1948 Kenyan general election
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General elections were held in Kenya in May 1948.
Electoral system
[edit]The seats in the Legislative Council were distributed according to a race-based franchise. Eleven Europeans were elected from single-member constituencies defined as Part A; five Indians (two of which were required to be Muslims) were elected from three Part B constituencies, and one Arab was elected from a single nationwide Part C constituency. Four Africans and nine Europeans were nominated members.
Results
[edit]Elected members
[edit]Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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European seats | ||||
Aberdare (19 May) | Gerald Hopkins | 299 | 58.4 | Elected |
Clive Wilfrid Salter | 152 | 29.7 | ||
Arthur Sutcliffe | 61 | 11.9 | ||
Coast | Shirley Victor Cooke | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Kiambu | Wilfrid Havelock | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Mombasa | George Nicol | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Nairobi North (14 May) | Ernest Vasey | 391 | 61.2 | Re-elected |
Stanley Ghersie | 248 | 38.8 | ||
Nairobi South (12 May) | Derek Erskine | 627 | 72.2 | Elected |
Norman Harris | 141 | 16.2 | ||
George Alfred Tyson | 101 | 11.6 | ||
Nyanza | George Maitland Edye | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Rift Valley (12 May) | Michael Blundell | 356 | 50.6 | Elected |
Francis Scott | 273 | 38.8 | ||
Sidney Farrar | 74 | 10.5 | ||
Trans Nzoia | Albert George Keyser | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Uasin Gishu | Laurence Maconochie-Welwood | Unopposed | Elected | |
Ukamba | Dorothy Shaw | Unopposed | Elected | |
Indian seats | ||||
Central (28–30 May) | Chunilal Madan | Elected | ||
Ibrahim Nathoo | Elected Muslim | |||
Bhagar Singh Biant Singh Biant | ||||
Eastern | Ambalal Bhailalbhai Patel | Re-elected | ||
Mohamed Ali Rana | Elected Muslim | |||
Western (13–15 May) | Ahluwalia Pritam | Re-elected | ||
Dharm Bir DauletRam Kohli | ||||
Arab member | ||||
Colony and Protectorate | Mohamed Abdulla Shatry | Elected | ||
Source: East Africa and Rhodesia,[1] Kenya Gazette[2][3][4] |
Appointed members
[edit]Member | Position |
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African appointees | |
Eliud Mathu | |
Appolo Ohanga | |
James Jeremiah | |
John Kipsugut arap Chemallan | |
European appointees | |
Norman Frederick Stewart Andrews | Deputy Financial Secretary |
Samuel Reginald Boyd | Director of Public Works |
Stuart Gillett | Director of Agriculture |
John Basil Hobson | Solicitor-General |
Ernest Meredyth Hyde-Clarke | Labour Commissioner |
Arthur Hope Jones | Secretary for Commerce and Industry |
Norman MacPherson MacLennan | Director of Medical Services |
Robert Patrick | Director of Education |
George James Robbins | Commissioner of Lands, Mines and Surveys |
Source: Kenya Gazette[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kenya's European Elected Members", East Africa and Rhodesia, 3 June 1948, p1069
- ^ Kenya Gazette, 18 May 1948, p338
- ^ Kenya Gazette, 20 Apr 1948, p275
- ^ a b Kenya Gazette, 25 May 1948, p349