30:
1557:
573:
672:, 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.
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Governor
Clifford appointed 13 unofficial members to the Legislative Council, of which seven were Europeans and six Africans. The seven Europeans represented commercial interests, with three representing the banking, mining and shipping sectors, and four representing commercial interests of Calabar,
675:
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
667:
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. The 23 ex officio officials included the
679:
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
676:
convicted of a crime and sentenced to death, hard labour or prison for more than a year, or were of "unsound mind". Only around 4,000 people registered to vote in Lagos out of a population of 99,000, whilst just 453 registered in
Calabar.
201:
398:
684:. Electoral regulations were passed on 1 June 1923, setting out details of how the elections would be carried out, including the creation of an electoral register. The term of the council was five years.
258:
228:
338:
1997:
1992:
1987:
1982:
1977:
1972:
393:
368:
313:
243:
233:
223:
383:
378:
373:
303:
298:
268:
238:
343:
333:
328:
318:
288:
283:
278:
263:
253:
248:
183:
1803:
1798:
388:
358:
353:
348:
323:
308:
218:
165:
363:
293:
273:
2101:
610:
1545:
2086:
2065:
647:
to some men. The first elections to the council were held on 29 March 1920. In 1922 a new constitution (known as the
Clifford Constitution after Governor
1854:
2002:
1967:
1914:
1894:
1874:
1859:
1962:
1957:
1389:
554:
156:
648:
536:
532:
1924:
1919:
1909:
1904:
518:
1366:
of the NNDP. In 1927 two of the commercial members were replaced; R F Irving became the member for Lagos on 1 February and H S Feggetter of
1788:
1778:
1773:
1768:
1763:
1758:
1753:
1675:
1665:
1660:
1655:
1650:
1645:
1640:
1523:
669:
495:
1622:
1607:
1597:
1592:
1587:
1582:
1577:
643:
Elective democracy had been introduced in
Nigeria in May 1919, when the Townships Ordinance gave the right to vote for three members of
2046:
1700:
984:
962:
940:
721:
628:
441:
174:
2091:
2051:
603:
448:
72:
1538:
142:
1952:
1947:
1793:
1783:
1748:
1743:
1738:
1733:
1728:
1723:
1718:
1713:
1680:
1670:
1617:
1612:
1602:
485:
480:
475:
1899:
1889:
1884:
1879:
1869:
1864:
1849:
1844:
1839:
1834:
1829:
1824:
1819:
1690:
1685:
1171:
596:
583:
508:
123:
2025:
2020:
1942:
1531:
1213:
956:
115:
1038:
739:
632:
149:
102:
85:
2096:
544:
416:
2030:
429:
50:
43:
692:
Ten candidates contested the three Lagos seats, whilst four candidates ran for the single seat in
Calabar.
1359:
559:
1220:
978:
1196:
823:
1569:
1561:
1367:
1206:
934:
461:
68:
1363:
858:
20:
681:
644:
97:
1632:
549:
436:
651:) was promulgated, which introduced four elected seats to the Legislative Council, three for
145:
133:
1151:
1033:
999:
90:
29:
577:
186:
2080:
1147:
194:
1243:
1159:
522:
159:
1167:
1163:
1143:
78:
1155:
1291:
1556:
656:
624:
1358:
The new
Legislative Council was inaugurated on 31 October. In 1926 a
652:
1527:
1174:, the Director of Public Works and the Postmaster-General.
1170:. The nominated officials were the General Manager of
1150:. The six Africans represented African Traders, the
2039:
2013:
1935:
1812:
1699:
1631:
1568:
1362:following Egerton Shyngle's death, and was won by
631:(NNDP) won three of the four elected seats in the
1370:became the shipping representative on 4 April.
1539:
1403:Nigeria and Elective Representation 1923−1947
627:for the first time on 20 September 1923. The
604:
8:
1546:
1532:
1524:
910:
799:
699:
611:
597:
15:
1176:
1379:
1128:
1124:
1113:
903:
899:
888:
787:
783:
769:
18:
1360:by-election was held in the Lagos seat
1477:
1475:
916:
805:
704:
7:
2102:1923 elections in the British Empire
1438:
1436:
1422:
1420:
1385:
1383:
2087:Parliamentary elections in Nigeria
985:Nigerian National Democratic Party
963:Nigerian National Democratic Party
941:Nigerian National Democratic Party
722:Nigerian National Democratic Party
629:Nigerian National Democratic Party
14:
1555:
1428:The Nigerian Legislative Council
571:
28:
623:General elections were held in
166:(List of members of the Senate)
1:
1282:Nominated commercial members
515:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
202:List of members of the House
124:National Assembly of Nigeria
2118:
1227:Nominated African members
2066:State and local elections
2060:
1346:
1281:
1226:
1202:
1187:
1129:
1125:
1114:
925:
922:
919:
904:
900:
889:
814:
811:
808:
788:
784:
770:
713:
710:
707:
2092:1923 elections in Africa
1430:, Faber & Faber, p52
1390:Nigeria: Report for 1923
175:House of Representatives
1813:Gubernatorial elections
1401:Tekena N Tamuno (1966)
1570:Presidential elections
533:Diplomatic missions of
449:Local Government Areas
1221:Crispin Adeniyi-Jones
979:Crispin Adeniyi-Jones
912:Lagos (three members)
1562:Elections in Nigeria
1405:, Heinemann, pp18−20
1368:Elder Dempster Lines
1053:George Debayo Agbebi
876:Essien Essien Ofiong
801:Calabar (one member)
1426:Joan Wheare (1949)
913:
802:
701:
633:Legislative Council
103:Federal Parastatals
21:Politics of Nigeria
911:
800:
700:
645:Lagos Town Council
578:Nigeria portal
2074:
2073:
1351:
1350:
1197:Kwamina Ata-Amonu
1172:Nigerian Railways
1134:
1133:
1017:Frederick Mulford
909:
908:
824:Kwamina Ata-Amonu
793:
792:
621:
620:
555:Visa requirements
509:Foreign relations
496:Political parties
468:Recent elections
211:State delegations
2109:
1633:Senate elections
1560:
1559:
1548:
1541:
1534:
1525:
1518:
1515:
1509:
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1491:
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1479:
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1461:
1458:
1452:
1449:
1443:
1440:
1431:
1424:
1415:
1412:
1406:
1399:
1393:
1392:Colonial Reports
1387:
1188:Elected members
1177:
1085:Candido da Rocha
914:
803:
702:
663:Electoral system
613:
606:
599:
576:
575:
574:
157:Deputy President
146:Godswill Akpabio
32:
16:
2117:
2116:
2112:
2111:
2110:
2108:
2107:
2106:
2097:1923 in Nigeria
2077:
2076:
2075:
2070:
2056:
2035:
2014:Local elections
2009:
1936:State elections
1931:
1808:
1701:House elections
1695:
1627:
