General elections were held in Kenya Colony in 1931. Five of the eleven white seats in the Legislative Council were uncontested, with Lord Delamere amongst those returned unopposed.[1] Unlike previous elections, which were boycotted by the Indian population, this time the community participated. Fourteen candidates including two independents contested the five Indian seats. However, seven of them declared that they would not take their seats on the Council if elected until the separate voter rolls for whites and Indians were scrapped.[1]
Results
edit| European seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
| Coast | Robert Robertson-Eustace | Re-elected | ||
| Kenya | John Cotter | Elected | ||
| Kikuyu | Corney Durham | Re-elected | ||
| Lake | Conway Harvey | Re-elected | ||
| Mombasa | Frederick Bemister | Elected | ||
| Nairobi North | Hamilton Ward | Re-elected | ||
| Nairobi South | Helmuth Schwartze | Re-elected | ||
| Plateau North | James Kirkwood | Re-elected | ||
| Plateau South | Thomas O'Shea | Re-elected | ||
| Rift Valley | Hugh Cholmondeley | Unopposed | Re-elected | |
| Ukamba | Francis Scott | Re-elected | ||
| Indian seats | ||||
| R D Doshi | Elected | |||
| A U Sheth | Elected | |||
| Dhanwant Singh | Elected | |||
| Hakim Singh | Elected | |||
| Abdul Wahid | Elected | |||
| Arab seat | ||||
| Abdulla bin Salim | Re-elected | |||
| Source: Hansard[2] | ||||
Appointed members
edit| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Ex officio members | |
| Attorney General | A D A MacGregor |
| Chief Native Commissioner | Armigel de Vins Wade |
| Colonial Secretary | H M M Moore |
| Commissioner for Local Government, Lands and Settlement | H T Martin |
| Commissioner of Customs | G Walsh |
| Director of Agriculture | Henry Wolfe |
| Director of Education | H S Scott |
| Director of Medical and Sanitary Services | John Langton Gilks |
| Director of Public Works | Howard Lecky Sikes |
| Kenya and Uganda Railway General Manager | Godfrey Dean Rhodes |
| Treasurer | H H Rushton |
| Appointed officials | |
| Chief Veterinary Officer | Hamnett Holland Brassey Edwards |
| Officer Commanding Northern Brigade | R Wilkinson |
| Postmaster General | Thomas Fitzgerald |
| Provincial Commissioner, Coast | L A Feild Jones |
| Provincial Commissioner, Masai | E B Horne |
| Provincial Commissioner, Nzoia | Oscar Ferris Watkins |
| Provincial Commissioner, Rift Valley | H R Montgomery |
| Solicitor-General | Thomas Dundas Hope Bruce |
| Surveyor-General | S F Deck |
| Appointed unofficial members | |
| Member to represent African interests | George Burns |
| Source: Hansard[2] | |
Aftermath
editThe newly elected Legislative Council met for the first time on 2 June.[2]