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

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) were elected from eight single-member constituencies. The additional seat was created by splitting Ndola into two to form the new constituency of

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.''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

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. There were a total of 5,638 registered voters.

Results

Aftermath

Following the elections Stewart Gore-Browne was reappointed to the Legislative Council by the Governor as the member representing native interests.

References

{{Zambian elections 1941 in Northern Rhodesia 1941 elections in Africa 1941 1941 1941 elections in the British Empire

Electoral system

Results

Aftermath

See also

References