List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1954–1958)

Members of the from 1954 until 1958 were elected on 19 February 1954. The first session of the newly elected council started on 10 April.^[1] There were twelve elected members, 11 appointed members and four ex officio members.^[1] The number of appointed members increased to 12 in 1958.

List of members[]

Elected members[]

Constituency	Party	Notes
Broken Hill	Federal Party	Member for Health, Lands and Local Government (1954–1956) Member for Lands and Local Government (1956–1958)
Chingola	Federal Party	Member for Commerce and Industry (1954–1956) Member for Mines and Works (1956–1958)
	Federal Party
	Independent
Luanshya	Federal Party
Lusaka	Federal Party
	Independent
Mufulira	Federal Party
Ndola	Federal Party
Nkana	Federal Party
	Federal Party	Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1957–1958)
	Federal Party	Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1954–1957)

Replacements[]

Constituency	Previous member	Party	Date	New member	Party	Notes
South-Western		Federal Party			Federal Party	Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1958)
Nkana		Federal Party			United Federal Party

Nominated members[]

Position	Member	Notes
Speaker	Thomas Spurgeon Page
African Member
African Member	Robinson Nabulyato
African Member
African Member
Nominated Official Member	L.F. Leversedge	Development Secretary
Nominated Official Member	K.V. Macquire	Chief Establishment Officer
Nominated Official Member	J.R. Brown	Commissioner for Local Government
Nominated Official Member		Commissioner for Labour and Mines
Nominated Unofficial Member		Representing African Interests Member for Education and Social Services (1955–1958)
Nominated Unofficial Member		Representing African Interests

Replacements[]

Position	Previous member	Date	New member	Notes
Nominated Official Member	K.V. Macquire	11 November 1954	W.K.H. Jones	Solicitor-General
Nominated Official Member	J.R. Brown	16 November 1954	T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones	Director of Game and Tsetse Control
Nominated Official Member	T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones	8 March 1955	C.W. Lynn	Director of Agriculture
Nominated Unofficial Member		8 March 1955		Representing African Interests
Nominated Official Member	W.K.H. Jones	5 July 1955	D.B. Hall	Administrative Secretary
Nominated Official Member	L.F. Leversedge	5 July 1955	G.S. Jones	Development Secretary
Nominated Official Member	C.W. Lynn	29 November 1955	K.V. Maquire	Chief Establishment Officer
Nominated Official Member	D.B. Hall	6 March 1956	H.L Jones	Administrative Secretary
Nominated Official Member	G.S. Jones	6 March 1956	L.F. Leversedge	Development Secretary
Nominated Official Member	K.V. Maquire	6 March 1956	W.G.M. Lugton	Director of Welfare and Probation Services
Nominated Unofficial Member		6 March 1956		Representing African Interests
Nominated Official Member		28 June 1956	R. Philpott	Labour Commissioner
Nominated Official Member	W.G.M. Lugton	28 June 1956	C.W. Lynn	Director of Agriculture
Speaker	Thomas Spurgeon Page	27 November 1956	Thomas Williams
Nominated Official Member	C.W. Lynn	27 November 1956		Solicitor-General
Nominated Official Member	R. Philpott	12 March 1957		Labour Commissioner
Nominated Official Member		12 March 1957	C.W. Lynn	Director of Agriculture
Nominated Official Member	H.L Jones	12 March 1957	T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones	Commissioner for Rural Development
Nominated Official Member	C.W. Lynn	17 June 1957	K.V. Maquire	Chief Establishment Officer
Nominated Official Member	T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones	17 June 1957	J.R. Brown	Commissioner for Local Government
Nominated Official Member	–	18 March 1958	R. Philpott	Deputy Labour Commissioner
Nominated Official Member	J.R. Brown	1 July 1958	G.S. Jones	Provincial Commissioner
Nominated Official Member	R. Philpott	1 July 1958	W.K.H. Jones	Solicitor-General

Ex officio members[]

Position	Member
Attorney-General	W.M. McCall, Edgar Unsworth, Brian Andre Doyle
Chief Secretary to the Government	Edgar Unsworth, A.T. Williams, R.A. Nicholson, Evelyn Dennison Hone, D.B. Hall
Financial Secretary	R.A. Nicholson, H.C. Ballingall
Secretary for Native Affairs	W.F. Stubbs, D.B. Hall, G.S. Jones

References[]

^ ^a ^b Legislative Council Debates: First session of the Tenth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia

[NRLC-1] Legislative Council Debates: First session of the Tenth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia

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