1911 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election

The Southern Rhodesia Legislative Council election of 12 April 1911 was the fifth election to the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia. The Legislative Council had, since 1907, comprised thirteen voting members: the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia ex officio, five members nominated by the British South Africa Company, and seven members elected by registered voters from four electoral districts. The Resident Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia, Robert Burns-Begg also sat on the Legislative Council ex officio but without the right to vote.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the districts were slightly changed at this election. Only minor changes were made to the Eastern and Northern Districts, but a substantial area of territory around Kariba and Gokwe was removed from the Midlands District to the Western District.

Results

Constituency Electorate and turnout	Candidate	Votes
EASTERN	Francis Rudolph Myburgh *	156
	John Meikle	123
	James Harpur	119
	Lionel Cripps	42
MIDLAND 996 (68.8%)	Herman Melville Heyman	392
	William Henry Gilfillan	116
	Theodore Haddon	93
	Herbert Thomas Longden*	85
NORTHERN Two members 2,363 (57.1%)	Frederick Eyles	874
	Raleigh Grey *	595
	Ernest Edward Homan	470
WESTERN Three members	Charles Patrick John Coghlan *	unopposed
	Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes *	unopposed
	George Mitchell	unopposed

* Incumbents

Nominated members

The members nominated by the British South Africa Company were:

• Clarkson Henry Tredgold, Attorney-General
• Dr Eric Arthur Nobbs PhD BSc FHAS, Director of Agriculture
• James Hutchison Kennedy, Master of the High Court
• Ernest William Sanders Montagu, Secretary for Mines and Works
• Francis James Newton CVO CMG, Treasurer

Clarkson Henry Tredgold was absent during the second session of the Legislative Council, and was replaced by Robert Macilwaine (Acting Attorney-General) from 30 November 1911.

References

• Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia 1898-1962 ed. by F.M.G. Willson (Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury 1963)
• Holders of Administrative and Ministerial Office 1894-1964 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, Salisbury 1966)
• Official Year Book of the Colony of Southern Rhodesia, No. 1 - 1924, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia