1939 Southern Rhodesian general election

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General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 14 April 1939, the fifth elections since the colony of Southern Rhodesia was granted internal self-government. Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins' United Party government were re-elected in a landslide. The elections were called slightly earlier than the deadline as Huggins feared the German invasion of Czechoslovakia would lead to European War.

Electoral system

In 1937, a new Electoral Act was passed. The franchise was extended slightly to those who were not British subjects but who had been in active wartime service in the armed forces. Electors were also required to have lived for three months in their electoral districts. The requirement for qualifying for the vote on the basis of receiving salary or wages of £100 per annum was extended also to people with income of £100 per annum, a change which principally benefited those who had investment income but few assets. Voters were also no longer required to demonstrate proficiency in English through a dictation test. The postal vote, which had been introduced in 1928, was extended in 1937 to all voters living more than 25 miles away from the nearest polling station. Finally, those who had drawn government rations were disenfranchised.

A boundary revision in 1938 enabled the elimination of the four remaining double-member electoral districts as the Colony was split into 30 single-member districts.

Results

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By constituency

Avondale
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Colin Ross McLachlan 217 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 354 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 962 82.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Bulawayo Central
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Hives Eastwood 393
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Cowden 272
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philip Harvey Veale 251
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,116 82.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Bulawayo East
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Banks Brady 639
Script error: No such module "Political party". Donald MacGillivray 227
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,025 84.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Bulawayo North
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Hugh Beadle 461
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Edward Harrison 243
Script error: No such module "Political party". William John Phelps 165
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,023 84.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Bulawayo South
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Donald MacIntyre 534
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Woodward Hammond 461
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,279 77.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Charter
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Ernest Lucas Guest 355
Union Party Johan Christoffel Kruger 181 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Stephen Sharp 151
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 838 82.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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Eastern
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jacobus Petrus De Kock 399
Union Party Douglas Abrahamson 199 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Reginald Herbert Bruce Dickson 182
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,004 77.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Gatooma
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Alfred Kimble 416
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Dalton 293
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas James Golding 173
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,031 85.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Gwanda
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Frank Ernest Harris 381
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Wood Young 216
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 839 71.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Gwelo
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Frank Delano Thompson 326
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Williamson 243
Script error: No such module "Political party". William John Bassett 184
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 954 78.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Hartley
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Hugh Volant Wheeler 264
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Muter Leggate 215
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Hamilton Beamish 196
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Allen 121
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 969 82.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Highlands
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Leslie Benjamin Fereday 447
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Frith Wilson 267
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Arthur Douglas Hawksley 68
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 953 82.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Hillside
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Harry Davies 544
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Victor Wallace 329
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,017 85.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Insiza
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Clarkson Tredgold 335
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Turner Durward 198
Script error: No such module "Political party". Leo George Robinson 116
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 887 73.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Lomagudi
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Lewis Aloys MacDonald Hastings 393
Script error: No such module "Political party". Otilia Liebermann 142
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 834 64.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Marandellas
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Henry Ralston 366
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Aitken Draper 148
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alfred William Vincent Crawley 147
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 891 74.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Mazoe
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward Walter Lionel Noaks 402
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jack Herbert Keightley 139
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Murdoch Eaton 75
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mark Douglas Claxton 73
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 873 78.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Que Que
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Walter Leppington 434
Script error: No such module "Political party". de Lacey Henry Stowe 422
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,072 79.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Raylton
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Lawrence John Walter Keller 559
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Spencer 210
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 954 80.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Salisbury Central
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Edgar Pope Vernall 408
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gladys Maasdorp 288
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Harry Stone 139
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,089 76.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

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Salisbury City
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jacob Hendrik Smit 519
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alec Pelham 276
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Turnout 1,012 78.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Salisbury Gardens
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Sir Percival Donald Leslie Fynn 410
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lancelot Middleton Foggin 155
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rex Atherton Rawstorne 111
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 966 76.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

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Salisbury North
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Godfrey Huggins unopposed
Majority 862 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout Script error: No such module "String".
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Salisbury South
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Henry Walker 546
Script error: No such module "Political party". Heiman Joseph Hoffman 283
Majority Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,049 79.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Selukwe
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Max Danziger 410
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ernest Millington 321
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Turnout 954 76.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Umtali North
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Edgar Whitehead 498
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Norris 209
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Turnout 844 83.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Untali South
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Script error: No such module "Political party". James Brown Lister 401
Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Henry Gibson 223
Majority 820 76. Script error: No such module "String".
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Victoria
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Alexander Eustace Winterton 497
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Joseph Austin 286
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Turnout 1104 77.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Wankie
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Allan Watson Whittington 346
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cyril Mainwaring Newman 311
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Robert Barbour 73
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Turnout 1,000 73.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Western
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick Bissett Fletcher 366
Script error: No such module "Political party". Albert James Davies 247
Script error: No such module "Political party". Wilfred Denton Estment 93
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Turnout 894 79.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Byelections

Salisbury Gardens

Sir Percival Fynn died on 25 April 1940. Owing to the war, normal party politics had been suspended and a joint selection conference including members of both the United Party and the Rhodesia Labour Party was included. Four candidates stood for the selection: Cecil Douglas Dryden (United Party), Mrs. Gladys Maasdorp (Rhodesia Labour Party), Arthur William Redfern (Independent) and O.P. Wheeler (Independent). Redfern was selected and returned unopposed on 26 June 1940.

Umtali North

Edgar Whitehead resigned from the Assembly on 24 June 1940. A byelection was held to replace him on 27 August 1940.

Constituency
Electorate and turnout 		Candidate Party Votes
UMTALI NORTH
821 (53.8%) 		Tom Ian Finlay Wilson UP 312
Thomas Norris Lab 130

Hartley

Hugh Volant Wheeler resigned on 30 June 1940. A byelection was held in his constituency on 27 August 1940.

Constituency
Electorate and turnout 		Candidate Party Votes
HARTLEY
943 (49.9%) 		William Muter Leggate RP 247
Tom Cecil Leonard Howard Ind 120
Leonard Tolcher Tracey Ind 104

Lomagundi

Lewis Aloys MacDonald Hastings resigned on 30 June 1940. A byelection was held in his constituency on 27 August 1940.

Constituency
Electorate and turnout 		Candidate Party Votes
LOMAGUNDI
827 (48.1%) 		George Henry Hackwill UP 220
Edward George Holman Ind 178

Victoria

William Alexander Eustace Winterton resigned on 30 October 1940. A byelection was held on 10 December 1940.

Constituency
Electorate and turnout 		Candidate Party Votes
VICTORIA
1,014 (61.4%) 		Walter Brumage Richards UP 232
Harry Joseph Filmer Lab 228
Richard Fraser Dott Ind National 163

Insiza

Robert Clarkson Tredgold resigned on 28 February 1943. A byelection was held on 21 April 1943 to replace him.

Constituency Candidate Party Votes
INSIZA Leslie Thomas Smith The Labour Party 280
Victor Henry Sauerman Lab 197
John Everett Chick UP 151

References

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Sources

  • Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia 1898–1962 ed. by F.M.G. Willson (Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury 1963)
  • Holders of Administrative and Ministerial Office 1894–1964 by F.M.G. Willson and G.C. Passmore, assisted by Margaret T. Mitchell (Source Book No. 3, Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury 1966)

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