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General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 14 December 1962. Voters elected 65 members of the Legislative Assembly. The election was notable for bringing to power the Rhodesian Front, initially under Winston Field, which set the colony on the course for its eventual Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
The election was the first held under the 1961 constitution which brought in a new electoral system. The chief issue in the elections was the future of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, under which Southern Rhodesia formed a united country with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, under the leadership of Sir Roy Welensky. The United Federal Party government of Sir Edgar Whitehead favoured continuation of the Federation in some form, together with moves towards multiracialism.
Opponents of the Federation had formed the Dominion Party but coming up to the election, the party had suffered division. The Rhodesia Reform Party had been formed by Ian Smith early in 1962 as a more moderate group. Dominion Party leader William Harper resigned in February 1962, stating that he intended this to be the catalyst towards the creation of a united opposition. By mid-March, the Dominion Party and the Rhodesia Reform Party had put together a broad plan for the new Rhodesian Front with Winston Field, from the Dominion Party, as its leader. Field had to call for unity at the first RF congress in September 1962.
The electorate was divided into the 'A roll' and the 'B roll'. The 'A roll' and consisted of people meeting certain income and property qualifications, which were lowered if the person had more extensive education. This in practice meant that 95.2% of those on the A roll were of European descent. The 'B roll' which consisted of those meeting a lesser income cap or a lesser property cap, both lowered for those with a longer education. 91.3% of those on the B roll were of African descent, although some Europeans only qualified for this roll. The figures were exaggerated by a largely successful campaign on behalf of black African nationalist leaders to persuade their supporters not to register to boycott the election. Most black Africans did not qualify for either roll anyway.
There were two different types of place returning members to the House of Assembly. The colony was divided into 50 constituencies each returning a single member, and in addition, there were 15 districts which also returned one member each. For the constituencies, voters from the 'A roll' and the 'B roll' could both vote, with their votes of equal value. Due to the fact that the 'A roll' was substantially larger than the 'B roll', these constituencies were almost entirely elected by Rhodesians of European descent. Theoretically, if the 'B roll' votes was more than a quarter of the total, they would be reduced in value to a quarter, but in practice this never happened due to the low enrollment and low turnout.
Both rolls also voted for the district seats. However, the total votes from the 'A roll' were reduced to equal a quarter of those of the 'B roll' voters. This meant that the district seats were largely elected by Africans.
There was a robust campaign, which all understood as leading to a watershed election. Political meetings saw a great deal of heckling. The RF was keen to reassure nervous voters that it supported some continued links with Northern Rhodesia, and campaigned for tougher enforcement of law and order and security. Both the UFP and the RF supported moves to independence but the RF was more keen, and stated that independence could be either within or without the Commonwealth.
The principal division was on race relations. The UFP leader Sir Edgar Whitehead pledged to appoint Southern Rhodesia's first African Minister should he be re-elected. The RF insisted that the UFP's moves were reckless and endangered Rhodesian society. They saw the 1961 constitution as opening the door to African dominance of Europeans "before the former has acquired adequate knowledge and experience of democratic government" and pointed to Kenya, where Europeans had been forced out of the country, as an example of what might happen. The UFP regarded the RF as reactionaries and throwbacks, and a UFP poster depicted a white man identified as an RF supporter with his head literally in the sand.
A win by the UFP was generally expected. The Examiner magazine said "Let no one doubt that the U.F.P. will win hands down; the Establishment always does in Southern Rhodesia." However, much to everyone's surprise (including their own), the RF found itself with a large majority of the Constituencies and an overall majority in the House of Assembly. The UFP took 14 out of 15 of the Districts, with one (Highfield) going to Dr Ahrn Palley as an Independent candidate. The UFP thus numbered 14 Africans out of a caucus of 29, but the party soon ceased to be a force in Rhodesian politics; from 1965 then until the end of minority rule in 1979 no opposition members were elected from the primarily European constituencies, Rhodesia thus would have a dominant party system.
