List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1944–1948)

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Members of the from 1944 until 1958 were elected on 29 September 1944. There were eight elected members, nine appointed members and six ex officio members.[1]

List of members[]

Elected members[]

Constituency Member
Broken Hill Roy Welensky
Luanshya
Ndola
Nkana
Thomas Spurgeon Page

Replacements[]

Constituency Previous member Date New member
Ndola

Nominated members[]

Position Member Notes
Nominated Official Member J.B. Clark Director of European Education
Nominated Official Member W.C. Fitz-Henry Director of Public Works
Nominated Official Member C.J. Lewin Director of Agriculture
Nominated Official Member E.H.B. Wickins Provincial Commissioner, Southern Province
Nominated Unofficial Member
Nominated Unofficial Member
Nominated Unofficial Member Representing Native Interests
Nominated Unofficial Member Stewart Gore-Browne Representing Native Interests
Nominated Unofficial Member Robert Selby Taylor Representing Native Interests

Replacements[]

Position Previous member Date New member Notes
Nominated Official Member W.C. Fitz-Henry 6 May 1946 A.L. Simpkins Director of Public Works
Nominated Official Member E.H.B. Wickins 30 November 1946 Provincial Commissioner, Western Province
Nominated Unofficial Member 30 November 1946 Representing Native Interests
Nominated Unofficial Member 30 November 1946
Nominated Unofficial Member 1946 Representing Native Interests
Nominated Official Member 31 May 1947 F. Crawford Economic Secretary
Nominated Official Member A.L. Simpkins 20 September 1947 A.T. Williams Administrative Secretary
Nominated Official Member J.B. Clark 20 September 1947 J.E. Workman Commissioner of Police
Nominated Official Member C.J. Lewin 20 September 1947 L.F. Leversedge Provincial Commissioner, Southern Province
Nominated Official Member L.F. Leversedge 15 November 1947 L.W.G. Eccles Commissioner for Local Government and African Housing, Commissioner for Mines
Nominated Official Member J.E. Workman 15 November 1947 J.R. Chadwick Director of European Education
Nominated Official Member J.R. Chadwick 6 January 1948 J.B. Clark Director of European Education
Nominated Official Member L.W.G. Eccles 6 March 1948 Senior Provincial Commissioner
Nominated Official Member 5 June 1948 L.W.G. Eccles Commissioner for Local Government and African Housing, Commissioner for Mines
Nominated Official Member J.B. Clark 9 June 1948 R.A. Nicholson Economic Secretary
Nominated Official Member F. Crawford 17 June 1948 E.F. Martin Director of Agriculture
Nominated Unofficial Member Robert Selby Taylor June 1948 Representing Native Interests

Ex officio members[]

Position Member
Governor John Waddington, Harold Cartmel-Robinson, Robert Stanley, Gilbert Rennie
Attorney-General H.G. Morgan, Edgar Unsworth
Chief Secretary to the Government Harold Cartmel-Robinson, J.H. Wallace, Robert Stanley, R.S. Hudson
Director of Medical Services J.F.C. Haslam, P.B. Robinson
Financial Secretary , R.A. Nicholson
Secretary for Native Affairs R.S. Hudson,

References[]

  1. ^ Legislative Council Debates: First session (resumed) of the Eighth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia
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