Northern Rhodesian Advisory Council election, 1922

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Advisory Council elections were held in Northern Rhodesia in February 1922.^[1] Candidates opposed to amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia received 1,117 votes, whilst candidates supportive of the proposal received 310.^[2]

Electoral system

Northern Rhodesia was split into two constituencies, North-Western Rhodesia (four seats) and North-Eastern Rhodesia (one seat). Voting was restricted to British subjects over the age of 21 who had lived in the territory for at least six months and owned at least £150 of property.^[3] A total of 679 voters registered in North-Western Rhodesia.^[4]

Results

In North-Western Rhodesia a total of 569 votes were cast, of which four were invalid.^[4]

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
North-Eastern Rhodesia	C Timmler	38	58.5	Elected
North-Eastern Rhodesia	J N Phipps	27	41.5	Defeated
North-Western Rhodesia	Leopold Moore	329	19.1	Re-elected
	William Doull	295	17.1	Elected
	Philip Ellis	276	16.0	Elected
	Frederick Clarke	238	13.8	Re-elected
	D E C R Stirke	189	10.9	Defeated
	Randolf Baker	157	9.1
	P F Godson	100	5.8
	J L Moore	90	5.2
	J F M Oosthuizen	53	3.1
Source: The Livingstone Mail^[4]

References

↑ Michael Gelfand (1961) Northern Rhodesia in the days of the charter: medical and social study, 1878-1924, Basil Blackwell, p140
↑ "The Elections", The Livingstone Mail, 2 February 1922, p3
↑ Gelfand, p138
1 2 3 "N. Rhodesia Elections: Polling results", The Livingstone Mail, 2 February 1922, p4

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See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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