| Party | Constituency | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A roll | B roll | Total | A roll | A roll devalued | B roll | Total | |||||||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Rhodesian Front | 37,920 | 56.35 | 362 | 15.11 | 38,282 | 54.94 | 35 | 35,070 | 54.03 | 354 | 57.19 | 306 | 11.87 | 660 | 20.65 | 0 | 35 | +22 | |
| United Federal Party | 28,517 | 42.38 | 1,946 | 81.22 | 30,463 | 43.72 | 15 | 28,055 | 43.23 | 247 | 39.90 | 1,870 | 72.56 | 2,117 | 66.24 | 14 | 29 | +12 | |
| Central Africa Party | 75 | 0.11 | 29 | 1.21 | 104 | 0.15 | 0 | 1,764 | 2.72 | 10 | 1.62 | 359 | 13.93 | 369 | 11.55 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 776 | 1.15 | 59 | 2.46 | 835 | 1.20 | 0 | 15 | 0.02 | 8 | 1.29 | 42 | 1.63 | 50 | 1.56 | 1 | 1 | +1 | |
| Total | 67,288 | 100.00 | 2,396 | 100.00 | 69,684 | 100.00 | 50 | 64,904 | 100.00 | 619 | 100.00 | 2,577 | 100.00 | 3,196 | 100.00 | 15 | 65 | +35 | |
| Valid votes | 69,684 | 97.70 | 67,481 | 96.13 | |||||||||||||||
| Invalid votes | 1,644 | 2.30 | 2,714 | 3.87 | |||||||||||||||
| Total votes | 71,328 | 100.00 | 70,195 | 100.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 90,785 | 10,632 | 101,417 | 70.33 | 90,785 | 10,632 | 101,417 | 69.21 | |||||||||||
| Source: Willson | |||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency Electorate and turnout | Candidate | Party | A Roll | B Roll | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Votes | % | |||
| ARUNDEL A 1,885 (81.6%) B 13 (38.5%) | † Blair Vincent Ewing | UFP | 926 | 4 | 930 | 60.3 |
| Olive Hope Robertson | RF | 612 | 1 | 613 | 39.7 | |
| AVONDALE A 1,873 (77.0%) B 10 (40.0%) | † Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles | RF | 813 | 2 | 815 | 56.3 |
| Ian Radcliffe Selmer | UFP | 630 | 2 | 632 | 43.7 | |
| BELLEVUE A 1,899 (81.0%) B 7 (28.6%) | Robert Patterson | RF | 865 | 1 | 866 | 56.2 |
| John Gustav Haycraft Gasson | UFP | 674 | 1 | 675 | 43.8 | |
| BELVEDERE A 1,800 (77.4%) B 13 (69.2%) | Gordon Foster Thomas | UFP | 736 | 8 | 744 | 53.0 |
| Dennis Divaris | RF | 658 | 1 | 659 | 47.0 | |
| BORROWDALE A 1,914 (78.7%) B 25 (48.0%) | † Peter Heaton Grey | UFP | 977 | 9 | 986 | 64.9 |
| Thomas Ian Fraser Sandeman | RF | 530 | 3 | 533 | 35.1 | |
| BRAESIDE A 1,859 (78.5%) B 27 (44.4%) | Herbert Douglas Tanner | RF | 931 | 4 | 935 | 63.6 |
| † Michael Eddington Currie | UFP | 528 | 8 | 536 | 36.4 | |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL A 1,841 (68.1%) B 41 (63.4%) | † Benny Goldstein | UFP | 628 | 22 | 650 | 50.8 |
| Norman Munro Campbell | RF | 626 | 4 | 630 | 49.2 | |
| BULAWAYO DISTRICT A 1,765 (70.4%) B 708 (19.6%) | Arthur Gale Langford | RF | 692 | 10 | 702 | 50.8 |
| Bryan Roy Thompson | UFP | 475 | 100 | 575 | 41.6 | |
| Benjamin Baron | CAP | 75 | 29 | 104 | 7.5 | |
| BULAWAYO EAST A 1,932 (77.8%) B 17 (52.9%) | † Abraham Eliezer Abrahamson | UFP | 1,057 | 7 | 1,064 | 70.4 |
