1984 St. Peter by-election

1984 St. Peter by-election

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Turnout	78.7%
Candidate Owen Arthur Sybil Leacock Party BLP DLP Popular vote 3,145 2,907 Percentage 51.83% 47.91%
MP before election Walter Hinds BLP Elected MP Owen Arthur BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St. Peter on 19 July 1984, and then again on 22 November 1984, after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Walter Hinds who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados. The election is notable for being held twice after the results of the first election was declared null and void by the Supreme Court of Barbados, after BLP candidate Owen Arthur appealed the outcome, due to numerous errors made by election officials . While Democratic Labour Party member Sybil Leacock was declared the winner by one vote in the first election, after the second election, Arthur was declared the winner instead. It is the only time since independence that an election result was overturned.^[1]