41:
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667:, the Chief Secretary and their deputy, the Lieutenant Governors and secretaries of the Northern and Southern Provinces, the Attorney General, the Commandant of the Nigerian Regiment, the Director of Medical Services, the Treasurer, the Director of Marine, the Comptroller of Customs, the Secretary of Native Affairs, together with ten senior residents.
671:
convicted of a crime and sentenced to death, hard labour or prison for more than a year, or were of "unsound mind". Only 1,118 people registered to vote in Lagos out of a population of 126,108, whilst just three registered in
Calabar (the population of the town was 16,653 according to the 1931 census).
1223:
During the term of the
Legislative Council, several members were replaced; T H W Beard became the appointed Calabar member on 12 June 1934. In 1935 W T Ogden became the Shipping member on 2 March, A Egbe became the appointed member for Benin-Warri on 4 March and N D Oyerinde became the appointed
670:
The franchise was restricted to men aged 21 or over who were
British subjects or a native of Nigeria who had lived in their municipal area for the 12 months prior to the election, and who earned at least £100 in the previous calendar year. The right to vote was withheld from those who had been
984:
appointed 14 unofficial members to the
Legislative Council, of which seven were Europeans and seven Africans. The seven Europeans represented commercial interests, with three representing the banking, mining and shipping sectors, and four representing commercial interests of Calabar,
674:
All eligible voters could also run as candidates unless they had an undischarged bankruptcy, had received charitable relief in the previous five years or were a public servant. Candidates were required to obtain the nomination of at least three registered voters and pay a £10
654:
The 1922 Nigeria (Legislative
Council) Order in Council provided for a 46-member Legislative Council, of which 23 were ex-officio officials, four were nominated officials, up to 15 were appointed unofficial members and four were elected (three in
212:
409:
1028:
in 1928 when there were only two new appointees, six of the
Africans appointed to the council in 1933 were new (only I T Palmer was reappointed), whilst there were four new members amongst the commercial appointees.
269:
239:
349:
1828:
1823:
1818:
1813:
1808:
1803:
404:
379:
324:
254:
244:
234:
394:
389:
384:
314:
309:
279:
249:
354:
344:
339:
329:
299:
294:
289:
274:
264:
259:
194:
1634:
1629:
981:
399:
369:
364:
359:
334:
319:
229:
176:
374:
304:
284:
1932:
621:
1376:
1917:
1896:
1685:
1833:
1798:
1745:
1725:
1705:
1690:
1793:
1788:
1224:
member for Oyo
Province on 20 May, whilst G T Basden left the council on 1 December and was not replaced. On 29 November 1937 R M Williams of the
565:
167:
547:
543:
1755:
1750:
1740:
1735:
529:
1619:
1609:
1604:
1599:
1594:
1589:
1584:
1506:
1496:
1491:
1486:
1481:
1476:
1471:
1354:
664:
506:
1453:
1438:
1428:
1423:
1418:
1413:
1408:
1877:
1531:
912:
890:
868:
739:
639:
452:
185:
1922:
1882:
614:
459:
83:
1369:
153:
1783:
1778:
1624:
1614:
1579:
1574:
1569:
1564:
1559:
1554:
1544:
1539:
1511:
1501:
1448:
1443:
1433:
1025:
496:
491:
486:
1730:
1720:
1715:
1710:
1700:
1695:
1680:
1675:
1670:
1665:
1660:
1655:
1650:
1521:
1516:
760:
607:
594:
519:
134:
1856:
1851:
1773:
1362:
1075:
862:
692:
126:
643:
160:
113:
96:
1927:
555:
427:
1861:
440:
61:
54:
570:
1225:
1106:
1061:
884:
688:
927:
700:
1400:
1392:
472:
79:
1051:
704:
31:
676:
108:
17:
1463:
560:
447:
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became the new appointed member for Lagos and D D Beard was appointed as the
Banking member.
156:
144:
1116:
994:
101:
40:
588:
197:
687:
Four candidates contested the three Lagos seats, of which three were NNDP incumbents (
1911:
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89:
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1013:, as well as one seat representing the cities of
642:(NNDP) won three of the four elected seats in the
1370:
1246:Nigeria and Elective Representation 1923−1947
615:
8:
663:). The 23 ex officio officials included the
1377:
1363:
1355:
838:
714:
679:. The term of the council was five years.
