1920 East Africa Protectorate general election

General elections were held in East Africa Protectorate (modern Kenya) in March and April 1920, the first elections in the country."Status Of British East Africa", The Times, 12 February 1920, p13, Issue 42332 The Legislative Council had previously consisted entirely of appointed members. The new Council consisted of 11 elected white members, two appointed members representing the Indian population and one appointed member representing the Arab population, as well as a number of appointees by the Governor. This allowed the Council representative, although not responsible government. The territory became Kenya Colony on 23 July. The eleven White members were elected in single-member constituencies of Nairobi North, Nairobi South, Mombasa, Coast, Lake, Rift Valley, Plateau North, Plateau South, Kenya, Ukamba and Kikuyu. Results ConstituencyCandidateVotes%NotesCoastSydney Charrington ElectedKenya(25 March)Reginald Berkeley Cole ElectedWilliam Segar Bastard Kikuyu(25 March)Leonard Collings-Wells ElectedEwart Grogan Walter MacLellan Wilson LakeEustace Phelps ElectedMombasaKenneth Hunter Rodwell ElectedNairobi North(25 March)William Moynagh ElectedJohn Coverdale Thomas McClune Nairobi South(25 March)Thomas Wood ElectedDuncan Beaton Plateau North(25 March)Herbert Kirk ElectedEric Wilson Pardoe Plateau South(25 March)Arthur Hoey ElectedPieter Joubert Rift ValleyHugh Cholmondeley ElectedUkamba(14 April)William Northrup McMillan ElectedAllan Rhodes Cuninghame Source: Kenya Gazette"Government Notice No 62", Kenya Gazette, 25 February 1920, p133"Government Notice No 82", Kenya Gazette, 3 March 1920, pp185–188"Government Notice No 126", Kenya Gazette, 14 April 192, p311"Government Notice No 151", Kenya Gazette, 28 Apr 1920, p436 HansardKenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1920 References East Africa General Category:Elections in Kenya Category:East Africa Protectorate Category:Legislative Council of Kenya Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results East Africa East Africa