1564:
1554:
1552:
1522:
1521:
1516:
1512:
1507:
1503:
1498:
1494:
1490:Tamano, pp61−62
1489:
1485:
1480:
1473:
1468:
1464:
1460:Wheare, pp38−39
1459:
1455:
1450:
1446:
1442:Tamuno, pp33−34
1441:
1434:
1425:
1418:
1413:
1409:
1400:
1396:
1388:
1381:
1376:
1356:
1347:Source: Wheare
1334:J.T. Wagstaffe
1318:G. Graham Paul
1290:L.M. Herepath (
1277:M. Pepple-Jaja
1274:Rivers district
1232:African Traders
1207:Egerton Shyngle
1160:Rivers district
1152:Colony of Lagos
1139:
1137:List of members
1034:Orisadipe Obasa
1000:Adeyemo Alakija
935:Egerton Shyngle
798:
796:By constituency
698:
690:
665:
641:
617:
588:
584:Other countries
572:
570:
565:
564:
545:Nationality law
541:
529:
511:
501:
500:
490:
464:
454:
453:
442:State governors
432:
422:
421:
412:
404:
403:
215:
207:
193:Deputy Speaker
190:
180:
170:
153:
139:
129:
118:
108:
107:
91:Kashim Shettima
64:
56:
55:
46:
23:
12:
11:
5:
2115:
2113:
2105:
2104:
2099:
2094:
2089:
2079:
2078:
2072:
2071:
2069:
2068:
2061:
2058:
2057:
2055:
2054:
2049:
2043:
2041:
2037:
2036:
2034:
2033:
2028:
2023:
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2010:
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2007:
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1980:
1975:
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1965:
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1917:
1912:
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1897:
1892:
1887:
1882:
1877:
1872:
1867:
1862:
1857:
1852:
1847:
1842:
1837:
1832:
1827:
1822:
1816:
1814:
1810:
1809:
1807:
1806:
1801:
1796:
1791:
1786:
1781:
1776:
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1761:
1756:
1751:
1746:
1741:
1736:
1731:
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1590:
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1566:
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1550:
1543:
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1528:
1520:
1519:
1510:
1501:
1492:
1483:
1471:
1462:
1453:
1444:
1432:
1416:
1407:
1394:
1378:
1377:
1375:
1372:
1364:John Caulcrick
1355:
1352:
1349:
1348:
1344:
1343:
1340:
1336:
1335:
1332:
1328:
1327:
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1316:
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1308:
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1303:
1300:
1296:
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1288:
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1275:
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1270:
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1263:
1262:
1259:
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1251:
1247:
1246:
1241:
1237:
1236:
1233:
1229:
1228:
1224:
1223:
1217:
1216:
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1200:
1199:
1194:
1190:
1189:
1185:
1184:
1181:
1138:
1135:
1132:
1131:
1130:Source: Tamuno
1127:
1126:
1123:
1122:
1119:
1116:
1112:
1111:
1108:
1105:
1102:
1099:
1096:
1095:
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1073:
1070:
1067:
1064:
1063:
1060:
1057:
1054:
1051:
1048:
1047:
1044:
1041:
1039:People's Union
1036:
1031:
1028:
1027:
1024:
1021:
1018:
1015:
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1005:
1002:
997:
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949:
946:
943:
938:
931:
928:
927:
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918:
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836:
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830:
827:
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789:Source: Tamuno
786:
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772:
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767:
764:
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751:
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737:
734:
733:
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727:
724:
719:
716:
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512:
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428:
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187:Tajudeen Abbas
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127:
119:
114:
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86:Vice President
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2012:
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2001:
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1994:
1991:
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1969:
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1898:
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1797:
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1339:Port Harcourt
1338:
1337:
1333:
1330:
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1325:
1322:
1321:
1317:
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1309:
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1235:S.C. Obianwu
1234:
1231:
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1219:
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1186:
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1180:Constituency
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1153:
1149:
1148:Port Harcourt
1145:
1136:
1120:
1117:
1109:
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1101:M.N.B. Wilson
1100:
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1009:
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986:
983:
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976:
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859:C. W. Clinton
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1469:Tamuno, p33
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560:Visa policy
259:Cross River
116:Legislature
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2081:Categories
2064:See also:
1374:References
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957:Eric Moore
639:Background
537:in Nigeria
63:Government
1354:Aftermath
1269:E.H. Oke
1261:I.O. Mba
917:Candidate
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462:Elections
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374:Rivers
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1331:Lagos
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