1948 Kenyan general election

none General elections were held in Kenya in May 1948. Electoral system The seats in the Legislative Council were distributed according to a race-based franchise. Eleven Europeans were elected from single-member constituencies defined as Part A; five Indians (two of which were required to be Muslims) were elected from three Part B constituencies, and one Arab was elected from a single nationwide Part C constituency. Four Africans and nine Europeans were nominated members. Results Elected members ConstituencyCandidateVotes%NotesEuropean seatsAberdare(19 May)Gerald Hopkins29958.4ElectedClive Wilfrid Salter15229.7Arthur Sutcliffe6111.9CoastShirley Victor CookeUnopposedRe-electedKiambuWilfrid HavelockUnopposedRe-electedMombasaGeorge NicolUnopposedRe-electedNairobi North(14 May)Ernest Vasey39161.2Re-electedStanley Ghersie24838.8Nairobi South(12 May)Derek Erskine62772.2ElectedNorman Harris14116.2George Alfred Tyson10111.6NyanzaGeorge Maitland EdyeUnopposedRe-electedRift Valley(12 May)Michael Blundell35650.6ElectedFrancis Scott27338.8Sidney Farrar7410.5Trans NzoiaAlbert George KeyserUnopposedRe-electedUasin GishuLaurence Maconochie-WelwoodUnopposedElectedUkambaDorothy ShawUnopposedElectedIndian seatsCentral(28–30 May)Chunilal Madan ElectedIbrahim Nathoo Elected MuslimBhagar Singh Biant Singh Biant EasternAmbalal Bhailalbhai Patel Re-electedMohamed Ali Rana Elected MuslimWestern(13–15 May)Ahluwalia Pritam Re-electedDharm Bir DauletRam Kohli Arab memberColony and ProtectorateMohamed Abdulla Shatry ElectedSource: East Africa and Rhodesia,"Kenya's European Elected Members", East Africa and Rhodesia, 3 June 1948, p1069 Kenya GazetteKenya Gazette, 18 May 1948, p338Kenya Gazette, 20 Apr 1948, p275 Appointed members MemberPositionAfrican appointeesEliud MathuAppolo OhangaJames JeremiahJohn Kipsugut arap ChemallanEuropean appointeesNorman Frederick Stewart AndrewsDeputy Financial SecretarySamuel Reginald BoydDirector of Public WorksStuart GillettDirector of AgricultureJohn Basil HobsonSolicitor-GeneralErnest Meredyth Hyde-ClarkeLabour CommissionerArthur Hope JonesSecretary for Commerce and IndustryNorman MacPherson MacLennanDirector of Medical ServicesRobert PatrickDirector of EducationGeorge James RobbinsCommissioner of Lands, Mines and SurveysSource: Kenya GazetteKenya Gazette, 25 May 1948, p349 References Kenya Category:Elections in Kenya General Category:Legislative Council of Kenya Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Kenya