1958 Barbadian by-elections

1958 Barbadian by-elections
← 1956 21 May 1958 1961 →
	1958 St. Joseph constituency by-election
MP before election; Grantley Adams; BLP	Elected MP ; Glenroy Straughn; BLP
	1958 St. John constituency by-election
MP before election; Victor Vaughn; BLP	Elected MP ; Errol Barrow; DLP

By-elections were held in the Barbadian constituencies of St Joseph and St John on 21 May 1958.^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Grantley Adams	Barbados Labour Party	2,166	43.79
	Lloyd Smith	Barbados Labour Party	2,046	41.37
	Joseph N.T. Kellman	Progressive Conservative Party	388	7.84
	L.L. Gill	Progressive Conservative Party	346	7.00
Total			4,946	100.00

Valid votes			2,664	98.92
Invalid/blank votes			29	1.08
Total votes			2,693	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,808	70.72
Source: Caribbean Elections^[2]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	L. Thorne	Barbados Labour Party	1,332	23.35
	Victor Vaughan	Barbados Labour Party	1,275	22.35
	C.A. Speede	Democratic Labour Party	977	17.13
	O.T. Allder	People's Progressive Movement	965	16.92
	J.S.B. Dear	Progressive Conservative Party	608	10.66
	E.McG. Webster	Independent	193	3.38
	S. Linton	People's Progressive Movement	140	2.45
	G.W. Maynard	Independent	94	1.65
	J.A.LeV. Wilson	Independent	66	1.16
	A.H.A. Lewis	Democratic Labour Party	54	0.95
Total			5,704	100.00

Valid votes			3,571	99.06
Invalid/blank votes			34	0.94
Total votes			3,605	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,155	69.93
Source: Caribbean Elections^[2]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Glenroy Straughn	Barbados Labour Party	1,112	46.88
	Wilfred Coward	Democratic Labour Party	926	39.04
	Joseph N.T. Kellman	Independent	249	10.50
	Louis A. Vaughn	Independent	85	3.58
Total			2,372	100.00

Valid votes			2,372	95.15
Invalid/blank votes			121	4.85
Total votes			2,493	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,107	60.70
	BLP hold
Source: Caribbean Elections^[3]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Errol Barrow	Democratic Labour Party	1,430	50.05
	Owen T. Allder	Barbados Labour Party	873	30.56
	John W.B. Chenery	Independent	554	19.39
Total			2,857	100.00

Valid votes			2,857	98.65
Invalid/blank votes			39	1.35
Total votes			2,896	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,059	57.24
	DLP gain from Barbados Labour Party
Source: Caribbean Elections^[4]

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