederik Nielson to represent Greenland in the Danish Parliament and Frederik Lynge to represent it on the board of the Royal Greenland Trading Department.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Christensen, N.O. & al. "Elections in Greenland". Arctic Circular, Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 83–85. Op. cit. "Northern News". Arctic, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar 1952), pp. 58–59.

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