General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 29 August 1941.[1] All five Labour Party candidates won their seats.[2]
The eight elected members of the Legislative Council (an increase from seven in the 1938 elections) were elected from eight single-member constituencies. The additional seat was created by splitting Ndola into two to form the new constituency of Luanshya.[3] The Northern Constituency was renamed Broken Hill and most of its area was transferred to the new North-Eastern constituency, which replaced Eastern.[3] There were a total of 5,638 registered voters.[3]
| Constituency | Settlements | Registered voters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill | Broken Hill, Mkushi, Serenje | 837 | |
| Balovale, Kalabo, Livingstone, Mankoya, Mongu–Lealui, Senanga, Sesheke | 497 | ||
| Luanshya | Luanshya, Mufulira | 1,253 | |
| Midland | Broken Hill (South), Lusaka, Mumbwa | 556 | |
| Ndola | Fort Rosebery, Kasempa, Kawambwa, Mwinilunga, Ndola | 570 | |
| Nkana | Chingola, Nkana | 1,390 | |
| North-Eastern | 253 | ||
| Southern | Mazabuka, Namwala | 282 | |
| Source: Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia | |||
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill | Roy Welensky | Labour Party | Unopposed | Elected | ||
| Livingstone and Western | Francis Sinclair | Labour Party | Elected | |||
| Leopold Moore | Defeated | |||||
| Luanshya | Michael McGann | Labour Party | Elected | |||
| I.H. Webb | ||||||
| Midland | Hugh Kennedy McKee | Unopposed | Elected | |||
| Ndola | Frederick Roberts | Labour Party | Elected | |||
| Arthur Stephenson | Defeated | |||||
| Nkana | Martin Visagie | Labour Party | Elected | |||
| Albert Smith | Defeated | |||||
| Catherine Olds | ||||||
| North-Eastern | Thomas Spurgeon Page | Unopposed | Elected | |||
| Southern | Richard Ernest Campbell | Unopposed | Elected | |||
| Source: East Africa and Rhodesia[4] | ||||||
Following the elections Stewart Gore-Browne was reappointed to the Legislative Council by the Governor as the member representing native interests.[2]