General elections were held in

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on 31 August 1929."North And South Rhodesia: Conflicting Views On Union", ''The Times'', 16 November 1929, p 15, Issue 45370 One issue in the elections was the proposed amalgamation of the colony with neighbouring

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Electoral system

The number of elected seats on the

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was increased from five to seven, one new constituency covering

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, and the constituency of Livingstone and Western now electing two members, despite only being the third largest constituency and having fewer than half the number of registered voters as Ndola. There were a total of 3,058 registered voters,''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, p20 nearly three times the number in

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Results

In Livingstone Leopold Moore and

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, who were opposed to amalgamation with

, were elected, defeating pro-amalgamation Labour Party candidates. Chad Norris, elected in Northern claimed he was not yet in favour of a merger, whilst the rural Midland and Southern constituencies returned the leading proponent of amalgamation and one opponent of the concept unopposed. Kennedy Harris, elected in Ndola was undecided on the issue, whilst Eastern member Herbert Goodhart was in favour of his region becoming part of

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. The overall results gave one member in favour, one "lukewarm" to the idea of amalgamation, three opposed and two neutral.

Aftermath

The newly elected council held its first meeting on 8 November.

References

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