Northern Rhodesian general election, 1944

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General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 29 September 1944.^[1]

Campaign

All constituencies were contested by more than one candidate with the exception of Broken Hill, where Labour Party leader Roy Welensky was returned unopposed.^[2]

The incumbent members for Livingstone (F J Sinclair), Luanshya (Michael McGann) and Nkana (Martin Visagie) did not run for re-election.^[2]

Results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
Broken Hill	Roy Welensky	Unopposed		Re-elected
Livingstone and Western	Hedley William Priest	223	69.91	Elected
Livingstone and Western	Robert Hood Orr	96	30.09
Luanshya	James Frederick Morris	406	50.50	Elected
Luanshya	Francis Edward John Patrick Murray	398	49.50
Midland	Hugh Kennedy McKee	212	40.85	Re-elected
	Marais von Eeden	183	35.26
	Edwin Bernard Evans	124	23.89
Ndola	Godfrey Pelletier	223	50.57	Re-elected
Ndola	Charles Allan	218	49.43
Nkana	Brian Goodwin	573	55.96	Elected
Nkana	James Knock Wykerd	451	44.04
North-Eastern	Thomas Spurgeon Page	94	51.93	Re-elected
North-Eastern	Grant Bruce Robertson	87	48.07
South-Western	Richard Ernest Campbell	95	51.35	Re-elected
South-Western	John Milton Walker	90	48.65
Source: East Africa and Rhodesia^[3]

References

↑ "News Items in Brief", East Africa and Rhodesia, 14 September 1944, p59
1 2 "N. Rhodesian General Election: Mr. Roy Welensky Returned Unopposed", East African and Rhodesia, 7 September 1944, p34
↑ "Three New Members in N. Rhodesian Council: Four Members Re-elected by Narrow Majorities", East Africa and Rhodesia, 5 October 1944, p107

Elections and referendums in Zambia

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See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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