1927 Kenyan general election

General elections were held in Kenya Colony on 12 February 1927.[1]

Campaign

Reports before the election noted that of the eleven white seats, five were uncontested with the incumbent returned unopposed, one was likely to be uncontested and the remaining five would be contested.[2] The Reform Party led by Hugh Cholmondeley issued an 18-point manifesto, which was approved by all the incumbent members of the Legislative Council except Hamilton Ward, who partly adhered to its programme, but reserved the right to vote independently.[3] The manifesto included a call for an elected European majority on the Legislative Council.[3] Reports that the mayor of Nairobi James Riddell would run against the Reform Party proved to be unfounded.[3]

Following their boycott of the 1924 elections, the Indian population again failed to participate fully in the election, with only one candidate standing in the five-member Indian constituency. As a result, four Indian representatives were appointed to the council after it was opened on 8 March.[4] By-elections for the four Indian seats were scheduled for the following year, but no candidates were nominated due to the ongoing boycott over the separate voting rolls for Whites and Indians.[5]

Results

European seats
Constituency Candidate Party Votes % Notes
CoastRobert Robertson-EustaceReform PartyUnopposedRe-elected
KenyaEdward Vaughan KenealyReform PartyRe-elected
Henry Beynon
KikuyuCorney DurhamIndependentElected
Monthermer Montagu
Walter MacLellan WilsonReform PartyDefeated
LakeConway HarveyReform PartyUnopposedRe-elected
MombasaGG AtkinsonReform PartyUnopposedRe-elected
Nairobi NorthHamilton WardIndependentRe-elected
Charles UdallIndependent
Nairobi SouthHelmuth SchwartzeReform PartyRe-elected
Olga WatkinsIndependent
Plateau NorthJames KirkwoodIndependentElected
John ConeyReform PartyDefeated
Plateau SouthThomas O'SheaReform PartyUnopposedRe-elected
Rift ValleyHugh CholmondeleyReform PartyUnopposedRe-elected
UkambaFrancis ScottReform PartyRe-elected
Indian seats
Ahmad Hussein MalikElected
Arab seat
Hamed Mohamed bin IssaRe-elected
Source: Colonial Reports, East Africa, Kenya Gazette

Appointed members

Position Member
Ex officio members
Attorney GeneralWalter Huggard
Chief Native CommissionerGerald Verner Maxwell
Colonial SecretaryGeoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote
Commissioner of CustomsEdgar George Bale
Commissioner of LandsArthur George Baker
Director of AgricultureAlexander Holm
Director of EducationEvan Ebenezer Biss
Director of Public WorksHoward Lecky Sikes
Kenya and Uganda Railway General ManagerGodfrey Dean Rhodes
Principal Medical OfficerJohn Langton Gilks
TreasurerReginald Clifton Grannum
Appointed officials
Chief Veterinary OfficerAndrew Gahan Doherty
Lilawi for the CoastAli bin Salim
Officer Commanding TroopsC S Davies
Postmaster GeneralThomas Fitzgerald
Senior Commissioner, CoastHarold Robert Montgomery
Senior Commissioner, KikuyuRuper William Hemsted
Senior Commissioner, NyanzaCecil Moore Dobbs
Senior Commissioner, UkambaWalter Francis Glencairn Campbell
Solicitor-GeneralFrederic Gordon Smith
Appointed unofficial members
Member to represent African interestsJohn Britton
Source: Hansard[6]

References

  1. Kenya Gazette, 28 January 1927, pp91–97
  2. "News in Brief", The Times, 27 January 1927, p11, Issue 44490
  3. "As Kenya sees things: Manifesto of Lord Delamere's Party", East Africa, 3 February 1927, p597
  4. "Kenya Legislature Opened: A Year Of Steady Progress", The Times, 9 March 1927, p13, Issue 44525
  5. "Indians In Kenya. Boycott Of The Legislature", The Times, 5 March 1928, p13, Issue 44833
  6. Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) 1927
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