Kenyan general election, 1948

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General elections were held in Kenya in May 1948.

Electoral system

The seats in the Legislative Council were distributed according to a race-based franchise. Eleven Europeans were elected from single-member constituencies defined as Part A; five Indians (two of which were required to be Muslims) were elected from three Part B constituencies, and one Arab was elected from a single nationwide Part C constituency. Four Africans and nine Europeans were nominated members.

Results

Elected members

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
European seats
Aberdare (19 May)	Gerald Hopkins	299	58.4	Elected
	Clive Wilfrid Salter	152	29.7
	Arthur Sutcliffe	61	11.9
Coast	Shirley Victor Cooke	Unopposed		Re-elected
Kiambu	Wilfrid Havelock	Unopposed		Re-elected
Mombasa	George Nicol	Unopposed		Re-elected
Nairobi North (14 May)	Ernest Vasey	391	61.2	Re-elected
Nairobi North (14 May)	Stanley Ghersie	248	38.8
Nairobi South (12 May)	Derek Erskine	627	72.2	Elected
	Norman Harris	141	16.2
	George Alfred Tyson	101	11.6
Nyanza	George Maitland Edye	Unopposed		Re-elected
Rift Valley (12 May)	Michael Blundell	356	50.6	Elected
	Francis Scott	273	38.8
	Sidney Farrar	74	10.5
Trans Nzoia	Albert George Keyser	Unopposed		Re-elected
Uasin Gishu	Laurence Maconochie-Welwood	Unopposed		Elected
Ukamba	Dorothy Shaw	Unopposed		Elected
Indian seats
Central (28–30 May)	Chunilal Madan			Elected
	Ibrahim Nathoo			Elected Muslim
	Bhagar Singh Biant Singh Biant
Eastern	Ambalal Bhailalbhai Patel			Re-elected
Eastern	Mohamed Ali Rana			Elected Muslim
Western (13–15 May)	Ahluwalia Pritam			Re-elected
Western (13–15 May)	Dharm Bir DauletRam Kohli
Arab member
Colony and Protectorate	Mohamed Abdulla Shatry			Elected
Source: East Africa and Rhodesia,^[1] Kenya Gazette^[2]^[3]^[4]

Appointed members

Member	Position
African appointees
Eliud Mathu
Apolo Ohanga
James Jeremiah
John Kisugut arap Chemallan
European appointees
Norman Frederick Stewart Andrews	Deputy Financial Secretary
Samuel Reginald Boyd	Director of Public Works
Stuart Gillett	Director of Agriculture
John Basil Hobson	Solicitor-General
Ernest Meredyth Hyde-Clarke	Labour Commissioner
Arthur Hope Jones	Secretary for Commerce and Industry
Norman MacPherson MacLennan	Director of Medical Services
Robert Patrick	Director of Education
George James Robbins	Commissioner of Lands, Mines and Surveys
Source: Kenya Gazette^[4]

References

↑ "Kenya's European Elected Members", East Africa and Rhodesia, 3 June 1948, p1069
↑ Kenya Gazette, 18 May 1948, p338
↑ Kenya Gazette, 20 Apr 1948, p275
1 2 Kenya Gazette, 25 May 1948, p349

Elections and referendums in Kenya

Presidential elections	1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 2017

Parliamentary elections	1920 1924 1927 1931 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1957 1961 1963 1966 1969 1974 1979 1983 1988 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 2017

Local elections	1992 1997 2002 2007 2013

Referendums	2005 2010

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