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1954 St Lucy by-election

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1954 St Lucy by-election

← 1951 29 November 1954 1956 →
Turnout72.98%
 
Candidate James Cameron Tudor Garner Greaves
Party BLP Independent Independent
Popular vote 1,518 767 551
Percentage 53.53% 27.05% 19.43%

MP before election

L.A. Williams
BLP

Elected MP

James Cameron Tudor
BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St Lucy on 29 November 1954.[1][2]

Previous election

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1951 general election: St Lucy
CandidatePartyVotes%
John BrankerBarbados Labour Party1,68637.00
L.A. WilliamsBarbados Labour Party1,31528.86
E.L WardBarbados Electors Association1,11924.56
S.A. WalcottBarbados Electors Association2645.79
I.C. SobersIndependent1733.80
Total4,557100.00
Valid votes2,97999.13
Invalid/blank votes260.87
Total votes3,005100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,92576.56
Source: Caribbean Elections[3]

Result

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James Cameron Tudor won the election. Turnout was 73%.

CandidatePartyVotes%
James Cameron TudorBarbados Labour Party1,51853.53
GarnerIndependent76727.05
GreavesIndependent55119.43
Total2,836100.00
Valid votes2,83698.06
Invalid/blank votes561.94
Total votes2,892100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,96372.98
BLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bye-Election, St Lucy". Barbados Electoral Department. May 2022. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. ^ "1954 By-Election in the Constituency of St. Lucy". Barbados Electoral Department. October 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  3. ^ "Barbados General Election Results 1951". web.archive.org. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  4. ^ "Barbados By- Election Results - St. Lucy 1954". web.archive.org. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-11.