General elections were held in
Northern Rhodesia
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on 29 September 1944.
Electoral system
The eight elected members of the Legislative Council were elected from eight single-member constituencies.
[''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p22] There were a total of 6,527 registered voters.
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Campaign
All constituencies were contested by more than one candidate with the exception of Broken Hill, where Labour Party leader Roy Welensky was returned unopposed.["N. Rhodesian General Election: Mr. Roy Welensky Returned Unopposed", ''East African and Rhodesia'', 7 September 1944, p34]
The incumbent members for Livingstone and Western ( Francis Sinclair), Luanshya (Michael McGann
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) and Nkana (Martin Visagie Martin may refer to:
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) did not run for re-election.[
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Results
Aftermath
Following the elections, a petition was sent to the Governor
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requesting the annulment of the result in Ndola. An enquiry by the Acting Chief Justice found that seven ballots had been improperly rejected, meaning that the result would have been a tie. A by-election
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was held on 4 December, in which the original winner Godfrey Pelletier opted not to run. Harold Williams was elected in his place.["Ndola's New M.L.C.", ''East Africa and Rhodesia'', 11 January 1945, p489]
See also
* List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1944–48)
References
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Northern Rhodesia
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Elections in Zambia