General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 16 September 1935.[1]
The seven elected members of the Legislative Council were elected from seven single-member constituencies, with the Ndola seat split into two to form the new constituency of Nkana; Livingstone and Western had previously elected two members, but was reduced to one.[2] There were a total of 3,203 registered voters.[2]
Constituency | Settlements | Registered voters | |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern | 144 | ||
Balovale, Kalabo, Lealui, Livingstone, Mankoya, Senanga, Sesheke | 334 | ||
Midland | Broken Hill (South), Lusaka, Mumbwa | 376 | |
Ndola | Fort Rosebery, Kawambwa, Luanshya Ndola | 862 | |
Nkana | Kasempa, Mufulira, Mwinilunga, Nkana, Solwezi | 713 | |
Northern | Abercorn, Broken Hill, Chinsali, Isoka, Kasama, Luwingu, Mkushi, Mpika, Mporokoso, Serenje | 547 | |
Southern | Kalomo, Mazabuka, Namwala | 227 | |
Source: Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia |
Voter turnout was 80% in the east and midland areas, 72% in Ndola and the south, 70% in the north and 50% in Nkana.[3]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Broken Hill | Stewart Gore-Browne | 253 | 69.32 | Elected | ||
Arthur Davison | 112 | 30.68 | ||||
Eastern | John Bruce | 80 | 66.12 | Elected | ||
Thomas Spurgeon Page | 41 | 33.88 | ||||
Livingstone and Western | Leopold Moore | Unopposed | Elected | |||
Midland | John Brown | 135 | 38.03 | Elected | ||
Charles Fitzwilliams | 134 | 37.75 | ||||
Edward Cholmeley | 86 | 24.23 | ||||
Ndola | Arthur Stephenson | 243 | 37.79 | Elected | ||
John Burney | 230 | 35.77 | ||||
Benjamin Rout | 170 | 26.44 | ||||
Nkana | Catherine Olds | 207 | 53.63 | Elected | ||
Harold Webb | 179 | 46.37 | ||||
Southern | Charles Knight | 95 | 60.13 | Elected | ||
Thomas Henderson Murray | 63 | 39.87 | ||||
Source: East Africa[4] |
The newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 16 November 1935.[5]