Kenyan general election, 1934

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General elections were held in Kenya Colony in 1934, with the first seats elected on 28 March.^[1] Four candidates were returned unopposed in the eleven Europeans constituencies, whilst the remaining seven constituencies were contested by 18 candidates.^[1] For the five Indian seats, there were 17 candidates.^[1] Voter turnout in the White seats was the highest since elections were introduced.^[2] The Council convened for the first time after the election on 24 April.^[3]

Electoral system

The Legislative Council consisted of eleven ex-officio members, eight appointed government officials, two members appointed to represent the interests of the African community, one member appointed to represent the Arab community, and seventeen elected members.^[4]

Of the seventeen elected seats, eleven were for Europeans, five for Indians and one for Arabs. Around 6,000-7,000 Europeans were registered to vote in the eleven constituencies.^[1]

Results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
European seats
Aberdare	Ernest Hay Wright	120	42.25	Elected
	John Cotter	78	27.46	Defeated
	Edward Evans	71	25.00
	Edward Vaughan Kenealy	15	5.28
Coast Province	Robert Robertson-Eustace	38	62.30	Re-elected
Coast Province	John Coverdale	23	37.70
Kiambu	James Riddell	311	67.20	Elected
	Walter MacLellan Wilson	127	25.40
	Corney Durham	62	12.40	Defeated
Mombasa	Frederick Bemister	Unopposed		Re-elected
Nairobi North	Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck	406	56.62	Elected
Nairobi North	Franklin Vivian Ward	311	43.38
Nairobi South	Helmuth Schwartze	325	52.00	Re-elected
Nairobi South	Arthur Legat	300	48.00
Nyanza	Conway Harvey	150	62.24	Re-elected
Nyanza	Frederick Bamber	91	37.76
Rift Valley	Francis Scott	Unopposed		Re-elected
Trans Nzoia	James Kirkwood	218	54.50	Re-elected
Trans Nzoia	Albert George Keyser	182	45.50
Uasin Gishu	Albert Hoey	Unopposed		Elected
Ukamba	Robert Shaw	Unopposed		Elected
Indian seats
Colony and Protectorate	Isher Dass			Elected
	Mangat Nahar Singh			Elected
	Pandya Jagannath Bhavanishanker			Elected
	Shams-ud-Deen			Elected
	Alex de Souza			Elected
	M H Malik
	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yakub
	Chaturbhai Khushalbhai Patel
	Hakim Singh			Defeated
	Devi Dass Puri
	Karmali Khimji Pradhan
	Babu Ram Sood
	Oza Uchbrangrai Keshvari
	Thakur Dass
	Abdul Rahman Cocker
	Nathubhai Jeevenjee Desai
	Dhanwant Singh			Defeated
Arab seat
Colony and Protectorate	Sheriff Abdulla Salim el Huseini	Unopposed		Elected
Source: East Africa,^[5] Hansard^[4]

Appointed members

Position	Member
Ex officio	Henry Monck-Mason Moore
	Walter Harragin
	Geoffrey Walsh
	Sydney Hubert La Fontaine
	Ethelbert Bernard Hosking
	Albert Rutherford Paterson
	Harold Bertram Waters
	Herbert Septimus Scott
	Arthur Edward Hamp
	John Clark Stronach
	George Dougal Kirsopp
Appointed officials	Thomas Fitzgeraldn
	Edward Butler Horne
	Harold Robert Montgomery
	Henry Guy Pilling
	Hugh Robert Everard Earle Welby
	George Henry Carne Boulderson
	Thomas Dundas Hope Bruce
	Hamnett Holland Brassey-Edwards
African community representatives	George Burns
African community representatives	Ruper William Hemsted
Arab community representative	Ali bin Salim
Source: Hansard^[4]

Aftermath

The newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 24 April.^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 "Elections In Kenya: The Call For A "Team"", The Times, 28 March 1934, p13, Issue 46714
↑ "Kenya Legislative Council: Polling For European Seats" The Times, 4 April 1934, p11, Issue 46719
↑ "Better Prospects In Kenya: Revenue Increase, More Gold Areas To Be Opened", The Times, 25 April 1934, p13, Issue 46737
1 2 3 4 Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1934
↑ "Kenya General Election", East Africa, 19 April 1934, p641

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