| Arthur McCarter | RF | 446 | 2 | 448 | 29.6 | |
| BULAWAYO NORTH A 1,810 (76.1%) B 30 (60.0%) | John Wrathall | RF | 724 | 7 | 731 | 52.4 |
| † Cyril James Hatty | UFP | 653 | 11 | 664 | 47.6 | |
| BULAWAYO SOUTH A 1,895 (65.8%) B 45 (57.8%) | John William Phillips | RF | 698 | 11 | 709 | 55.7 |
| Robert Godlonton Hoole | UFP | 549 | 15 | 564 | 44.3 | |
| CENTRAL A 1,669 (73.2%) B 442 (18.8%) | † William Joseph John Cary | RF | 874 | 13 | 887 | 68.0 |
| Anthony John Arthur Peck | UFP | 347 | 70 | 417 | 32.0 | |
| CHARTER A 1,611 (71.1%) B 847 (17.1%) | Clifford Walter Dupont | RF | 808 | 24 | 832 | 64.4 |
| Francis Seymour Brian Willoughby | UFP | 338 | 121 | 459 | 35.6 | |
| EASTERN A 1,884 (71.3%) B 508 (20.3%) | Alan James Wroughton MacLeod | RF | 768 | 18 | 786 | 54.3 |
| Charles Fitzwilliam Clifford Verry Cadiz | UFP | 576 | 85 | 661 | 45.7 | |
| GATOOMA A 1,561 (72.3%) B 215 (25.6%) | † William John Harper | RF | 784 | 5 | 789 | 66.6 |
| Robert Norman Wells | UFP | 345 | 50 | 395 | 33.4 | |
| GREENDALE A 1,814 (76.8%) B 195 (7.7%) | Mark Partridge | RF | 779 | 3 | 782 | 55.5 |
| † Herbert Jack Quinton | UFP | 615 | 12 | 627 | 44.5 | |
| GREENWOOD A 1,869 (71.7%) B 9 (33.3%) | William Vernon Brelsford | UFP | 716 | 1 | 717 | 53.4 |
| William Johnstone Jarvis | RF | 532 | - | 532 | 39.6 | |
| Ivor Pitch | Ind | 92 | 2 | 94 | 7.0 | |
| GWEBI A 1,823 (82.3%) B 254 (25.6%) | Lord James Angus Graham | RF | 995 | 13 | 1,008 | 64.4 |
| John Derek Crozier | UFP | 505 | 52 | 557 | 35.6 | |
| GWELO A 1,697 (70.5%) B 26 (61.5%) | Desmond Lardner-Burke | RF | 768 | 6 | 774 | 63.8 |
| Eileen Doyle | UFP | 429 | 10 | 439 | 36.2 | |
| GWELO RURAL A 1,822 (73.2%) B 143 (18.2%) | † Charles Falcon Scott Clark | RF | 938 | 4 | 942 | 69.3 |
| John Douglas Downs | UFP | 395 | 22 | 417 | 30.7 | |
| HARTLEY A 1,551 (78.4%) B 338 (24.0%) | P. K. van der Byl | RF | 814 | 7 | 821 | 63.3 |
| Geoffrey Stanhope Courtney | UFP | 402 | 74 | 476 | 36.7 | |
| HATFIELD A 1,894 (77.7%) B 20 (20.0%) | John Gaunt | RF | 991 | 4 | 995 | 67.4 |
| † Stewart Edward Aitken-Cade | UFP | 481 | - | 481 | 32.6 | |
| HIGHLANDS NORTH A 1,760 (81.0%) B 10 (70.0%) | Geoffrey Ellman Brown | UFP | 850 | 6 | 856 | 59.7 |
| William Robert Rumbold | RF | 576 | 1 | 577 | 40.3 | |
| HIGHLANDS SOUTH A 1,749 (75.2%) B 17 (58.8%) | Alan David Butler | UFP | 668 | 9 | 677 | 51.1 |
| Guy Openshaw Lister | RF | 647 | 1 | 648 | 48.9 | |
| HILLCREST A 1,906 (79.9%) B 9 (55.6%) | John Arthur Newington | RF | 877 | 3 | 880 | 57.6 |
| Michael Leib Ayl | UFP | 646 | 2 | 648 | 42.4 | |
| HILLSIDE A 1,840 (79.9%) B 8 (50.0%) | † Maureen Thelma Watson | UFP | 819 | 3 | 822 | 55.7 |
| William Redpath Kinleyside | RF | 652 | 1 | 653 | 44.3 | |
| JAMESON A 1,805 (77.2%) B 18 (22.2%) | Jack Howman | RF | 864 | 2 | 866 | 62.0 |
