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1920 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election

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New districts were needed for this election under a provision of the 1914 proclamation that had created the 12 separate districts. The proclamation allowed for an automatic increase of one new district for each increase of 792 voters. The required number had been reached in 1917. The boundary changes
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An important change in the franchise had been made in 1919 through the Women's Enfranchisement Ordinance, which gave the vote to women on the same basis as men. Married women (except those married under a system of polygamy) qualified under the financial and educational status of their husbands, if
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Previous elections to the Legislative Council were contested by individuals standing on their own records. By 1914, although no political parties had been created, the candidates for the Legislative Council had been broadly grouped in two camps, one favouring renewal of the Charter from the
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During a Special Session of the Legislative Council between 3 and 11 October 1923, held to set up the new administration following the award of responsible government, the appointed members were:
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that followed left the Eastern district untouched, as well as the four districts in the south-west (Bulawayo District, Bulawayo North, Bulawayo South, and Western).
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by F.M.G. Willson and G.C. Passmore, assisted by Margaret T. Mitchell (Source Book No. 3, Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,
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throughout most of the colony. Ranged against them were the Unionists, who advocated Southern Rhodesia joining the
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The Legislative Council comprised thirteen elected members, together with six members nominated by the
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ed. by F.M.G. Willson (Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,
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they did not possess them in their own right. This brought 3,467 new voters to the lists.
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Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia 1898–1962
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By 1920 political parties had been formed, largely around these ideas. The
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stood down and was replaced by Robert MacIlwaine on 25 March 1921.
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The members nominated by the British South Africa Company were:
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Holders of Administrative and Ministerial Office 1894–1964
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Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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Official Year Book of the Colony of Southern Rhodesia
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Government Association 363:Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 354:Responsible Government Association 116:Responsible Government Association 72:Responsible Government Association 40:Administrator of Southern Rhodesia 14: 1062: 911:, Secretary for Mines and Works 46:but without the right to vote. 1507:Elections in Southern Rhodesia 909:Ernest William Sanders Montagu 1: 624:Walter Douglas Douglas-Jones 386:Charles Patrick John Coghlan 65:British South Africa Company 36:British South Africa Company 951:Percival Donald Leslie Fynn 943:, Governor (sitting in the 915:Percival Donald Leslie Fynn 1538: 947:seat of the Administrator) 858: 855: 845: 842: 834: 827: 808: 800: 791: 783: 780: 772: 766: 752: 745: 728: 721: 711: 704: 687: 681: 671: 664: 645: 642: 628: 621: 604: 601: 591: 583: 566: 560: 550: 543: 526: 524:St. Charles Boromeo Gwynn 523: 513: 506: 489: 486: 478: 475: 465: 458: 439: 436: 428: 421: 404: 401: 391: 382: 365: 362: 352: 344: 1517:1920 in Southern Rhodesia 1484: 978:, Director of Agriculture 830:Robert Alexander Fletcher 667:Robert Dunipace Gilchrist 487:Gerald Fitzmassey Dawson 476:William Matthias Longden 402:Charles Spearman Jobling 303: 291:Registered voters/turnout 247: 233: 226: 219: 107: 104: 101: 1512:1920 elections in Africa 1125:Parliamentary elections 602:Thomas Benjamin Hulley 562:Burton Ireland Collings 546:James Baillie Macdonald 437:Herbert Thomas Longden 424:Francis Leslie Hadfield 1077:Presidential elections 941:John Robert Chancellor 883:James Donald Mackenzie 321:Electorate and turnout 989:Andrew Milroy Fleming 926:Ernest Charles Baxter 889:Ernest Charles Baxter 860:Rhodesia Labour Party 781:William Streak Honey 768:Milton Evan Cleveland 754:Rhodesia Labour Party 707:William Muter Leggate 647:Rhodesia Labour Party 630:Rhodesia Labour Party 189:Rhodesia Labour Party 84:Union of South Africa 80:Rhodesia Labour Party 972:, Colonial Secretary 964:Francis James Newton 904:, Postmaster-General 684:Francis James Newton 509:William James Boggie 984:, Solicitor General 957:Robert James Hudson 843:Henry Cuthbert Ind 803:Howard Unwin Moffat 429:Independent Labour 265:Invalid/blank votes 95: 24:Legislative Council 994:, Medical Director 959:, Attorney General 885:, Attorney-General 856:James Grant Riach 697:Salisbury District 461:Ethel Tawse Jollie 172:Independent Labour 94: 1494: 1493: 982:Robert MacIlwaine 976:Eric Arthur Nobbs 930:George Henry Eyre 922:Robert MacIlwaine 902:George Henry Eyre 896:Eric Arthur Nobbs 874:Nominated members 868: 867: 825: 798: 743: 702: 662: 619: 581: 541: 504: 456: 419: 380: 342: 337:Bulawayo District 322: 308: 307: 20:Southern Rhodesia 1529: 1298:Senate elections 1067: 1066: 1055: 1048: 1041: 1032: 823: 796: 741: 700: 660: 617: 579: 539: 502: 454: 417: 378: 340: 320: 315: 96: 74:, headed by Sir 30:Electoral system 1537: 1536: 1532: 1531: 1530: 1528: 1527: 1526: 1497: 1496: 1495: 1490: 1480: 1424: 1335:Local elections 1330: 1292: 1119: 1071: 1061: 1059: 1001: 876: 822: 795: 740: 699: 659: 616: 578: 538: 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Index

Southern Rhodesia
Legislative Council
British South Africa Company
Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
British South Africa Company
Responsible Government Association
Charles Coghlan
Rhodesia Labour Party
Union of South Africa
Responsible Government Association
RLP
RGA
Rhodesia Labour Party
Lionel Cripps
Responsible Government Association
Charles Patrick John Coghlan
Responsible Government Association
Francis Leslie Hadfield
Responsible Government Association
Ethel Tawse Jollie
Responsible Government Association
William James Boggie
Responsible Government Association
James Baillie Macdonald
Responsible Government Association
Burton Ireland Collings
John McChlery
Responsible Government Association
Walter Douglas Douglas-Jones
Rhodesia Labour Party

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