A referendum on amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia was 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 ...

in February 1922 alongside Advisory Council elections.Michael Gelfand (1961) ''Northern Rhodesia in the days of the charter: medical and social study, 1878-1924'', Basil Blackwell, p140 The proposal was rejected by 82% of voters, who were generally in favour of the territory becoming a

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with a Legislative Council.

Campaign

Amalgamation was supported by

Francis Chaplin Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin (10 August 1866 – 16 November 1933) served as administrator for the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodesia from 1914 to 1923.Laura E. Nym Mayhall, Ian Christopher Fletcher and Philippa Levine. ''W ...

, who was Administrator of both Northern and Southern Rhodesia.Gelfand, pp140–141 Opponents included Leopold Moore, a prominent politician and Advisory Council member.

Results

Aftermath

A referendum was held in Southern Rhodesia in October, with voters offered the choices of

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or union with South Africa, with 60% voting for the former. In July 1923 the Advisory Council officially requested that Northern Rhodesia be made a Crown colony, and in early 1924 an Order in Council was issued by the British Government, stating that the territory would get a Governor and Legislative Council. Herbert Stanley became the territory's first Governor on 1 April 1924, and a Legislative Council was created in the same year. Its members were initially appointed, until the first elections were held in 1926.

References

{{Zambian elections 1922 in Northern Rhodesia

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1922 referendums

1922 elections in the British Empire