List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1954–1958) explained

Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia from 1954 until 1958 were elected on 19 February 1954. The first session of the newly elected council started on 10 April.[1] There were twelve elected members, 11 appointed members and four ex officio members.[1] The number of appointed members increased to 12 in 1958.

List of members

Elected members

ConstituencyMemberPartyNotes
Broken HillJohn RobertsFederal PartyMember for Health, Lands and Local Government (1954–1956)
Member for Lands and Local Government (1956–1958)
ChingolaWilliam Gray DunlopFederal PartyMember for Commerce and Industry (1954–1956)
Member for Mines and Works (1956–1958)
EasternReuben KidsonFederal Party
LivingstoneFrank DerbyIndependent
LuanshyaRodney MalcomsonFederal Party
LusakaErnest SergeantFederal Party
MidlandJohn GauntIndependent
MufuliraLewin TuckerFederal Party
NdolaBill RendallFederal Party
NkanaJames BothaFederal Party
NorthernHarold WatmoreFederal PartyMember for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1957–1958)
South-WesternWilliam Harris WrothFederal PartyMember for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1954–1957)

Replacements

ConstituencyPrevious memberPartyDateNew memberPartyNotes
South-WesternWilliam Harris WrothFederal Party1 July 1957Ebden CarlisleFederal PartyMember for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1958)
NkanaJames BothaFederal Party20 December 1957Jerry SteynUnited Federal Party

Nominated members

PositionMemberNotes
SpeakerThomas Spurgeon Page
African MemberSafeli Chileshe
African MemberRobinson Nabulyato
African MemberLakement Ngandu
African MemberPascale Sokota
Nominated Official MemberL.F. LeversedgeDevelopment Secretary
Nominated Official MemberK.V. MacquireChief Establishment Officer
Nominated Official MemberJ.R. BrownCommissioner for Local Government
Nominated Official MemberCharles CousinsCommissioner for Labour and Mines
Nominated Unofficial MemberHarry FranklinRepresenting African Interests
Member for Education and Social Services (1955–1958)
Nominated Unofficial MemberJohn MoffatRepresenting African Interests

Replacements

PositionPrevious memberDateNew memberNotes
Nominated Official MemberK.V. Macquire11 November 1954W.K.H. JonesSolicitor-General
Nominated Official MemberJ.R. Brown16 November 1954T.G.C. Vaughan-JonesDirector of Game and Tsetse Control
Nominated Official MemberT.G.C. Vaughan-Jones8 March 1955C.W. LynnDirector of Agriculture
Nominated Unofficial MemberJohn Moffat8 March 1955Killian FlynnRepresenting African Interests
Nominated Official MemberW.K.H. Jones5 July 1955D.B. HallAdministrative Secretary
Nominated Official MemberL.F. Leversedge5 July 1955G.S. JonesDevelopment Secretary
Nominated Official MemberC.W. Lynn29 November 1955K.V. MaquireChief Establishment Officer
Nominated Official MemberD.B. Hall6 March 1956H.L JonesAdministrative Secretary
Nominated Official MemberG.S. Jones6 March 1956L.F. LeversedgeDevelopment Secretary
Nominated Official MemberK.V. Maquire6 March 1956W.G.M. LugtonDirector of Welfare and Probation Services
Nominated Unofficial MemberKillian Flynn6 March 1956Farquhar Baliol MacraeRepresenting African Interests
Nominated Official MemberCharles Cousins28 June 1956R. PhilpottLabour Commissioner
Nominated Official MemberW.G.M. Lugton28 June 1956C.W. LynnDirector of Agriculture
SpeakerThomas Spurgeon Page27 November 1956Thomas Williams
Nominated Official MemberC.W. Lynn27 November 1956William McCallSolicitor-General
Nominated Official MemberR. Philpott12 March 1957Charles CousinsLabour Commissioner
Nominated Official MemberWilliam McCall12 March 1957C.W. LynnDirector of Agriculture
Nominated Official MemberH.L Jones12 March 1957T.G.C. Vaughan-JonesCommissioner for Rural Development
Nominated Official MemberC.W. Lynn17 June 1957K.V. MaquireChief Establishment Officer
Nominated Official MemberT.G.C. Vaughan-Jones17 June 1957J.R. BrownCommissioner for Local Government
Nominated Official Member18 March 1958R. PhilpottDeputy Labour Commissioner
Nominated Official MemberJ.R. Brown1 July 1958G.S. JonesProvincial Commissioner
Nominated Official MemberR. Philpott1 July 1958W.K.H. JonesSolicitor-General

Ex officio members

PositionMember
Attorney-GeneralW.M. McCall, Edgar Unsworth, Brian Andre Doyle
Chief Secretary to the GovernmentEdgar Unsworth, A.T. Williams, R.A. Nicholson, Evelyn Dennison Hone, D.B. Hall
Financial SecretaryR.A. Nicholson, H.C. Ballingall
Secretary for Native AffairsW.F. Stubbs, D.B. Hall, G.S. Jones

Notes and References

  1. Legislative Council Debates: First session of the Tenth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia