General elections were held in Kenya Colony between 26 March and 2 April 1938.[1] Three of the eleven white seats in the Legislative Council were uncontested,[2] whilst all Indian seats were contested, and saw more businessmen were elected than politicians.[2] Lady Sidney Farrar became the country's first female Legislative Council member after defeating Conway Harvey in the Nyanza constituency by two votes.[3]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European seats | |||||
| Aberdare (26 March) | Ernest Hay Wright | Re-elected | |||
| Frans Johan Arnold | |||||
| Leonard George Edwyn Llewelyn | |||||
| Coast Province (26 March) | Shirley Victor Cooke | Elected | |||
| Ewart Grogan | |||||
| Kiambu (2 April) | Josslyn Hay | Elected | |||
| Arnold Bradley | |||||
| Mombasa (30 March) | George Nicol | Elected | |||
| Frederick Bemister | Defeated | ||||
| Nairobi North | Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck | Unopposed | Re-elected | ||
| Nairobi South (30 March) | Marcuswell Maxwell | Elected | |||
| Thomas O'Shea | |||||
| Nyanza (26 March) | Sidney Farrar | Elected | |||
| Conway Harvey | Defeated | ||||
| Rift Valley | Francis Scott | Unopposed | Re-elected | ||
| Trans Nzoia (26 March) | James Kirkwood | Re-elected | |||
| Francis Henry le Britton | |||||
| Uasin Gishu (26 March) | Stanley Ghersie | Elected | |||
| Albert Hoey | Defeated | ||||
| Ukamba | Robert Shaw | Unopposed | Re-elected | ||
| Indian seats | |||||
| Central (26–28 March) | Shams-ud-Deen | Re-elected | |||
| Isher Dass | Re-elected | ||||
| Alex de Souza | Defeated | ||||
| Thakur Dass | |||||
| Devi Dass Puri | |||||
| Mangat Nahar Singh | Defeated | ||||
| Eastern (26–28 March) | Ambalal Bhailalbhai Patel | Elected | |||
| Pandya Jagannath Bhavanishanker | Elected | ||||
| Karmali Khimji Pradhan | |||||
| Hussein Bhaloo Vellani | |||||
| Western (26–28 March) | Rahemtulla Kassam | Elected | |||
| Dhanwant Singh | |||||
| Arab seat | |||||
| Colony and Protectorate | Ali bin Salim bin Khalfan | Unopposed | Elected | ||
| Source: East Africa and Rhodesia,[4] Kenya Gazette, Hansard[5] | |||||