The Southern Rhodesia Legislative Council election of 1905 was the third election to the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia. The Legislative Council had, since 1903, comprised fifteen voting members: the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia ex officio, seven members nominated by the British South Africa Company, and seven members elected by registered voters from four electoral districts. The Resident Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia, Richard Chester-Master, also sat on the Legislative Council ex officio but without the right to vote.
The election was to have taken place on March 6, 1905 but in the event all the places were filled by unopposed nominations on February 6 and so no poll was taken.
Constituency Electorate and turnout |
Candidate | Votes |
---|---|---|
EASTERN | † Francis Rudolph Myburgh | unopposed |
MIDLAND | Herbert Thomas Longden | unopposed |
NORTHERN Two members |
† Raleigh Grey | unopposed |
Ernest Edward Homan | unopposed | |
WESTERN Three members |
Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes | unopposed |
† William Henry Haddon | unopposed | |
† William Napier | unopposed |
Note: Raleigh Grey was absent during the whole of the 1906 session.
The members nominated by the British South Africa Company were:
The Southern Rhodesia Legislative Council election of 1905 was the third election to the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia. The Legislative Council had, since 1903, comprised fifteen voting members: the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia ex officio, seven members nominated by the British South Africa Company, and seven members elected by registered voters from four electoral districts. The Resident Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia, Richard Chester-Master, also sat on the Legislative Council ex officio but without the right to vote.
The election was to have taken place on March 6, 1905 but in the event all the places were filled by unopposed nominations on February 6 and so no poll was taken.
Constituency Electorate and turnout |
Candidate | Votes |
---|---|---|
EASTERN | † Francis Rudolph Myburgh | unopposed |
MIDLAND | Herbert Thomas Longden | unopposed |
NORTHERN Two members |
† Raleigh Grey | unopposed |
Ernest Edward Homan | unopposed | |
WESTERN Three members |
Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes | unopposed |
† William Henry Haddon | unopposed | |
† William Napier | unopposed |
Note: Raleigh Grey was absent during the whole of the 1906 session.
The members nominated by the British South Africa Company were: