1934 Kenyan general election

none 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 ConstituencyCandidateVotes%NotesEuropean seatsAberdareErnest Hay Wright12042.25ElectedJohn Cotter7827.46DefeatedEdward Evans7125.00Edward Vaughan Kenealy155.28Coast ProvinceRobert Robertson-Eustace3862.30Re-electedJohn Coverdale2337.70KiambuJames Riddell31167.20ElectedWalter MacLellan Wilson12725.40Corney Durham6212.40DefeatedMombasaFrederick BemisterUnopposedRe-electedNairobi NorthFerdinand Cavendish-Bentinck40656.62ElectedFranklin Vivian Ward31143.38Nairobi SouthHelmuth Schwartze32552.00Re-electedArthur Legat30048.00NyanzaConway Harvey15062.24Re-electedFrederick Bamber9137.76Rift ValleyFrancis ScottUnopposedRe-electedTrans NzoiaJames Kirkwood21854.50Re-electedAlbert George Keyser18245.50Uasin GishuAlbert HoeyUnopposedElectedUkambaRobert ShawUnopposedElectedIndian seatsColony and ProtectorateIsher Dass ElectedMangat Nahar Singh ElectedPandya Jagannath Bhavanishanker ElectedShams-ud-Deen ElectedAlex de Souza ElectedM H Malik Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yakub Chaturbhai Khushalbhai Patel Hakim Singh DefeatedDevi Dass Puri Karmali Khimji Pradhan Babu Ram Sood Oza Uchbrangrai Keshvari Thakur Dass Abdul Rahman Cocker Nathubhai Jeevenjee Desai Dhanwant Singh DefeatedArab seatColony and ProtectorateSheriff Abdulla Salim el HuseiniUnopposedElectedSource: East Africa,"Kenya General Election", East Africa, 19 April 1934, p641 Hansard Appointed members PositionMemberEx officioHenry Monck-Mason MooreWalter HarraginGeoffrey WalshSydney Hubert La FontaineEthelbert Bernard HoskingAlbert Rutherford PatersonHarold Bertram WatersHerbert Septimus ScottArthur Edward HampJohn Clark StronachGeorge Dougal KirsoppAppointed officialsThomas FitzgeraldnEdward Butler HorneHarold Robert MontgomeryHenry Guy PillingHugh Robert Everard Earle WelbyGeorge Henry Carne BouldersonThomas Dundas Hope BruceHamnett Holland Brassey-EdwardsAfrican communityrepresentativesGeorge BurnsRuper William HemstedArab community representativeAli bin SalimSource: Hansard Aftermath The newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 24 April.Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1934 References Kenya General Category:Elections in Kenya Category:Legislative Council of Kenya Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Kenya