622:
608:
26:
1031:
1237:
967:
956:
952:
941:
826:
813:
809:
792:
29:
1344:
1342:
957:
844:
814:
719:
7:
1933:1933 elections in the British Empire
1278:
1276:
1918:Parliamentary elections in Nigeria
913:Nigerian National Democratic Party
891:Nigerian National Democratic Party
869:Nigerian National Democratic Party
740:Nigerian National Democratic Party
640:Nigerian National Democratic Party
25:
1386:
1268:The Nigerian Legislative Council
582:
39:
761:Calabar Ratepayers' Association
634:General elections were held in
177:(List of members of the Senate)
18:Nigerian general election, 1933
703:, was a barrister. In Calabar
1:
1147:Nominated commercial members
526:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
213:List of members of the House
135:National Assembly of Nigeria
1949:
1082:Nominated African members
1897:State and local elections
1891:
1211:
1146:
1081:
1057:
1042:
968:
958:Registered voters/turnout
953:
942:
853:
850:
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827:
823:
815:Registered voters/turnout
810:
793:
764:
731:
728:
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722:
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1270:, Faber & Faber, p52
699:). The other candidate,
186:House of Representatives
1644:Gubernatorial elections
1244:Tekena N Tamuno (1966)
1401:Presidential elections
544:Diplomatic missions of
460:Local Government Areas
1226:United Africa Company
1107:Henry Rawlingson Carr
1062:Crispin Adeniyi-Jones
885:Crispin Adeniyi-Jones
840:Lagos (three members)
689:Crispin Adeniyi-Jones
1393:Elections in Nigeria
1248:, Heinemann, pp18−20
1266:Joan Wheare (1949)
841:
716:
644:Legislative Council
114:Federal Parastatals
32:Politics of Nigeria
1026:previous elections
839:
715:
589:Nigeria portal
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1348:Wheare, pp199–200
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566:Visa requirements
520:Foreign relations
507:Political parties
479:Recent elections
222:State delegations
16:(Redirected from
1940:
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1264:
1258:
1255:
1249:
1242:
1043:Elected members
1032:
928:Olayinka Alakija
842:
717:
701:Olayinka Alakija
650:Electoral system
624:
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610:
587:
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168:Deputy President
157:Godswill Akpabio
43:
27:
21:
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1845:Local elections
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1767:State elections
1762:
1639:
1532:House elections
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1458:
1395:
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1352:
1347:
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1322:
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1282:Tamuno, pp33−34
1281:
1274:
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1256:
1252:
1243:
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1212:Source: Wheare
1175:H.S. Feggetter
1155:L.M. Herepath (
1139:Rivers district
1117:Adeyemo Alakija
1087:African Traders
1003:Rivers district
995:Colony of Lagos
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976:List of members
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835:By constituency
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1069:T. A. Doherty
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1142:S.B. Rhodes
1134:A.S. Agbaje
1131:Oyo Province
1126:G.T. Basden
1098:I.T. Palmer
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55:Constitution
1871:Referendums
1336:Wheare, p72
1327:Wheare, p81
1309:Wheare, p39
1257:Tamuno, p31
1207:P.H. Davey
1191:T. Hepburn
1024:Unlike the
932:Independent
659:and one in
571:Visa policy
270:Cross River
127:Legislature
90:Bola Tinubu
1912:Categories
1895:See also:
1232:References
1076:Eric Moore
863:Eric Moore
693:Eric Moore
548:in Nigeria
74:Government
1219:Aftermath
980:Governor
845:Candidate
473:Elections
422:Judiciary
240:Akwa Ibom
154:President
80:President
1172:Shipping
1167:J. West
1157:Barclays
1009:and the
683:Campaign
665:Governor
561:Passport
530:Minister
350:Nasarawa
1794:1960−61
1789:1956−57
1180:Calabar
1152:Banking
1048:Calabar
1038:Member
711:Results
677:deposit
661:Calabar
636:Nigeria
405:Zamfara
380:Plateau
325:Katsina
255:Bayelsa
245:Anambra
235:Adamawa
195:Speaker
109:Cabinet
1164:Mining
1103:Colony
1005:, the
949:100.00
800:100.00
448:States
395:Taraba
390:Sokoto
385:Rivers
315:Kaduna
310:Jigawa
280:Ebonyi
250:Bauchi
200:(APC)
145:Senate
1196:Lagos
1058:Lagos
1019:Warri
1015:Benin
961:1,118
946:2,458
943:Total
920:28.52
898:30.92
876:32.42
851:Votes
848:Party
818:1,121
797:2,458
794:Total
747:91.86
744:2,258
729:Seats
723:Votes
720:Party
657:Lagos
355:Niger
345:Lagos
340:Kwara
330:Kebbi
300:Gombe
295:Enugu
290:Ekiti
275:Delta
265:Borno
260:Benue
208:(APC)
173:(APC)
1883:1961
1878:1959
1862:2022
1857:1953
1852:1950
1835:2023
1829:2019
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1804:1999
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1454:2023
1449:2019
1444:2015
1439:2011
1434:2007
1429:2003
1424:1999
1419:1993
1414:1983
1409:1979
1188:Kano
1113:Egba
1017:and
1007:Egba
987:Kano
938:8.14
783:8.14
695:and
497:2023
492:2019
487:2015
400:Yobe
370:Osun
365:Ondo
360:Ogun
335:Kogi
320:Kano
230:Abia
84:list
1123:Ibo
1011:Ibo
935:200
917:701
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873:797
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732:+/–
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