1951 Barbadian general election

none Barbados Flag of Barbados (1870–1966).svg parliamentary 1948 Barbadian general election 1948 1956 Barbadian general election 1956 64.65% All 24 seats in the House of Assembly 13 13 December 1951 130x130px Grantley Adams 1955.jpg Grantley Adams Barbados Labour Party 12 seats 15 3 53,321 54.47% Ernest_Mottley_1951.png Ernest Mottley BEA AA00D4 9 seats 4 5 29,131 29.76% Wynter_Crawford_1951.png Wynter Crawford WINCP 31859C 3 seats 2 1 5,224 5.34% 1951 Barbadian general election.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Barbados on 13 December 1951,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p90 978-0-19-928357-6 the first held under universal suffrage.https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/barbados/144563.htm Barbados (11/09) U.S. State Department The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 15 of the 24 seats. Voter turnout was 65%. Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, elected in the Parish of St. Andrew, became the island's first female member of the House of Assembly.Barbados General Election Results - 13 December 1951 http://www.caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1951.asp Caribbean Elections 29 October 2020 18 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210518173043/http://caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/bb_results_1951.asp dead 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.Caribbean Elections Results File:House of Assembly of Barbados, 1951.svg Barbados Labour Party 53321 15 +3 Barbados Electors' Association 29131 4 –5 West Indian National Congress Party 5224 2 –1 Independents 10212 3 +3 0 61133 891 95939 Caribbean Elections References Barbados General Category:Elections in Barbados Barbados