General elections were held in

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

on 27 November 1944.Gary Lewis (1999)
White Rebel: The Life and Times of TT Lewis
', p89 Three parties each won eight of the 24 seats in the

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. The elections were the first in Barbados with women's suffrage. Prior to the elections, the income requirement for voter registration was also reduced from £50 to £20. These changes led to the number of registered voters increasing from around 6,000 in 1938 to over 15,000.

Results

Aftermath

Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by the Barbados Progressive League and the West Indian National Congress Party.Charles D. Ameringer (1992)
Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies
', pp73–74

References

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