List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1959–1962)

Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia from 1959 until 1962 were elected on 20 March 1959. The first session of the newly elected council started on 7 April.Legislative Council Debates: First session of the Eleventh Legislative Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia There were 22 elected members, four appointed members, four ex officio members and the Speaker.

List of members Elected members ConstituencyMemberPartyNotesBarotselandKwalombota MulondaIndependentBroken HillJohn RobertsUnited Federal PartyMinister of Labour and Mines (1959–1961)ChingolaWilliam Gray DunlopUnited Federal PartyMinister of Transport and Works (1959–1961)CopperbeltGabriel MusumbulwaUnited Federal PartyMinister of African Education (1959–1961)EasternAlfred GondweCentral Africa PartyMinister of African Education (1961–1962)Eastern RuralJohn MoffatCentral Africa PartyMinister of Land and Natural Resources (1961–1962)Kitwe EastHugh StanleyUnited Federal PartyKitwe WestJerry SteynUnited Federal PartyLivingstoneMaurice RabbUnited Federal PartyLuanshyaRodney MalcomsonUnited Federal PartyMinister of Local Government (1959)Minister of Local Government and Social Welfare (1959–1961)LuapulaSamson MunungaIndependentLusaka CentralErnest SergeantUnited Federal PartyLusaka EastEbden CarlisleUnited Federal PartyMinister of Land and Natural Resources (1959–1961)Lusaka WestEric Grindley-FerrisUnited Federal PartyMufuliraPieter WulffUnited Federal PartyNdolaCecil Dennistoun BurneyUnited Federal PartyNorth-WesternWilliam NkanzaIndependent Central Africa PartyNorthernLakement NganduIndependentSouth CentralWilliam KazokahUnited Federal PartySouth-WesternHarry NkumbulaNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressSouthernGert SmithDominion PartyWestern RuralHarry FranklinCentral Africa PartyMinister of Transport and Works (1961–1962)

Replacements ConstituencyPrevious memberPartyDateNew memberPartyChingolaWilliam Gray DunlopUnited Federal Party6 July 1961William AtkinsUnited Federal PartySouth-WesternHarry NkumbulaNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressJuly 1961Lawrence KatilunguNorthern Rhodesian African National CongressSouth-WesternLawrence KatilunguNorthern Rhodesian African National Congress Job MichelloNorthern Rhodesian African National Congress

Nominated members PositionMemberNotesSpeakerThomas WilliamsNominated Official MemberWilliam McCallSolicitor GeneralNominated Official MemberH.L. JonesAdministrative SecretaryNominated Unofficial MemberEdson MwambaMinister of African AgricultureMinister of African Education (1962)Nominated Unofficial MemberVallabhbhai Mistry

Replacements PositionPrevious memberDateNew memberNotesNominated Official MemberH.L. Jones24 November 1959N.C.A. RidleyChairman of CommitteeNominated Official MemberN.C.A. Ridley14 June 1960H.L. JonesAdministrative SecretaryMinister of Labour and Mines (1961–1962)Minister of Local Government (1961–1962)Nominated Official MemberWilliam McCall14 March 1961W.K.H. JonesSolicitor-GeneralNominated Official MemberW.K.H. Jones27 June 1961Charles CousinsSecretary for Labour and MinesMinister of Labour and Mines (1962)Nominated Official MemberH.L. Jones19 June 1962William McCallSolicitor-General

Ex officio members PositionMemberAttorney-General and Minister of Legal AffairsBrian Andre DoyleChief Secretary to the GovernmentEvelyn Dennison Hone, M.O. Wray, Ralph Nicholson, Richard LuytMinister of FinanceRalph Nicholson, Trevor GardnerMinister of Native AffairsG.S. Jones, M.G. Billing, F.M. Thomas, L. Bean

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