1944 Kenyan general election

General elections were held in Kenya in September 1944.

Campaign

Nominations were required to be presented by 20 July 1944. Fewer candidates than expected ran in the elections, with only four of the eleven European seats contested. ^[1] Of the seven unopposed candidates, six were members of the previous Legislative Council and one (Walter Trench) was a new member, replacing the retired Francis Scott. ^[1]

In Mombasa, sitting Councillor George Nicol called for Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika to be united. ^[2]

Results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
European seats
Aberdare	Ernest Hay Wright	173	49.1	Re-elected
	Arthur Sutcliffe	83	23.6
	Jack Hopcraft	75	21.3
	Edward Vaughan Kenealy	21	6.0
Coast Province	Shirley Victor Cooke	Unopposed		Re-elected
Kiambu	Olga Watkins	358	60.9	Re-elected
	Gerald Anderson	230	39.1
Mombasa	George Nicol	192	68.1	Re-elected
	Granville Roberts	90	31.9
Nairobi North	Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck	Unopposed		Re-elected
Nairobi South	Albert Vincent	Unopposed		Re-elected
Nyanza	Frank Couldrey	Unopposed		Re-elected
Rift Valley	Walter Trench	Unopposed		Elected
Trans Nzoia	Albert George Keyser	Unopposed		Re-elected
Uasin Gishu	W A C Bouwer	Unopposed		Re-elected
Ukamba	Frank de Vere Joyce	145	62.0	Elected
	Ewart Grogan	89	38.0	Defeated
Indian seats
Central	S K Thakore	4,020	31.2	Elected
	Shams-ud-Deen	3,811	29.6	Re-elected
	S G Amin	2,736	21.2	Defeated
	Alex de Souza	2,286	17.3
	Abdul Rahman Cocker	41	0.3
Eastern	K R Paroo	4,918	43.0	Re-elected
	Ambalal Bhailalbhai Patel	4,653	40.7	Re-elected
	Mohamed Ali Rana	1,870	16.3
Western	Ahluwalia Pritam	1,980	50.0	Elected
	Ibrahim Nathoo	1,227	31.0
	Dharm Bir DauletRam Kohli	750	19.0	Defeated
Source: East Africa and Rhodesia [3]

References

1. "Kenya's General Election: Contests in Only Four Constituencies", East Africa and Rhodesia, 27 July 1944, p959
2. "Mr Nicol's Election Address: The African Must Be Encouraged", East Africa and Rhodesia, 14 September 1944, p49
3. "Result of General Election in Kenya: Brief Biographies of New European Elected Members", East Africa and Rhodesia, 5 October 1944, pp105–107