General elections were held in
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-West ...
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
Luanshya is a town in Zambia, in the Copperbelt Province near Ndola. It has a population of 117,579 (2008 census).
Luanshya was founded in the early part of the 20th century after two prospector/explorer, William Collier shot and killed a Roan A ...
.
[''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
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and most of its area was transferred to the new
North-Eastern constituency, which replaced
Eastern
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*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
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.
[ There were a total of 5,638 registered voters.][
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Results
Aftermath
Following the elections Stewart Gore-Browne was reappointed to the Legislative Council by the Governor as the member representing native interests.[
]
See also
* List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1941–44)
References
{{Zambian elections
1941 in Northern Rhodesia
1941 elections in Africa
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
1941 elections in the British Empire