Qwominer William Osborne

[2] In the subsequent 1971 general election he led his party to the highest number of overall seats, but short of an outright majority.

Faced with potentially ruling as a minority government, he formed a coalition with independent candidate Willard Wheatley.

The subsequent administration appeared not to be a happy one, possibly driven apart by Osborne's own desire to be Chief Minister[citation needed].

[5] Willard Wheatley threw his lot in with the BVI United Party and won, forming a new coalition government and remaining as Chief Minister.

Osborne would later come out of retirement to run one more time, in 1986, but garnered barely any electoral support and lost by a wide margin.