| Josiah Douglas Carter | UFP | 493 | 1 | 494 | 35.3 | |
| William Alfred Porter | Ind | 37 | 1 | 38 | 2.7 | |
| LOMAGUNDI A 2,041 (75.1%) B 327 (28.4%) | Lance Bales Smith | RF | 990 | 13 | 1,003 | 61.7 |
| Robert Gordon Hoskins-Davies | UFP | 542 | 80 | 622 | 38.3 | |
| MABELREIGN A 1,866 (78.8%) B 11 (72.7%) | Patrick Palmer-Owen | RF | 882 | 3 | 885 | 59.8 |
| William Daniel Gale | UFP | 589 | 5 | 594 | 40.2 | |
| MARANDELLAS A 1,676 (75.9%) B 354 (25.7%) | Winston Field | RF | 746 | 9 | 755 | 55.4 |
| John Peacey Dankwerts | UFP | 526 | 82 | 608 | 44.6 | |
| MARLBOROUGH A 1,786 (82.0%) B 14 (64.3%) | Harry Reedman | RF | 938 | - | 938 | 63.6 |
| † John Desmond Burrows | UFP | 527 | 9 | 536 | 36.4 | |
| MATOBO A 1,777 (70.2%) B 361 (16.3%) | † Harry Roberts | RF | 662 | 8 | 670 | 51.3 |
| Edward William Kirby | UFP | 585 | 51 | 636 | 48.7 | |
| MAZOE A 2,048 (79.0%) B 467 (27.0%) | George Rollo Hayman | RF | 956 | 16 | 972 | 55.8 |
| Neil Patrick Hammond | UFP | 661 | 110 | 771 | 44.2 | |
| MILTON PARK A 1,851 (78.9%) B 14 (35.7%) | William Alexander Eustace Winterton | UFP | 868 | 5 | 873 | 59.6 |
| Dorothy Patricia Cooper | RF | 592 | - | 592 | 40.4 | |
| MTOKO A 1,526 (76.3%) B 488 (24.0%) | George Roger John Hackwill | UFP | 564 | 89 | 653 | 51.0 |
| Ronald William Rankine | RF | 600 | 28 | 628 | 49.0 | |
| QUEEN'S PARK A 2,054 (73.7%) B 18 (61.1%) | † Ian Finlay McLean | RF | 1,147 | 10 | 1,157 | 75.9 |
| Laurence Ayers | UFP | 366 | 1 | 367 | 24.1 | |
| QUE QUE A 1,751 (73.6%) B 114 (35.1%) | Andrew Dunlop | RF | 718 | 5 | 723 | 54.4 |
| † Morris Isaac Hirsch | UFP | 571 | 35 | 606 | 45.6 | |
| RAYLTON A 1,917 (74.1%) B 38 (47.4%) | † Thomas Alexander Pinchen | RF | 851 | 1 | 852 | 59.2 |
| Patrick Lennon | UFP | 569 | 17 | 586 | 40.8 | |
| RUSAPE A 1,729 (73.0%) B 580 (26.9%) | † Philip van Heerden | RF | 962 | 19 | 981 | 69.2 |
| Patrick Joseph Beary Power | UFP | 300 | 137 | 437 | 30.8 | |
| SALISBURY CENTRAL A 1,780 (67.2%) B 22 (63.6%) | Jeremiah Robert Ryan | RF | 621 | 4 | 625 | 51.6 |
| Ernest Jackson Whitaker | UFP | 576 | 10 | 586 | 48.4 | |
| SALISBURY CITY A 1,837 (60.7%) B 38 (44.7%) | John Roger Nicholson | UFP | 619 | 12 | 631 | 55.7 |
| John Plagis | RF | 496 | 5 | 501 | 44.3 | |
| SALISBURY NORTH A 1,935 (76.6%) B 43 (79.1%) | †Sir Edgar Whitehead | UFP | 871 | 31 | 902 | 59.5 |
| Nicholas Cambitzis | RF | 611 | 3 | 614 | 40.5 | |
| SHABANI A 1,621 (66.7%) B 435 (14.7%) | † Ian Birt Harper Dillon | RF | 756 | 11 | 767 | 66.0 |
| George Edward Moorcroft | UFP | 317 | 39 | 356 | 31.0 | |
| Ronald John Hayes Auret | Ind | 9 | 14 | 23 | 2.0 | |
| UMTALI EAST A 1,852 (71.8%) B 11 (100%) | Bernard Horace Musset | RF | 805 | 6 | 811 | 60.5 |
| Leslie Herbert Morris | UFP | 525 | 5 | 530 | 39.5 | |
| UMTALI WEST A 1,920 (65.1%) B 164 (25.0%) | John Christie | RF | 744 | 8 | 752 | 58.2 |
| Harold Owen Trouncer | UFP | 506 | 33 | 539 | 41.8 | |
