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Members of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia from 1959 until 1962 were elected on 20 March 1959. The first session of the newly elected council started on 7 April. [1] There were 22 elected members, four appointed members, four ex officio members and the Speaker.
Position | Member | Notes |
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Speaker | Thomas Williams | |
Nominated Official Member | William McCall | Solicitor General |
Nominated Official Member | H.L. Jones | Administrative Secretary |
Nominated Unofficial Member | Edson Mwamba | Minister of African Agriculture Minister of African Education (1962) |
Nominated Unofficial Member | Vallabhbhai Mistry |
Position | Previous member | Date | New member | Notes |
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Nominated Official Member | H.L. Jones | 24 November 1959 | N.C.A. Ridley | Chairman of Committee |
Nominated Official Member | N.C.A. Ridley | 14 June 1960 | H.L. Jones | Administrative Secretary Minister of Labour and Mines (1961–1962) Minister of Local Government (1961–1962) |
Nominated Official Member | William McCall | 14 March 1961 | W.K.H. Jones | Solicitor-General |
Nominated Official Member | W.K.H. Jones | 27 June 1961 | Charles Cousins | Secretary for Labour and Mines Minister of Labour and Mines (1962) |
Nominated Official Member | H.L. Jones | 19 June 1962 | William McCall | Solicitor-General |
Position | Member |
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Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs | Brian Andre Doyle |
Chief Secretary to the Government | Evelyn Dennison Hone, M.O. Wray, R.A. Nicholson, Richard Luyt |
Minister of Finance | R.A. Nicholson, Trevor Gardner |
Minister of Native Affairs | G.S. Jones, M.G. Billing, F.M. Thomas, L. Bean |
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