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[edit]

Elected members[edit]

Constituency Member Party Notes
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[edit]

Constituency Previous member Party Date New member Party Notes
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[edit]

Position Member Notes
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[edit]

Position Previous member Date New member Notes
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[edit]

Position Member
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Legislative Council Debates: First session of the Tenth Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia