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1928 Northern By-election
Kabwe Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers part of Kabwe District in Central Province. History The constituency was established in 1926 as Northern, covering Broken Hill, Kasempa, Mkushi, Mwinilunga, Ndola and Solwezi.''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, pp19–23 In 1929 Abercorn, Chinsali, Isoka, Kasama, Luwingu, Mpika and Mporokoso Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, lying at an elevation of nearly 1500 m on the flat plateau about 75 km south east of Lake Mweru Wantipa and 100 km south-west of ... were added to the constituency, whilst Kasempa, Ndola and Solwezi were transferred to the new Ndola constituency. In 1941 the constituency was renamed Broken Hill, covering only Broken Hill, Mkushi and Serenje, with the remaining settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Zambia)
The National Assembly is Zambia's unicameral legislative body. Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party. The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 11 August 2016, has a total of 166 members. 156 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple plurality (or first-past-the-post) system. Eight additional seats are filled through presidential appointment. The Speaker, first deputy speaker and the Vice President are also granted a seat in the assembly. Electoral system Of the 167 members of the National Assembly, 156 are elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, with a further eight appointed by the President and three others being ''ex-officio'' members: the Vice President, the Speaker and one deputy speakers (one elected from outside the National Assembly, while another is chosen among the elected members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndola Central
Ndola Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers Ndola city centre and the suburbs of Kansenshi, Northrise, Nkwazi, Chipulukusu, Kanini, Hillcrest, Twapia and Dag Hammarskjöld in the Ndola District of Copperbelt Province Copperbelt Province is a province in Zambia which covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immed .... List of MPs Election results 2021 general elections 2008 by-election References {{Zambian constituencies Constituencies of the National Assembly of Zambia Ndola 1929 establishments in Northern Rhodesia Constituencies established in 1929 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Rhodesian Labour Party
The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party was a political party in Northern Rhodesia. History The party was established by Roy Welensky in 1941. It was supported by European working class miners and artisans, and campaigned for closer union with Southern Rhodesia. The first congress of the party was held in Nkana on 11 July 1941, and called for immediate amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia. In the 1941 general elections the party contested five of the eight seats, winning them all;"N. Rhodesian elections: New Labour Party Wins Five Seats", ''East Africa and Rhodesia'', 4 September 1941, p7 Welensky in Broken Hill, F. T. Sinclair in Livingstone and Western, Michael McGann in Luanshya, F S Roberts in Ndola and Martin Visagie in Nkana Nkana is a section of the city of Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia which started off in the early part of the 20th century as a railway station to support the growing complex of copper mining operations. It was named after Chief Nkana, the loc ...." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Northern Rhodesian General Election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 29 August 1941."News Items in Brief", ''East Africa and Rhodesia'', 24 July 1941, p750 All five Labour Party candidates won their seats."N. Rhodesian elections: New Labour Party Wins Five Seats", ''East Africa and Rhodesia'', 4 September 1941, p7 Electoral system The eight elected members of the Legislative Council (an increase from seven in the 1938 elections) were elected from eight single-member constituencies. The additional seat was created by splitting Ndola into two to form the new constituency of Luanshya.''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p22 The Northern Constituency was renamed Broken Hill and most of its area was transferred to the new North-Eastern constituency, which replaced Eastern. There were a total of 5,638 registered voters. Results Aftermath Following the elections Stewart Gore-Browne wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Welensky
Sir Roland "Roy" Welensky, (''né'' Raphael Welensky; 20 January 1907 – 5 December 1991) was a Northern Rhodesian politician and the second and last Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to an Afrikaner mother and a Lithuanian Jewish father, he moved to Northern Rhodesia, became involved with the trade unions, and entered the colonial legislative council in 1938. There, he campaigned for the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia (the latter under White self-government, the former under the colonial office). Although unsuccessful, he succeeded in the formation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, a state within the British Empire that sought to retain predominant power for the White minority while moving in a progressive political direction, in contrast to South Africa under the apartheid system. Becoming Prime Minister of the Federation in 1956, Welensky opposed British move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Northern Rhodesian General Election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia in 1938.Frank Shapiro (2002) ''Haven in Africa'', Gefen Publishing House, 2002, p10 An additional unofficial member was appointed to the Legislative Council to represent African interests. Electoral system The seven elected members of the Legislative Council were elected from seven single-member constituencies.''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p21 There were a total of 3,932 registered voters. Results Aftermath Stewart Gore-Browne was appointed as the member representing African interests.Kevin Shillington (2013) ''Encyclopedia of African History'', Routledge, 4 Jul 2013, p589 References {{Zambian elections Northern Rhodesia General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Gore-Browne
