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Parliamentary by-election in Barbados in 1984
1984 St. Peter by-election

← 1981 19 July 1984 (annulled)
22 November 1984 (re-run)
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Turnout78.7%
 
Candidate Owen Arthur Sybil Leacock
Party BLP DLP
Popular vote 3,145 2,907
Percentage 51.83% 47.91%

MP before election

Walter Hinds
BLP

Elected MP

Owen Arthur
BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. Peter on 19 July 1984, and then again on 22 November 1984, after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Walter Hinds who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados. The election is notable for being held a second time after the result of the first election was declared null and void by the Supreme Court of Barbados, following BLP candidate Owen Arthur appealing the outcome, due to numerous errors made by election officials. While Democratic Labour Party member Sybil Leacock was declared the winner by one vote in the first election, after the second election, Arthur was declared the winner instead. It is the only time since independence that an election result was overturned.

Previous election

1981 general election: Saint Peter
CandidatePartyVotes%
Walter HindsBarbados Labour Party2,63751.85
Sybil LeacockDemocratic Labour Party2,30745.36
Everton GreenIndependent1062.08
Anthony WiggensIndependent360.71
Total5,086100.00
Valid votes5,08699.32
Invalid/blank votes350.68
Total votes5,121100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,79675.35
Source: Caribbean Elections, Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission

Results

The initial result on 19 July 1984 was victory for Sybil Leacock who won by a single-vote margin over Owen Arthur with voter turnout of 74.2%. However, after an appeal was launched by Arthur in the election court, the Supreme Court declared the result invalid due to errors made by the election officials and a redo of the election was held on 22 November 1984 where Arthur won the by election with an increased voter turnout of 78.7%.

19 July 1984 By Election for the constituency of Saint Peter (Result overturned by Supreme Court)
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sybil LeacockDemocratic Labour Party2,76549.29
Owen ArthurBarbados Labour Party2,76449.27
Glenroy StraughnIndependent320.57
Martin CadoganIndependent290.52
Everton GreeneIndependent200.36
Total5,610100.00
Valid votes5,61099.34
Invalid/blank votes370.66
Total votes5,647100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,61374.18
Source: Caribbean Elections, Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission
22 November 1984 By Election for the constituency of Saint Peter
CandidatePartyVotes%
Owen ArthurBarbados Labour Party3,14551.59
Sybil LeacockDemocratic Labour Party2,90747.69
Martin CadoganIndependent240.39
Everton GreeneIndependent200.33
Total6,096100.00
Valid votes6,07699.69
Invalid/blank votes190.31
Total votes6,095100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,74578.70
BLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections, Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission

See also

References

  1. "1984 By-Election in the Constituency of St. Peter" (PDF). Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission. October 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  2. "Barbados General Election Results 1981". web.archive.org. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  3. "Report on the General Election 1981" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. May 2022. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  4. "Barbados By- Election Results - St. Peter 1984". web.archive.org. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  5. "Report on the Bye-Election in the Constituency of St. Peter" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. May 2022. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  6. "Barbados By- Election Results - St. Peter 1984". web.archive.org. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  7. "Report on the Bye-Election in the Constituency of St. Peter" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. May 2022. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
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