Minorities (Lebanon)

[7][8] In 1925 Michel Chiha, a Latin Catholic banker and journalist, was elected from the Beirut Minorities seat in the Representative Council.

[13] In the 1943 elections, the first to be held after independence from France, Ayoub Tabet (contesting on the list of Sami as-Solh) and Moussa de Freige (contesting on the list of Yafi) vyed for the Beirut Minorities seat.

The Kataeb Party general secretary Joseph Chader was the main opposition candidate for the seat.

[16] In the 1953 election, the Minorities seat was allocated to the Beirut V – Minet El Hosn electoral district.

[17] The Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni supported Edmond Rabbath.

On the other hand, Joseph Chader enjoyed support from the Jewish voters, who were generally sympathetic to the Kataeb Party.

The Minorities seat was allocated to the second constituency, which consisted of Mudawar, Bashoura, Zokak Blat, Ras Beirut, Ain Mraysé, Minet El Hosn and Port.

[20] As per the 1960 Election Law, the Minorities seat was allocated to the Beirut II electoral district.

[21] Farid Jubran, a Latin Catholic belonging to the Progressive Socialist Party, won the Minorities seat in the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 elections.