| UMZINGWANE A 1,827 (70.1%) B 442 (15.6%) | Ian Smith | RF | 797 | 6 | 803 | 59.5 |
| Reginald Ephraim Sagar | UFP | 483 | 63 | 546 | 40.5 | |
| VICTORIA A 1,593 (69.4%) B 808 (30.1%) | George Holland Hartley | RF | 722 | 23 | 745 | 55.3 |
| Andrea Zographos | UFP | 383 | 220 | 603 | 44.7 | |
| WANKIE A 1,846 (68.5%) B 550 (20.4%) | George Wilburn Rudland | RF | 754 | 14 | 768 | 55.8 |
| Basil Henry George Sparrow | UFP | 511 | 98 | 609 | 44.2 | |
| WATERFALLS A 1,946 (76.7%) B 59 (49.2%) | Arthur Philip Smith | RF | 1,040 | 6 | 1,046 | 68.7 |
| Eric Peter Gardner | UFP | 421 | 20 | 441 | 29.0 | |
| Andrew John Lawson | Ind | 32 | 3 | 35 | 2.3 | |
| WILLOWVALE A 1,878 (56.1%) B 1,279 (11.0%) | Gerald Joseph Raftopoulos | UFP | 477 | 89 | 566 | 47.4 |
| Victor Patrick Odendaal | RF | 451 | 13 | 464 | 38.9 | |
| Gaston Thomas Thornicroft | Ind | 125 | 39 | 164 | 13.7 | |
| Second Count | ||||||
| Gerald Joseph Raftopoulos | UFP | 482 | 91 | 573 | 55.1 | |
| Victor Patrick Odendaal | RF | 452 | 14 | 466 | 44.9 | |
| Constituency Electorate and turnout | Candidate | Party | A Roll | B Roll | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Devalued | Votes | Votes | % | |||
| BELINGWE A 2,221 (62.9%) B 649 (22.0%) | Jotham Siyapela Hove | UFP | 445 | 11 | 102 | 113 | 63.8 |
| Samson John Mazibiso | CAP | 86 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 18.6 | |
| Gijima Msindo | RF | 866 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 17.5 | |
| BINDURA A 18,664 (76.6%) B 644 (33.2%) | Paul Harbinett Joseph Chanetsa | UFP | 7,633 | 28 | 166 | 194 | 73.2 |
| Aloys Tayengwa Chinyani | RF | 6,132 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 14.7 | |
| John William Horn | CAP | 529 | 1 | 31 | 32 | 12.1 | |
| GOKWE A 7,901 (70.3%) B 726 (27.1%) | Philip Elijah Chigogo | UFP | 1,851 | 16 | 138 | 154 | 62.9 |
| Job Mahambi Kumalo | RF | 3,568 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 23.3 | |
| Herbert Joseph Thompson | CAP | 133 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 13.9 | |
| HIGHFIELD A 195 (19.0%) B 651 (13.2%) | † Ahrn Palley | Ind | 15 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 47.6 |
| Gahadzikwa Albert Chaza | UFP | 19 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 43.8 | |
| Ralph Drew Palmer | CAP | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7.6 | |
| Patrick Joseph Geoffrey | RF | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Second count | |||||||
| † Ahrn Palley | Ind | 15 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 47.6 | |
| Gahadzikwa Albert Chaza | UFP | 19 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 44.8 | |
| Ralph Drew Palmer | CAP | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7.6 | |
| Third count | |||||||
| † Ahrn Palley | Ind | 15 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 52.1 | |
