General elections were held in Barbados on 13 December 1951,[1] the first held under universal suffrage.[2] The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout was 65%.[1]Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, elected in the Parish of St. Andrew, became the island's first female member of the House of Assembly.[3]
At the time of the election, Barbados did not have a formal ministerial government. This was established on 1 February 1954, when Grantley Herbert Adams became the first Premier.[4]
1951, barbadian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, barbados, december, 1951, first, held, under, universal, suffrage, result, victory, barbados, labour, party, which, seats, voter, turnout, edna, ermyntrude, bourne, elected, parish, andrew, be. General elections were held in Barbados on 13 December 1951 1 the first held under universal suffrage 2 The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party which won 15 of the 24 seats Voter turnout was 65 1 Edna Ermyntrude Bourne elected in the Parish of St Andrew became the island s first female member of the House of Assembly 3 1951 Barbadian general election 1948 13 December 1951 1956 24 seats in the House of Assembly13 seats needed for a majorityTurnout64 65 First party Second party Third party Leader Grantley Herbert Adams Ernest Mottley Wynter Crawford Party BLP BEA WINCP Last election 12 seats 9 seats 3 seats Seats won 15 4 2 Seat change 3 5 1 Popular vote 53 321 29 131 5 224 Percentage 54 47 29 76 5 34 Results by constituency At the time of the election Barbados did not have a formal ministerial government This was established on 1 February 1954 when Grantley Herbert Adams became the first Premier 4 Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Barbados Labour Party53 32154 4715 3Barbados Electors Association29 13129 764 5West Indian National Congress Party5 2245 342 1Independents10 21210 433 3Total97 888100 00240Valid votes61 13398 56Invalid blank votes8911 44Total votes62 024100 00Registered voters turnout95 93964 65Source Caribbean ElectionsReferences edit a b Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p90 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Barbados 11 09 U S State Department Barbados General Election Results 13 December 1951 Caribbean Elections Retrieved 29 October 2020 Caribbean Elections nbsp This Barbados related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1951 Barbadian general election amp oldid 1189277966, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
