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 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.
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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
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Results
In Livingstone Leopold Moore and Frank Lowe, who were opposed to amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia, were elected, defeating pro-amalgamation Labour Party candidates.[ ]Chad Norris
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, elected in Northern claimed he was not yet in favour of a merger, whilst the rural Midland and Southern constituencies returned the leading proponent of amalgamation and one opponent of the concept unopposed.[ Kennedy Harris, elected in Ndola was undecided on the issue, whilst Eastern member Herbert Goodhart was in favour of his region becoming part of Nyasaland.][ The overall results gave one member in favour, one "lukewarm" to the idea of amalgamation, three opposed and two neutral.][
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Aftermath
The newly elected council held its first meeting on 8 November.[
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References
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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 ...
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