| Gahadzikwa Albert Chaza | UFP | 19 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 47.9 | |
| HUNYANI A 8,559 (74.5%) B 619 (23.4%) | Luke Mangarazi Kandengwa | UFP | 2,138 | 12 | 87 | 99 | 55.0 |
| Mathew Kwenda | RF | 3,950 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 26.1 | |
| Anthony Whitehead Hodges | CAP | 288 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 18.9 | |
| INYAZURA A 2,002 (72.0%) B 757 (28.0%) | Ambrose Charles Majongwe | UFP | 445 | 16 | 172 | 188 | 71.2 |
| Titus Ndoro | RF | 980 | 36 | 20 | 56 | 21.2 | |
| James Caleb Matsika | CAP | 17 | - | 20 | 20 | 7.6 | |
| MAGONDI A 3,619 (75.7%) B 808 (26.2%) | William Kawara | UFP | 863 | 16 | 158 | 174 | 66.2 |
| Elijah Mambo | RF | 1,832 | 35 | 13 | 48 | 18.2 | |
| Eric Gwanzura | CAP | 44 | - | 41 | 41 | 15.6 | |
| MAKABUSI A 12,116 (66.7%) B 652 (23.0%) | Patrick John Daniel Rubatika | UFP | 3,659 | 16 | 100 | 116 | 62.3 |
| Martin Geoffrey Edwards | RF | 3,942 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 21.0 | |
| Miles Anthony Pedder | CAP | 476 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 16.7 | |
| MANGWENDI A 2,929 (73.4%) B 665 (23.9%) | Titus John Hlazo | UFP | 947 | 17 | 82 | 99 | 50.3 |
| Stephen Zachious Bwanya | RF | 1,168 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 34.5 | |
| Richard Chikosi | CAP | 36 | - | 30 | 30 | 15.2 | |
| MANICALAND A 5,656 (69.8%) B 683 (26.6%) | Percy Hudson M'kudu | UFP | 1,626 | 18 | 118 | 136 | 60.2 |
| Walter Dumisani Chawheta | RF | 2,224 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 21.7 | |
| Ratilal Damodar Devchand | CAP | 100 | 1 | 40 | 41 | 18.1 | |
| MATABELELAND NORTH A 19,483 (71.4%) B 743 (30.4%) | Joel Msindo Behane | UFP | 6,394 | 25 | 177 | 202 | 71.9 |
| Aaron Mapisa | RF | 7,519 | 30 | 49 | 79 | 28.1 | |
| MATABELELAND SOUTH A 3,604 (67.6%) B 803 (16.2%) | Julius Masola | UFP | 1,051 | 13 | 120 | 133 | 82.6 |
| Paul Zekare | RF | 1,386 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 17.4 | |
| MPOPOMA A 1,231 (64.9%) B 707 (20.7%) | Cephas Hlabangana | UFP | 394 | 17 | 117 | 134 | 74.4 |
| Phibian Percy John Kadzutu | RF | 40 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 12.8 | |
| Dick Albert Masunda | CAP | 365 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 12.8 | |
| NARIRA A 1,012 (65.3%) B 717 (16.0%) | Ranches Chereni Makaya | UFP | 153 | 6 | 83 | 89 | 62.7 |
| Isaac Hanzi Samuriwo | RF | 500 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 25.3 | |
| Daniel Jollow Renasu Masawi | CAP | 8 | - | 17 | 17 | 12.0 | |
| NDANGA A 1,593 (67.7%) B 808 (32.2%) | Josiah Gondo | UFP | 437 | 26 | 214 | 240 | 74.1 |
| Lazarus Dembetembe | RF | 637 | 38 | 21 | 59 | 18.2 | |
| David Alphabet Tinago | CAP | 5 | - | 25 | 25 | 7.7 | |
Harry Roberts died on 13 March 1963, which led to a byelection in Matobo on 23 May 1963.
