The Barbados National Party was a political party 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). ...

History

The

1940 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1940. Africa * 1940 South-West African legislative election Asia * 1940 Philippine special election Europe * 1940 Moldavian parliamentary election * 1940 Swedish general election United Kingdom * ...

saw the Voters Association, an informal grouping of white politicians, win 19 of the 24 seats in the

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. The following year, the group became a formal political party under the name "Barbados Electors Association".Charles D. Ameringer (1992)
Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies
', pp73–74 In the 1942 elections they won 15 seats, but the 1944 elections saw the party reduced to eight seats under the leadership of Fred Goddard, with the Barbados Progressive League and the West Indian National Congress Party forming a coalition government. In the 1946 elections they were reduced to six seats, but recovered to win nine seats in the 1948 elections. In the 1951 elections, the first under universal suffrage, the party (now led by

Ernest Mottley Ernest Deighton Mottley CBE (11 May 1907 – 27 April 1973) was a Barbadian politician, leader of the Barbados National Party The Barbados National Party was a political party in Barbados. History The 1940 Barbadian general election, 1940 electi ...

) won four seats. They contested the 1956 elections as the Progressive Conservative Party, winning three seats. Prior to the 1958 West Indies federal election, the party was renamed the Barbados National Party, going on to win one of the five seats allocated to Barbados, taken by

Florence Daysh Florence Daysh, OBE (1908–1979) was a Barbadian social worker and politician. In 1954, she was appointed to the Legislative Council of Barbados and then in 1958, she was elected to serve in the West Indies Federation, one of only two women. In ...

. The party won four seats in the

1961 Barbadian general election General elections were held in Barbados on 4 December 1961.Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p90 They were the first held after Barbados was granted full self-government earlier in the year. 24 MPs were e ...

s, in which it called on voters to vote for the Democratic Labour Party in constituencies it did not contest. After being reduced to two seats in

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

, the party was dissolved in 1970.Barbados Electors Association (BEA)
Caribbean Elections

Electoral history

House of Assembly elections

References

{{Barbadian political parties Defunct political parties in Barbados Political parties disestablished in 1970 1970 disestablishments in Barbados