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General elections were held in Kenya Colony between 26 March and 2 April 1938.[1] Three of the eleven white seats in the Legislative Council were uncontested,[2] whilst all Indian seats were contested,[3] and saw more businessmen were elected than politicians.[2] Lady Sidney Farrar became the country's first female Legislative Council member after defeating Conway Harvey in the Nyanza constituency by two votes.[3]
Results
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
European seats | ||||
Aberdare (26 March) | Ernest Hay Wright | Re-elected | ||
Frans Johan Arnold | ||||
Leonard George Edwyn Llewelyn | ||||
Coast Province (26 March) | Shirley Victor Cooke | Elected | ||
Ewart Grogan | ||||
Kiambu (2 April) | Josslyn Hay | Elected | ||
Arnold Bradley | ||||
Mombasa (30 March) | George Nicol | Elected | ||
Frederick Bemister | Defeated | |||
Nairobi North | Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Nairobi South (30 March) | Marcuswell Maxwell | Elected | ||
Thomas O'Shea | ||||
Nyanza (26 March) | Sidney Farrar | Elected | ||
Conway Harvey | Defeated | |||
Rift Valley | Francis Scott | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Trans Nzoia (26 March) | James Kirkwood | Re-elected | ||
Francis Henry le Britton | ||||
Uasin Gishu (26 March) | Stanley Ghersie | Elected | ||
Albert Hoey | Defeated | |||
Ukamba | Robert Shaw | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
Indian seats | ||||
Central (26–28 March) | Shams-ud-Deen | Re-elected | ||
Isher Dass | Re-elected | |||
Alex de Souza | Defeated | |||
Thakur Dass | ||||
Devi Dass Puri | ||||
Mangat Nahar Singh | Defeated | |||
Eastern (26–28 March) | Ambalal Bhailalbhai Patel | Elected | ||
Pandya Jagannath Bhavanishanker | Elected | |||
Karmali Khimji Pradhan | ||||
Hussein Bhaloo Vellani | ||||
Western (26–28 March) | Rahemtulla Kassam | Elected | ||
Dhanwant Singh | ||||
Arab seat | ||||
Colony and Protectorate | Ali bin Salim bin Khalfan | Unopposed | Elected | |
Source: East Africa and Rhodesia,[4] Kenya Gazette,[1] Hansard[5] |
References
- 1 2 Kenya Gazette, 7 March 1938
- 1 2 "Kenya Elections No Differences On General Policy", The Times, 4 April 1938, p12, Issue 47960
- 1 2 "News in Brief", The Times, 29 March 1938, p15, Issue 47955
- ↑ "New Candidates Sweep the Board", East Africa and Rhodesia, 7 April 1938, p906
- ↑ Legislative Council Debates Official Report, Second series, volume IV, 8 April–3 May 1938
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