List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1944–1948) explained

Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia from 1944 until 1958 were elected on 29 September 1944. There were eight elected members, nine appointed members and six ex officio members.[1]

List of members

Elected members

ConstituencyMember
Broken HillRoy Welensky
Livingstone and WesternHedley Priest
LuanshyaJames Morris
MidlandHugh Kennedy McKee
NdolaGodfrey Pelletier
NkanaBrian Goodwin
North-EasternThomas Spurgeon Page
South-WesternRichard Campbell

Replacements

ConstituencyPrevious memberDateNew member
NdolaGodfrey Pelletier4 December 1944Harold Williams
MidlandHugh Kennedy McKee25 April 1947Ernest Sergeant

Nominated members

PositionMemberNotes
Nominated Official MemberJ.B. ClarkDirector of European Education
Nominated Official MemberW.C. Fitz-HenryDirector of Public Works
Nominated Official MemberC.J. LewinDirector of Agriculture
Nominated Official MemberE.H.B. WickinsProvincial Commissioner, Southern Province
Nominated Unofficial MemberGeoffrey Beckett
Nominated Unofficial MemberAlfred Harrison
Nominated Unofficial MemberCharles FisherRepresenting Native Interests
Nominated Unofficial MemberStewart Gore-BrowneRepresenting Native Interests
Nominated Unofficial MemberRobert Selby TaylorRepresenting Native Interests

Replacements

PositionPrevious memberDateNew memberNotes
Nominated Official MemberW.C. Fitz-Henry6 May 1946A.L. SimpkinsDirector of Public Works
Nominated Official MemberE.H.B. Wickins30 November 1946Harold WatmoreProvincial Commissioner, Western Province
Nominated Unofficial MemberCharles Fisher30 November 1946Hope HayRepresenting Native Interests
Nominated Unofficial MemberAlfred Harrison30 November 1946Norman Cook
Nominated Unofficial MemberHope Hay1946Edward NightingaleRepresenting Native Interests
Nominated Official MemberHarold Watmore31 May 1947F. CrawfordEconomic Secretary
Nominated Official MemberA.L. Simpkins20 September 1947A.T. WilliamsAdministrative Secretary
Nominated Official MemberJ.B. Clark20 September 1947J.E. WorkmanCommissioner of Police
Nominated Official MemberC.J. Lewin20 September 1947L.F. LeversedgeProvincial Commissioner, Southern Province
Nominated Official MemberL.F. Leversedge15 November 1947L.W.G. EcclesCommissioner for Local Government and African Housing, Commissioner for Mines
Nominated Official MemberJ.E. Workman15 November 1947J.R. ChadwickDirector of European Education
Nominated Official MemberJ.R. Chadwick6 January 1948J.B. ClarkDirector of European Education
Nominated Official MemberL.W.G. Eccles6 March 1948Harold WatmoreSenior Provincial Commissioner
Nominated Official MemberHarold Watmore5 June 1948L.W.G. EcclesCommissioner for Local Government and African Housing, Commissioner for Mines
Nominated Official MemberJ.B. Clark9 June 1948R.A. NicholsonEconomic Secretary
Nominated Official MemberF. Crawford17 June 1948E.F. MartinDirector of Agriculture
Nominated Unofficial MemberRobert Selby TaylorJune 1948Killian FlynnRepresenting Native Interests

Ex officio members

PositionMember
GovernorJohn Waddington, Harold Cartmel-Robinson, Robert Stanley, Gilbert Rennie
Attorney-GeneralH.G. Morgan, Edgar Unsworth
Chief Secretary to the GovernmentHarold Cartmel-Robinson, J.H. Wallace, Robert Stanley, R.S. Hudson
Director of Medical ServicesJ.F.C. Haslam, P.B. Robinson
Financial SecretaryGeorge Thornton, R.A. Nicholson
Secretary for Native AffairsR.S. Hudson, Harold Watmore

Notes and References

  1. Legislative Council Debates: First session (resumed) of the Eighth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia