1922 Northern Rhodesian Advisory Council election

Advisory Council elections were held in Northern Rhodesia in February 1922.Michael Gelfand (1961) Northern Rhodesia in the days of the charter: medical and social study, 1878-1924, Basil Blackwell, p140 Candidates opposed to amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia received 1,117 votes, whilst candidates supportive of the proposal received 310."The Elections", The Livingstone Mail, 2 February 1922, p3

Electoral system Northern Rhodesia was split into two constituencies, North-Western Rhodesia (four seats) and North-Eastern Rhodesia (one seat). Voting was restricted to British subjects over the age of 21 who had lived in the territory for at least six months and owned at least £150 of property.Gelfand, p138 A total of 679 voters registered in North-Western Rhodesia.

Results In North-Western Rhodesia a total of 569 votes were cast, of which four were invalid. ConstituencyCandidateVotes%NotesNorth-Eastern RhodesiaC Timmler3858.5ElectedJ N Phipps2741.5DefeatedNorth-Western RhodesiaLeopold Moore32919.1Re-electedWilliam Doull29517.1ElectedPhilip Ellis27616.0ElectedFrederick Clarke23813.8Re-electedD E C R Stirke18910.9DefeatedRandolf Baker1579.1P F Godson1005.8J L Moore905.2J F M Oosthuizen533.1Source: The Livingstone Mail"N. Rhodesia Elections: Polling results", The Livingstone Mail, 2 February 1922, p4

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