1996 St. Michael North West by-election
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4 December 1996
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| Turnout | 53.6% | |||||||||||||||
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A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. Michael North West on 4 December 1996 after the resignation of Democratic Labour Party member Lawson Weekes who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.[1] It was the last Barbadian by-election to take place in the 20th century.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Lawson Weekes | Democratic Labour Party | 1,683 | 46.69 | |
| Carlisle Best | Barbados Labour Party | 1,517 | 42.08 | |
| Orville Applewhaite | National Democratic Party | 344 | 9.54 | |
| Sally Cools | Independent | 61 | 1.69 | |
| Total | 3,605 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 3,605 | 99.37 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 23 | 0.63 | ||
| Total votes | 3,628 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,634 | 54.69 | ||
| Source: Caribbean Elections,[2] Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission [3] | ||||
