1908 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election


The Southern Rhodesia Legislative Council election of April 24, 1908 was the fourth election to the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia. The Legislative Council had, since 1903, comprised seven members elected by registered voters from four electoral districts; in 1907 the number of members nominated by the British South Africa Company was reduced from seven to five. The Administrator of Southern Rhodesia sat on the Legislative Council ex officio. The Resident Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia, James George Fair, also sat on the Legislative Council ex officio but without the right to vote.

Results

Constituency
Electorate and turnout		CandidateVotes
EASTERN
491		Francis Rudolph Myburgh*unopposed
MIDLANDHerbert Thomas Longden*198
MIDLANDHerman Melville Heyman196
NORTHERN
Two members
1,676 		Raleigh Grey*449
NORTHERN
Two members
1,676 		William Harvey Brown412
NORTHERN
Two members
1,676 		John Arnold Edmonds351
WESTERN
Three members
1,180 		Robert Alexander Fletcher714
WESTERN
Three members
1,180 		Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes*696
WESTERN
Three members
1,180 		Charles Patrick John Coghlan671
WESTERN
Three members
1,180 		George Mitchell597

* Incumbents
Note: William Harvey Brown was absent for the third and fourth sessions of the Legislative Council in 1910 and 1911.

Nominated members

The members nominated by the British South Africa Company were:
During the absence of Clarkson Henry Tredgold from July 3, 1908, Robert McIlwaine stood in for him. Edward Ross Townsend stood down and was replaced by Dr Eric Arthur Nobbs on April 23, 1909.