List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1954–1958)

Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia from 1954 until 1958 were elected on 19 February 1954. The first session of the newly elected council started on 10 April.Legislative Council Debates: First session of the Tenth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia There were twelve elected members, 11 appointed members and four ex officio members. The number of appointed members increased to 12 in 1958.

List of members Elected members ConstituencyMemberPartyNotesBroken HillJohn RobertsFederal PartyMember for Health, Lands and Local Government (1954–1956)Member for Lands and Local Government (1956–1958)ChingolaWilliam Gray DunlopFederal PartyMember for Commerce and Industry (1954–1956)Member for Mines and Works (1956–1958)EasternReuben KidsonFederal PartyLivingstoneFrank DerbyIndependentLuanshyaRodney MalcomsonFederal PartyLusakaErnest SergeantFederal PartyMidlandJohn GauntIndependentMufuliraLewin TuckerFederal PartyNdolaBill RendallFederal PartyNkanaJames BothaFederal PartyNorthernHarold WatmoreFederal PartyMember for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1957–1958)South-WesternWilliam Harris WrothFederal PartyMember for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1954–1957)

Replacements ConstituencyPrevious memberPartyDateNew memberPartyNotesSouth-WesternWilliam Harris WrothFederal Party1 July 1957Ebden CarlisleFederal PartyMember for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1958)NkanaJames BothaFederal Party20 December 1957Jerry SteynUnited Federal Party

Nominated members PositionMemberNotesSpeakerThomas Spurgeon PageAfrican MemberSafeli ChilesheAfrican MemberRobinson NabulyatoAfrican MemberLakement NganduAfrican MemberPascale SokotaNominated Official MemberL.F. LeversedgeDevelopment SecretaryNominated Official MemberK.V. MacquireChief Establishment OfficerNominated Official MemberJ.R. BrownCommissioner for Local GovernmentNominated Official MemberCharles CousinsCommissioner for Labour and MinesNominated Unofficial MemberHarry FranklinRepresenting African InterestsMember for Education and Social Services (1955–1958)Nominated Unofficial MemberJohn MoffatRepresenting African Interests

Replacements PositionPrevious memberDateNew memberNotesNominated Official MemberK.V. Macquire11 November 1954W.K.H. JonesSolicitor-GeneralNominated Official MemberJ.R. Brown16 November 1954T.G.C. Vaughan-JonesDirector of Game and Tsetse ControlNominated Official MemberT.G.C. Vaughan-Jones8 March 1955C.W. LynnDirector of AgricultureNominated Unofficial MemberJohn Moffat8 March 1955Killian FlynnRepresenting African InterestsNominated Official MemberW.K.H. Jones5 July 1955D.B. HallAdministrative SecretaryNominated Official MemberL.F. Leversedge5 July 1955G.S. JonesDevelopment SecretaryNominated Official MemberC.W. Lynn29 November 1955K.V. MaquireChief Establishment OfficerNominated Official MemberD.B. Hall6 March 1956H.L JonesAdministrative SecretaryNominated Official MemberG.S. Jones6 March 1956L.F. LeversedgeDevelopment SecretaryNominated Official MemberK.V. Maquire6 March 1956W.G.M. LugtonDirector of Welfare and Probation ServicesNominated Unofficial MemberKillian Flynn6 March 1956Farquhar Baliol MacraeRepresenting African InterestsNominated Official MemberCharles Cousins28 June 1956R. PhilpottLabour CommissionerNominated Official MemberW.G.M. Lugton28 June 1956C.W. LynnDirector of AgricultureSpeakerThomas Spurgeon Page27 November 1956Thomas WilliamsNominated Official MemberC.W. Lynn27 November 1956William McCallSolicitor-GeneralNominated Official MemberR. Philpott12 March 1957Charles CousinsLabour CommissionerNominated Official MemberWilliam McCall12 March 1957C.W. LynnDirector of AgricultureNominated Official MemberH.L Jones12 March 1957T.G.C. Vaughan-JonesCommissioner for Rural DevelopmentNominated Official MemberC.W. Lynn17 June 1957K.V. MaquireChief Establishment OfficerNominated Official MemberT.G.C. Vaughan-Jones17 June 1957J.R. BrownCommissioner for Local GovernmentNominated Official Member–18 March 1958R. PhilpottDeputy Labour CommissionerNominated Official MemberJ.R. Brown1 July 1958G.S. JonesProvincial CommissionerNominated Official MemberR. Philpott1 July 1958W.K.H. JonesSolicitor-General

Ex officio members PositionMemberAttorney-GeneralW.M. McCall, Edgar Unsworth, Brian Andre DoyleChief Secretary to the GovernmentEdgar Unsworth, A.T. Williams, Ralph Nicholson, Evelyn Dennison Hone, D.B. HallFinancial SecretaryRalph Nicholson, H.C. BallingallSecretary for Native AffairsW.F. Stubbs, D.B. Hall, G.S. Jones

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