| Constituency Electorate and turnout | Candidate | Party | A Roll | B Roll | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Votes | % | |||
| MATOBO | Sherwood Alexander Wilmot | RF | 825 | 2 | 827 | 59.8 |
| Edward William Kirby | UFP | 362 | 194 | 556 | 40.2 | |
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Julius Masola died on 8 September 1964, leading to a byelection in the district of Matabeleland South on 26 November 1964. The result was:
| Constituency Electorate and turnout | Candidate | Party | A Roll | B Roll | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Devalued | Votes | Votes | % | |||
| MATABELELAND SOUTH A 3,834 (10.3%) B 871 (16.9%) | Ephraim Jiho Mhlanga | RP | 317 | 29 | 71 | 100 | 54.9 |
| Daniel Hilson Dube | Ind | 76 | 6 | 76 | 82 | 45.1 | |
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Elections in Zambia take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. The President and National Assembly are simultaneously elected for five-year terms.
Sir Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle Whitehead, was a Rhodesian politician. He was a longstanding member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly, although his career was interrupted by other posts and by illness. In particular he had poor eyesight, and wore very thick glasses, and later experienced deafness whilst in office. An ally of Sir Roy Welensky, he was Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1958 to 1962. His government was defeated in the 1962 general election by the Rhodesian Front.
Elections in Southern Rhodesia were used from 1899 to 1923 to elect part of the Legislative Council and from 1924 to elect the whole of the Legislative Assembly which governed the colony. Since the granting of self-government in 1923, Southern Rhodesia used the Westminster parliamentary system as its basis of government. The Political party that had most of the seats in the Legislative Assembly became the government. The person in charge of this bloc was the Premier, later renamed Prime Minister, who then chose his cabinet from his elected colleagues.
General elections were held in Rhodesia on 30 July 1974. They saw the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith re-elected, once more winning every one of the 50 seats elected by white voters.
Ahrn Palley was an independent politician in Rhodesia who criticised the Smith administration and the Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Ian Smith described him as "one of the most able politicians this country has produced, and although our political philosophies did not coincide, we always respected one another and maintained friendly relations."
General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 25 April 1946, seven years after the previous elections in 1939, the term of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly having been extended so that there would be no general elections during World War II. The elections showed a strong shift to the right, as the United Party government led by Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins lost its overall majority; however, Huggins could count on the support of one of the factions of the Rhodesia Labour Party in any vote of confidence and therefore remained in office.
General elections were held in Rhodesia on 10 April 1970. They were the first elections to take place under the revised, republican constitution. The country had declared itself independent in November 1965, shortly after the previous elections; the Rhodesian Front government had always disliked the 1961 constitution and made sure to change it by the time of the next one.
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation or CAF, was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories: the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It existed between 1953 and 1963.
The Responsible Government Association (RGA), called the Rhodesia Party from 1923, was a political party in Southern Rhodesia. Founded in 1917, it initially advocated responsible government for Southern Rhodesia within the British Empire, as opposed to incorporation into the Union of South Africa. When responsible government was achieved in 1923, the party became the governing Rhodesia Party. It endured until 1934, when it merged with the right wing of the Reform Party to create the United Party, which remained in power for 28 years afterwards, and was itself defunct by 1965.
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 30 October 1962, with by-elections for several seats held on 10 December. Although the United Federal Party won the most seats in the Legislative Council, and Northern Rhodesian African National Congress leader Harry Nkumbula had made a secret electoral pact with the UFP, Nkumbula decided to form a government with the United National Independence Party.
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 20 March 1959, although voting did not take place in two constituencies until 9 April. The United Federal Party (UFP) was expected to win the elections, and did so by taking 13 of the 22 elected seats on the Legislative Council.
The modern political history of Zimbabwe starts with the arrival of white people to what was dubbed Southern Rhodesia in the 1890s. The country was initially run by an administrator appointed by the British South Africa Company. The prime ministerial role was first created in October 1923, when the country achieved responsible government, with Sir Charles Coghlan as its first Premier. The third Premier, George Mitchell, renamed the post Prime Minister in 1933.
Federal elections were held in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland on 12 November 1958. The result was a victory for the ruling United Federal Party, with Roy Welensky remaining Prime Minister.
The Dominion Party was a political party in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, led by Winston Field.
Maureen Thelma Watson was a Rhodesian politician.
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