1934 Kenyan general election
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General elections were held in Kenya Colony in 1934, with the first seats elected on 28 March."Elections In Kenya: The Call For A "Team"", The Times, 28 March 1934, p13, Issue 46714 Four candidates were returned unopposed in the eleven Europeans constituencies, whilst the remaining seven constituencies were contested by 18 candidates. For the five Indian seats, there were 17 candidates. Voter turnout in the White seats was the highest since elections were introduced."Kenya Legislative Council: Polling For European Seats" The Times, 4 April 1934, p11, Issue 46719 The Council convened for the first time after the election on 24 April."Better Prospects In Kenya: Revenue Increase, More Gold Areas To Be Opened", The Times, 25 April 1934, p13, Issue 46737
Electoral system
The Legislative Council consisted of eleven ex-officio members, eight appointed government officials, two members appointed to represent the interests of the African community, one member appointed to represent the Arab community, and seventeen elected members.
Of the seventeen elected seats, eleven were for Europeans, five for Indians and one for Arabs. Around 6,000-7,000 Europeans were registered to vote in the eleven constituencies.
Results
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!Constituency !Candidate !Votes !% !Notes | ||||
colspan=5|European seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
rowspan=4|Aberdare | Ernest Hay Wright | align=right|120 | align=right|42.25 | Elected |
John Cotter | align=right|78 | align=right|27.46 | Defeated | |
Edward Evans | align=right|71 | align=right|25.00 | ||
Edward Vaughan Kenealy | align=right|15 | align=right|5.28 | ||
rowspan=2|Coast Province | Robert Robertson-Eustace | align=right|38 | align=right|62.30 | Re-elected |
John Coverdale | align=right|23 | align=right|37.70 | ||
rowspan=3|Kiambu | James Riddell | align=right|311 | align=right|67.20 | Elected |
Walter MacLellan Wilson | align=right|127 | align=right|25.40 | ||
Corney Durham | align=right|62 | align=right|12.40 | Defeated | |
Mombasa | Frederick Bemister | colspan=2 align=center|Unopposed | Re-elected | |
rowspan=2|Nairobi North | Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck | align=right|406 | 56.62 | Elected |
Franklin Vivian Ward | align=right|311 | 43.38 | ||
rowspan=2|Nairobi South | Helmuth Schwartze | align=right|325 | 52.00 | Re-elected |
Arthur Legat | align=right|300 | 48.00 | ||
rowspan=2|Nyanza | Conway Harvey | align=right|150 | align=right|62.24 | Re-elected |
Frederick Bamber | align=right|91 | align=right|37.76 | ||
Rift Valley | Francis Scott | colspan=2 align=center|Unopposed | Re-elected | |
rowspan=2|Trans Nzoia | James Kirkwood | align=right|218 | align=right|54.50 | Re-elected |
Albert George Keyser | align=right|182 | align=right|45.50 | ||
Uasin Gishu | Albert Hoey | colspan=2 align=center|Unopposed | Elected | |
Ukamba | Robert Shaw | colspan=2 align=center|Unopposed | Elected | |
colspan=5|Indian seats | ||||
rowspan=17|Colony and Protectorate | Isher Dass | Elected | ||
Mangat Nahar Singh | Elected | |||
Pandya Jagannath Bhavanishanker | Elected | |||
Shams-ud-Deen | Elected | |||
Alex de Souza | Elected | |||
M H Malik | ||||
Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yakub | ||||
Chaturbhai Khushalbhai Patel | ||||
Hakim Singh | Defeated | |||
Devi Dass Puri | ||||
Karmali Khimji Pradhan | ||||
Babu Ram Sood | ||||
Oza Uchbrangrai Keshvari | ||||
Thakur Dass | ||||
Abdul Rahman Cocker | ||||
Nathubhai Jeevenjee Desai | ||||
Dhanwant Singh | Defeated | |||
colspan=5|Arab seat | ||||
Colony and Protectorate | Sheriff Abdulla Salim el Huseini | colspan=2 align=center|Unopposed | Elected | |
colspan=5|Source: East Africa,"Kenya General Election", East Africa, 19 April 1934, p641 Hansard |
=Appointed members=
Aftermath
The newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 24 April.Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1934
References
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