List of members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia (1954–1958)
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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.[1] There were twelve elected members, 11 appointed members and four ex officio members.[1] The number of appointed members increased to 12 in 1958.
List of members
Elected members
Constituency | Member | Party | Notes |
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Broken Hill | John Roberts | Federal Party | Member for Health, Lands and Local Government (1954–1956) Member for Lands and Local Government (1956–1958) |
Chingola | William Gray Dunlop | Federal Party | Member for Commerce and Industry (1954–1956) Member for Mines and Works (1956–1958) |
Eastern | Reuben Kidson | Federal Party | |
Livingstone | Frank Derby | Independent | |
Luanshya | Rodney Malcomson | Federal Party | |
Lusaka | Ernest Sergeant | Federal Party | |
Midland | John Gaunt | Independent | |
Mufulira | Lewin Tucker | Federal Party | |
Ndola | Bill Rendall | Federal Party | |
Nkana | James Botha | Federal Party | |
Northern | Harold Watmore | Federal Party | Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1957–1958) |
South-Western | William Harris Wroth | Federal Party | Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1954–1957) |
Replacements
Constituency | Previous member | Party | Date | New member | Party | Notes |
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South-Western | William Harris Wroth | Federal Party | 1 July 1957 | Ebden Carlisle | Federal Party | Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources (1958) |
Nkana | James Botha | Federal Party | 20 December 1957 | Jerry Steyn | United Federal Party |
Nominated members
Position | Member | Notes |
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Speaker | Thomas Spurgeon Page | |
African Member | Safeli Chileshe | |
African Member | Robinson Nabulyato | |
African Member | Lakement Ngandu | |
African Member | Pascale Sokota | |
Nominated Official Member | L.F. Leversedge | Development Secretary |
Nominated Official Member | K.V. Macquire | Chief Establishment Officer |
Nominated Official Member | J.R. Brown | Commissioner for Local Government |
Nominated Official Member | Charles Cousins | Commissioner for Labour and Mines |
Nominated Unofficial Member | Harry Franklin | Representing African Interests Member for Education and Social Services (1955–1958) |
Nominated Unofficial Member | John Moffat | Representing African Interests |
Replacements
Position | Previous member | Date | New member | Notes |
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Nominated Official Member | K.V. Macquire | 11 November 1954 | W.K.H. Jones | Solicitor-General |
Nominated Official Member | J.R. Brown | 16 November 1954 | T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones | Director of Game and Tsetse Control |
Nominated Official Member | T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones | 8 March 1955 | C.W. Lynn | Director of Agriculture |
Nominated Unofficial Member | John Moffat | 8 March 1955 | Killian Flynn | Representing African Interests |
Nominated Official Member | W.K.H. Jones | 5 July 1955 | D.B. Hall | Administrative Secretary |
Nominated Official Member | L.F. Leversedge | 5 July 1955 | G.S. Jones | Development Secretary |
Nominated Official Member | C.W. Lynn | 29 November 1955 | K.V. Maquire | Chief Establishment Officer |
Nominated Official Member | D.B. Hall | 6 March 1956 | H.L Jones | Administrative Secretary |
Nominated Official Member | G.S. Jones | 6 March 1956 | L.F. Leversedge | Development Secretary |
Nominated Official Member | K.V. Maquire | 6 March 1956 | W.G.M. Lugton | Director of Welfare and Probation Services |
Nominated Unofficial Member | Killian Flynn | 6 March 1956 | Farquhar Baliol Macrae | Representing African Interests |
Nominated Official Member | Charles Cousins | 28 June 1956 | R. Philpott | Labour Commissioner |
Nominated Official Member | W.G.M. Lugton | 28 June 1956 | C.W. Lynn | Director of Agriculture |
Speaker | Thomas Spurgeon Page | 27 November 1956 | Thomas Williams | |
Nominated Official Member | C.W. Lynn | 27 November 1956 | William McCall | Solicitor-General |
Nominated Official Member | R. Philpott | 12 March 1957 | Charles Cousins | Labour Commissioner |
Nominated Official Member | William McCall | 12 March 1957 | C.W. Lynn | Director of Agriculture |
Nominated Official Member | H.L Jones | 12 March 1957 | T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones | Commissioner for Rural Development |
Nominated Official Member | C.W. Lynn | 17 June 1957 | K.V. Maquire | Chief Establishment Officer |
Nominated Official Member | T.G.C. Vaughan-Jones | 17 June 1957 | J.R. Brown | Commissioner for Local Government |
Nominated Official Member | – | 18 March 1958 | R. Philpott | Deputy Labour Commissioner |
Nominated Official Member | J.R. Brown | 1 July 1958 | G.S. Jones | Provincial Commissioner |
Nominated Official Member | R. Philpott | 1 July 1958 | W.K.H. Jones | Solicitor-General |
Ex officio members
Position | Member |
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Attorney-General | W.M. McCall, Edgar Unsworth, Brian Andre Doyle |
Chief Secretary to the Government | Edgar Unsworth, A.T. Williams, R.A. Nicholson, Evelyn Dennison Hone, D.B. Hall |
Financial Secretary | R.A. Nicholson, H.C. Ballingall |
Secretary for Native Affairs | W.F. Stubbs, D.B. Hall, G.S. Jones |