List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1962–1964) explained

Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia from 1962 until 1964 were elected on 30 October 1962. However, not all the national seats were filled;[1] although by-elections were held on 10 December, several seats still remained empty.

List of members

Upper Roll seats

ConstituencyMemberPartyNotes
Broken HillJohn RobertsUnited Federal Party
ChingolaSamuel MagnusUnited Federal Party
Eastern RuralEbden CarlisleUnited Federal Party
Kitwe EastHugh StanleyUnited Federal Party
Kitwe WestJerry SteynUnited Federal Party
LivingstoneJames MacMillanUnited Federal Party
Luanshya–KansenjiCecil Dennistoun BurneyUnited Federal Party
Lusaka EastGabriel MusumbulwaUnited Federal Party
Lusaka WestHugh MitchleyUnited Federal Party
MufuliraPieter WulffUnited Federal Party
Ndola EastThomas LawlerUnited Federal Party
Northern RuralJohn MwanakatweUnited National Independence PartyParliamentary Secretary for Labour and Mines
RoanHendrick LiebenbergUnited Federal Party
Southern RuralJohn BurnsideUnited Federal Party
Western RuralNorman CoatesUnited Federal Party

Lower Roll seats

ConstituencyMemberPartyNotes
BangweuluKenneth KaundaUnited National Independence PartyMinister of Local Government and Social Welfare
Barotseland EastArthur WinaUnited National Independence PartyParliamentary Secretary for Finance
Barotseland WestMubiana NalilungweUnited National Independence Party
Copperbelt CentralAlexander Grey ZuluUnited National Independence PartyParliamentary Secretary for Native Affairs
Copperbelt EastJohn ChisataUnited National Independence Party
Copperbelt WestSikota WinaUnited National Independence PartyParliamentary Secretary for Local Government and Social Welfare
EasternWesley NyirendaUnited National Independence Party
Lusaka RuralEdward LisoNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressParliamentary Secretary to the Chief Secretary
MidlandsElijah MudendaUnited National Independence PartyParliamentary Secretary for African Agriculture
MuchingaAaron MilnerUnited National Independence Party
NorthernSimon KapwepweUnited National Independence PartyMinister of African Agriculture
North-WesternSamuel MblishiUnited National Independence Party
South-EasternReuben KamangaUnited National Independence PartyMinister of Labour and Mines
SouthernChiwala BandaNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressParliamentary Secretary for African Education
South-WesternHarry NkumbulaNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressMinister of African Education

National seats

ConstituencyMemberPartyNotes
Lower Kafue (African)Francis ChembeNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressParliamentary Secretary for Transport and Works (until 6 November 1963)
Lower Kafue (European)Jack EatonUnited Federal Party
Luangwa (African)Philemon ZindanaUnited Federal Party
Luangwa (European)Charles CousinsNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressMinister of Land and Natural Resources (until 30 November 1963)
Luapula (2 seats)Francis StubbsNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressMinister of Transport and Works
Zambezi (2 seats)Job MichelloNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressParliamentary Secretary for Land and Natural Resources (until 13 August 1963)
Special NationalKashibhai PatelIndependent (UNIP)

Nominated members

PositionMemberNotes
SpeakerThomas Williams
Nominated Official MemberLeonard BeanActing Administrative Secretary
Nominated Official MemberP.H. CounsellPermanent Secretary to the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Solicitor-General
Nominated Unofficial MemberGwendoline KonieFrom 12 March 1963

Replacements

Previous memberDateNew memberNotes
Leonard Bean12 March 1963Albert GaminaraAdministrative Secretary
P.H. Counsell18 June 1963William McCallPermanent Secretary to the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Solicitor-General
Albert Gaminara5 November 1963G.F. TredwellPermanent Secretary to the Ministry of the Chief Secretary

Ex officio members

PositionMember
Chief Secretary to the GovernmentFrederick Thomas, Richard Luyt
Attorney-General and Minister of Legal AffairsWilliam McCall, Brian Andre Doyle
Chief Commissioner and Minister of Native AffairsE.C. Thomson, Leonard Bean, Frederick Thomas
Minister of FinanceA.E. Lewis, Trevor Gardner

Notes and References

  1. David C. Mulford (1964) The Northern Rhodesian General Election 1962, Oxford University Press

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