General elections were held in Kenya Colony in 1931. Five of the eleven white seats in the Legislative Council were uncontested, with Lord Delamere amongst those returned unopposed.[1] Indian population , this time the community participated. Fourteen candidates including two independents contested the five Indian seats. However, seven of them declared that they would not take their seats on the Council if elected until the separate voter rolls for whites and Indians were scrapped.[1]
Results [ ]
European seats
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Notes
Coast
Re-elected
Kenya
Elected
Kikuyu
Re-elected
Lake
Re-elected
Mombasa
Elected
Nairobi North
Hamilton Ward Re-elected
Nairobi South
Re-elected
Plateau North
Re-elected
Plateau South
Re-elected
Rift Valley
Hugh Cholmondeley Unopposed
Re-elected
Ukamba
Re-elected
Indian seats
R D Doshi
Elected
A U Sheth
Elected
Elected
Elected
Elected
Arab seat
Re-elected
Source: Hansard[2]
Appointed members [ ]
Position
Member
Ex officio members
Attorney General
A D A MacGregor
Chief Native Commissioner
Armigel de Vins Wade
Colonial Secretary
H M M Moore
Commissioner for Local Government, Lands and Settlement
H T Martin
Commissioner of Customs
G Walsh
Director of Agriculture
Henry Wolfe
Director of Education
H S Scott
Director of Medical and Sanitary Services
John Langton Gilks
Director of Public Works
Howard Lecky Sikes
Kenya and Uganda Railway General Manager
Godfrey Dean Rhodes
Treasurer
H H Rushton
Appointed officials
Chief Veterinary Officer
Hamnett Holland Brassey Edwards
Officer Commanding Northern Brigade
R Wilkinson
Postmaster General
Thomas Fitzgerald
Provincial Commissioner, Coast
L A Feild Jones
Provincial Commissioner, Masai
E B Horne
Provincial Commissioner, Nzoia
Oscar Ferris Watkins
Provincial Commissioner, Rift Valley
H R Montgomery
Solicitor-General
Thomas Dundas Hope Bruce
Surveyor-General
S F Deck
Appointed unofficial members
Member to represent African interests
George Burns
Source: Hansard[2]
Aftermath [ ] The newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 2 June.[2]
References [ ]
^ a b "Kenya Elections: White Settlers And Closer Union", The Times , 18 April 1931, p9, Issue 45800
^ a b c Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1931
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