1970 St. Joseph by-election
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3 December 1970
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| Turnout | 69.3% | |||||||||||||||
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A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St Joseph on 3 December 1970 after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Grantley Adams who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.[1]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Lloyd Smith | Barbados Labour Party | 2,233 | 37.27 | |
| Grantley Adams | Barbados Labour Party | 2,027 | 33.83 | |
| Wilfred Coward | Democratic Labour Party | 1,029 | 17.18 | |
| R.B. Noel | Democratic Labour Party | 702 | 11.72 | |
| Total | 5,991 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 5,991 | 100.00 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 5,991 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,553 | 168.62 | ||
| Source: Caribbean Elections[2] | ||||
