1927 Kenyan general election

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General elections were held in Kenya Colony on 12 February 1927.[1]

Campaign[]

Reports before the election noted that of the eleven white seats, five were uncontested with the incumbent returned unopposed, one was likely to be uncontested and the remaining five would be contested.[2] The Reform Party led by Hugh Cholmondeley issued an 18-point manifesto, which was approved by all the incumbent members of the Legislative Council except Hamilton Ward, who partly adhered to its programme, but reserved the right to vote independently.[3] The manifesto included a call for an elected European majority on the Legislative Council.[3] Reports that the mayor of Nairobi would run against the Reform Party proved to be unfounded.[3]

Following their boycott of the 1924 elections, the Indian population again failed to participate fully in the election, with only one candidate standing in the five-member Indian constituency. As a result, four Indian representatives were appointed to the Council after it was opened on 8 March.[4] By-elections for the four Indian seats were scheduled for the following year, but no candidates were nominated due to the ongoing boycott over the separate voting rolls for Whites and Indians.[5]

Results[]

European seats
Constituency Candidate Party Votes % Notes
Coast Reform Party Unopposed Re-elected
Kenya Reform Party Re-elected
Henry Beynon
Kikuyu Independent Elected
Monthermer Montagu
Reform Party Defeated
Lake Reform Party Unopposed Re-elected
Mombasa GG Atkinson Reform Party Unopposed Re-elected
Nairobi North Hamilton Ward Independent Re-elected
Charles Udall Independent
Nairobi South Reform Party Re-elected
Independent
Plateau North Independent Elected
Reform Party Defeated
Plateau South Reform Party Unopposed Re-elected
Rift Valley Hugh Cholmondeley Reform Party Unopposed Re-elected
Ukamba Reform Party Re-elected
Indian seats
Elected
Arab seat
Re-elected
Source: Colonial Reports, East Africa, Kenya Gazette

Appointed members[]

Position Member
Ex officio members
Attorney General Walter Huggard
Chief Native Commissioner Gerald Verner Maxwell
Colonial Secretary Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote
Commissioner of Customs Edgar George Bale
Commissioner of Lands Arthur George Baker
Director of Agriculture Alexander Holm
Director of Education Evan Ebenezer Biss
Director of Public Works Howard Lecky Sikes
Kenya and Uganda Railway General Manager Godfrey Dean Rhodes
Principal Medical Officer John Langton Gilks
Treasurer Reginald Clifton Grannum
Appointed officials
Chief Veterinary Officer Andrew Gahan Doherty
Lilawi for the Coast Ali bin Salim
Officer Commanding Troops C S Davies
Postmaster General Thomas Fitzgerald
Senior Commissioner, Coast Harold Robert Montgomery
Senior Commissioner, Kikuyu Ruper William Hemsted
Senior Commissioner, Nyanza Cecil Moore Dobbs
Senior Commissioner, Ukamba Walter Francis Glencairn Campbell
Solicitor-General Frederic Gordon Smith
Appointed unofficial members
Member to represent African interests John Britton
Source: Hansard[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Kenya Gazette, 28 January 1927, pp91–97
  2. ^ "News in Brief", The Times, 27 January 1927, p11, Issue 44490
  3. ^ a b c "As Kenya sees things: Manifesto of Lord Delamere's Party", East Africa, 3 February 1927, p597
  4. ^ "Kenya Legislature Opened: A Year Of Steady Progress", The Times, 9 March 1927, p13, Issue 44525
  5. ^ "Indians In Kenya. Boycott Of The Legislature", The Times, 5 March 1928, p13, Issue 44833
  6. ^ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1927
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