1984 St. Peter by-election

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 a second time after the result of the first election was declared null and void by the Supreme Court of Barbados, following BLP candidate Owen Arthur appealing 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.

Results

The initial result on 19 July 1984 was victory for Sybil Leacock who won by a single-vote margin over Owen Arthur with voter turnout of 74.2%. However, after an appeal was launched by Arthur in the election court, the Supreme Court declared the result invalid due to errors made by the election officials. A redo of the election was held on 22 November 1984 where Arthur won the by election with an increased voter turnout of 78.7%.