1922 Northern Rhodesian Advisory Council election explained

Advisory Council elections were held in Northern Rhodesia in February 1922.[1] Candidates opposed to amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia received 1,117 votes, whilst candidates supportive of the proposal received 310.[2]

Electoral system

Northern Rhodesia was split into two constituencies, North-Western Rhodesia (four seats) and North-Eastern Rhodesia (one seat). Voting was restricted to British subjects over the age of 21 who had lived in the territory for at least six months and owned at least £150 of property.[3] A total of 679 voters registered in North-Western Rhodesia.

Results

In North-Western Rhodesia a total of 569 votes were cast, of which four were invalid.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes%Notes
North-Eastern RhodesiaC Timmler3858.5Elected
J N Phipps2741.5Defeated
North-Western RhodesiaLeopold Moore32919.1Re-elected
William Doull29517.1Elected
Philip Ellis27616.0Elected
Frederick Clarke23813.8Re-elected
D E C R Stirke18910.9Defeated
Randolf Baker1579.1
P F Godson1005.8
J L Moore905.2
J F M Oosthuizen533.1
align=left colspan=5Source: The Livingstone Mail[4]

Notes and References

  1. Michael Gelfand (1961) Northern Rhodesia in the days of the charter: medical and social study, 1878-1924, Basil Blackwell, p140
  2. "The Elections", The Livingstone Mail, 2 February 1922, p3
  3. Gelfand, p138
  4. "N. Rhodesia Elections: Polling results", The Livingstone Mail, 2 February 1922, p4