Northern Rhodesian Labour Party

Political party in Northern Rhodesia

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The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party was a political party in Northern Rhodesia.

History

The party was established by Roy Welensky in 1941. It was supported by European working class miners and artisans, and campaigned for closer union with Southern Rhodesia. The first congress of the party was held in Nkana on 11 July 1941, and called for immediate amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia.

In the 1941 general elections the party contested five of the eight seats, winning them all; Welensky in Broken Hill, F. T. Sinclair in Livingstone and Western, Michael McGann in Luanshya, F S Roberts in Ndola and Martin Visagie in Nkana. However, it was dissolved after it was defeated in the 1944 elections.

References

Sir Roy Welensky, Bodleian Library.
Deborah Andrews (1992). Annual Obituary, 1991. St. James Press. p. 771. ISBN 978-1-55862-175-6.
Lewis Henry Gann, Michael Gelfand (1964), Huggins of Rhodesia: The Man and His Country, George Allen & Unwin, p170
Bill Schwarz (2011), The White Man's World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p363
^ J. R. T. Wood (1983). The Welensky Papers: A History of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Graham Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-620-06410-1.
^ The Crown Colonist. Crown Colonist. 1942. p. 372.
^ "N. Rhodesian elections: New Labour Party Wins Five Seats", East Africa and Rhodesia, 4 September 1941, p7
"Matters of Moment", East Africa and Rhodesia, 4 September 1941, p3
Don Taylor (1955), The Rhodesian: The Life of Sir Roy Welensky, Museum Press, p75

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