| Grenada General Election
Results - 24 September 1957 |
General elections were held in Grenada on 24 September 1957. This was the third election in Grenada's history held based on universal adult suffrage.
Electoral System
The eight members of the Legislative Council were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.
Political Parties & Candidates
It was the first to have several competing political parties and for the first-time Eric Gairy's Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) had competition from other political parties, including the Grenada National Party (GNP) led by John Watts and Herbert Blaize.
A total of 24 candidates contested the election.
Voter Turnout
Voter turnout was 68.4%.
Post-election
Following the introduction of the new Constitution on 21 December 1959, real authority for governing the country was given to a Chief Minister and those from the majority party in the Legislative Council based on the 1957 elections. Herbert Blaize was appointed the first Chief Minister from 1 January 1960 when the Legislative Council provisions took effect, with the cooperation of the independents who chose to support the Grenada National Party. |
| Dissolution of House |
Thu, 22 Aug 1957 |
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| Nomination Day |
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| Polling Day |
Tue, 24 Sep 1957 |
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| First Meeting of Parliament |
- |
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| Constituency |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Vote% |
| St. George's Town |
E.A. MITCHELL |
GNP |
726 |
35.61% |
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| S.L. LaHEE |
GULP |
572 |
28.05% |
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T.A. MARRYSHOW  |
IND |
741 |
36.34% |
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| St. George Parish |
M.A. BULLEN |
GNP |
946 |
19.31% |
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| E.M. GAIRY |
GULP |
2,998 |
61.20% |
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| L.A. PURCELL |
PDM |
955 |
19.49% |
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| St. John/St. Mark |
G. ST. BERNARD |
GNP |
229 |
7.92% |
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| H. McCLEAN |
GULP |
1,303 |
45.07% |
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| L.C.J. THOMAS |
PDM |
1,340 |
46.35% |
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| A.J. FELIX |
WIFLP |
19 |
0.66% |
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| St. Patrick |
W.E. COPLAND |
GNP |
1,657 |
45.38% |
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| R.O. WILLIAMS |
GULP |
1,518 |
41.58% |
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| H.E. MASCOLL |
PDM |
476 |
13.04% |
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| St. Andrew North |
R.T.A. FORRESTER |
GULP |
1,143 |
43.86% |
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| R. FITZ-ABRAHAM |
PDM |
59 |
2.26% |
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| R.A. KEENS-DOUGLAS |
IND |
1,404 |
53.88% |
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| St. Andrew South |
R.C.P. MOORE |
GULP |
1,438 |
39.65% |
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| F.C. NOEL |
PDM |
1,912 |
52.72% |
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| F.J. FELIX |
WIFLP |
277 |
7.64% |
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| St. David |
D.W RADIX |
GNP |
960 |
37.97% |
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| T.J. GIBBS |
GULP |
983 |
38.88% |
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| R.H. CLYNE |
PDM |
585 |
23.14% |
| Carriacou |
H.A. BLAIZE |
GNP |
1,494 |
59.98% |
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| F.B. PATTERSON |
GULP |
997 |
40.02% |
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| Constituency |
GULP |
GNP |
PDM |
WIFLP |
IND |
Valid Votes |
| St. George's Town |
572 |
726 |
- |
- |
741 |
2,039 |
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| St. George Parish |
2,998 |
946 |
955 |
- |
- |
4,899 |
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| St. John/St. Mark |
1,303 |
229 |
1,340 |
19 |
- |
2,891 |
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| St. Patrick |
1,518 |
1,657 |
476 |
- |
- |
3,651 |
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| St. Andrew North |
1,143 |
- |
59 |
- |
1,404 |
2,606 |
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| St. Andrew South |
1,438 |
- |
1,912 |
227 |
- |
3,577 |
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| St. David |
983 |
960 |
585 |
- |
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2,528 |
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| Carriacou |
997 |
1,494 |
- |
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2,491 |
| Total |
10,952 |
6,012 |
5,327 |
246 |
2,145 |
24,682 |
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| Key |
| NNP
= New National Party; NDC = New Democratic Congress;
GEM = Grenada Empowerment Movement; GPM = Grenada Progressive Movement; GRP = Grenada Renaissance Party; GUPM = Grenada United Patriotic Movement; TLP = The Liberal Partry; TPP= The Progress Party; ULP = United Labour Platform; GULP =
Grenada United Labour Platform; PLM = People's Labour Movement; GOD = Good Old Democracy; MBPM = Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement; URP = United Republican Party; CDLP = Christian Democratic Labour Party; GFLP = Grenada Federated Labour Party;IND = Independent; * Incumbent; ** Political Leader |
| Sources |
| Grenada Parliamentary Elections Office |
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