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Stewart Gore-Browne (3 May 1883 – 4 August 1967), called Chipembele by Zambians, was a soldier, pioneer white settler, builder, politician and supporter of independence in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Early life Gore-Browne was born in London, England. His father was Francis Gore Browne, a lawyer and writer on company law, his paternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Gore Browne, who had been governor of New Zealand and Tasmania. His paternal aunt was Ethel Locke King. Gore-Browne was educated at Wixenford Preparatory School for five years and Harrow School for a further three. He passed into the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1900 and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery. From 1902 to 1904 he did survey work in Natal before returning to England to take up motor racing at Brooklands racing circuit created on the Locke family estate by Hugh F. Locke King, the husband of his aunt Ethel Gore-Browne. Gore-Browne was sent to Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Northern Rhodesian General Election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 16 September 1935."N. Rhodesian Election", ''East Africa'', 5 September 1935, p1144 Electoral system The seven elected members of the Legislative Council were elected from seven single-member constituencies, with the Ndola seat split into two to form the new constituency of Nkana; Livingstone and Western had previously elected two members, but was reduced to one.''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p21 There were a total of 3,203 registered voters. Results Voter turnout was 80% in the east and midland areas, 72% in Ndola and the south, 70% in the north and 50% in Nkana. Aftermath The newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 16 November 1935."Latest News in Brief", ''East Africa'', 24 October 1935, p153 References {{Zambian elections General Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Northern Rhodesian General Election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 16 July 1932."News in Brief", ''The Times'', 16 May 1932, p9, Issue 46134 Of the seven elected seats in the Legislative Council, four had only one candidate, who was elected unopposed; Herbert Goodhart in the Eastern constituency, John Brown in Midlands, Chad Norris in Northern and Thomas Henderson Murray in Southern. The only contested seats were the two in Livingstone and the one in Ndola. Electoral system The seven elected members of the Legislative Council were elected from six constituencies; five constituencies returned a single member, whilst Livingstone and Western returned two.''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p20 There were a total of 2,565 registered voters. Campaign In Ndola incumbent member Kennedy Harris, a businessman, was challenged by Herbert Walsh, a trade unionist. In the two-member Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Northern Rhodesian General Election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 31 August 1929."North And South Rhodesia: Conflicting Views On Union", ''The Times'', 16 November 1929, p 15, Issue 45370 One issue in the elections was the proposed amalgamation of the colony with neighbouring Southern Rhodesia. Electoral system The number of elected seats on the Legislative Council was increased from five to seven, one new constituency covering Ndola, and the constituency of Livingstone and Western now electing two members, despite only being the third largest constituency and having fewer than half the number of registered voters as Ndola. There were a total of 3,058 registered voters,''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p20 nearly three times the number in 1926. Results In Livingstone Leopold Moore and Frank Lowe, who were opposed to amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia, were elected, defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Norris
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. It is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. Islam (55.1%) and Christianity (41.1%) are the main religions practiced in Chad. Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Northern By-election
Kabwe Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers part of Kabwe District in Central Province. History The constituency was established in 1926 as Northern, covering Broken Hill, Kasempa, Mkushi, Mwinilunga, Ndola and Solwezi.''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, pp19–23 In 1929 Abercorn, Chinsali, Isoka, Kasama, Luwingu, Mpika and Mporokoso Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, lying at an elevation of nearly 1500 m on the flat plateau about 75 km south east of Lake Mweru Wantipa and 100 km south-west of ... were added to the constituency, whilst Kasempa, Ndola and Solwezi were transferred to the new Ndola constituency. In 1941 the constituency was renamed Broken Hill, covering only Broken Hill, Mkushi and Serenje, with the remaining settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
