1944 Northern Rhodesian general election

General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 29 September 1944.

Electoral system

The eight elected members of the Legislative Council were elected from eight single-member constituencies. There were a total of 6,527 registered voters.

Campaign

All constituencies were contested by more than one candidate with the exception of Broken Hill, where Labour Party leader Roy Welensky was returned unopposed.
The incumbent members for Livingstone and Western, Luanshya and Nkana did not run for re-election.

Aftermath

Following the elections, a petition was sent to the Governor requesting the annulment of the result in Ndola. An enquiry by the Acting Chief Justice found that seven ballots had been improperly rejected, meaning that the result would have been a tie. A by-election was held on 4 December, in which the original winner Godfrey Pelletier opted not to run. Harold Williams was elected in his place.