# 1933 Southern Rhodesian general election

General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 6 September 1933, the third elections since the colony of Southern Rhodesia was granted self-government. It is notable as one of only two general elections in Southern Rhodesia which led to a defeat for the sitting government, as the Reform Party won a narrow majority of two seats in the Legislative Assembly. Their victory was to be short-lived.

## Electoral system

No changes were made in the franchise or the procedure of elections since the previous election, the Electoral Act, 1928 being unamended.

## Electoral districts

Shortly before the election, a last-minute decision was made to revise the boundaries of electoral districts which were exceptionally large or exceptionally small. The Shamva district, to the north-east of Salisbury, was found to be too small and was abolished and merged with most of the Mazoe district; the remaining parts of both were added to Lomagundi district. In Salisbury itself, the two-member Salisbury South district was reduced to one member, and a new two-member Salisbury Central created, with knock-on effects to Salisbury North.
Outside of these changes the boundaries were the same as used in 1928.

## Political parties

The Progressive Party, which had won four seats to become the official opposition in 1928, merged with the County Party and reorganised itself as the Reform Party in October 1929.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Reform Party | 10,549 | 39.38 | 16 | +12 |
| | Rhodesia Party | 10,512 | 39.24 | 9 | – |
| | Rhodesia Labour Party | 4,305 | 16.07 | 5 | +2 |
| | Independents | 1,424 | 5.32 | 0 | –1 |
| Total | Total | 26,790 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 28,515 | – | | |
| Source: Willson ||||||

### By constituency

* Ind – Independent
* Lab – Rhodesia Labour Party
* Ref – Reform Party
* RP – Rhodesia Party
| Constituency Electorate and turnout | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL Two members 2,114 (68.1%) | Donald MacIntyre | Lab | 681 |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL Two members 2,114 (68.1%) | †James Cowden | RP | 616 |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL Two members 2,114 (68.1%) | †Harry Bertin | RP | 597 |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL Two members 2,114 (68.1%) | Edward Jonathan Davies | Lab | 467 |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL Two members 2,114 (68.1%) | William Ewart Kay | Ref | 271 |
| BULAWAYO CENTRAL Two members 2,114 (68.1%) | Henry Darling | Ref | 249 |
| BULAWAYO NORTH Two members 2,092 (70.0%) | John Banks Brady | RP | 681 |
| BULAWAYO NORTH Two members 2,092 (70.0%) | †Allan Ross Welsh | RP | 761 |
| BULAWAYO NORTH Two members 2,092 (70.0%) | Patrick Bissett Fletcher | Ref | 551 |
| BULAWAYO NORTH Two members 2,092 (70.0%) | William McDonald | Lab | 322 |
| BULAWAYO NORTH Two members 2,092 (70.0%) | Francis Leslie Hadfield | Ref | 303 |
| BULAWAYO NORTH Two members 2,092 (70.0%) | George Arthur Pingstone | Ind | 148 |
| BULAWAYO SOUTH 1,279 (67.6%) | †Harry Herbert Davies | Lab | 587 |
| BULAWAYO SOUTH 1,279 (67.6%) | Henry Arthur Cloete | RP | 278 |
| CHARTER 685 (78.0%) | †Ernest Lucas Guest | RP | 426 |
| CHARTER 685 (78.0%) | Servaas Daniel Le Roux | Ref | 108 |
| EASTERN 951 (73.2%) | †John Louis Martin | RP | 347 |
| EASTERN 951 (73.2%) | Ernest Plewman De Kock | Ref | 147 |
| EASTERN 951 (73.2%) | William Hendrik Boshoff | Ind | 125 |
| EASTERN 951 (73.2%) | Johannes Arnoldus Christiaan Kruger | Ind | 77 |
| GATOOMA 878 (81.0%) | William Sydney Senior | Ref | 318 |
| GATOOMA 878 (81.0%) | Thomas Alfred Kimble | Lab | 261 |
| GATOOMA 878 (81.0%) | †George Munro | RP | 132 |
| GWANDA 708 (75.1%) | Sir Hugh Grenville Williams | Ref | 292 |
| GWANDA 708 (75.1%) | † George Mitchell | RP | 240 |
| GWELO 1,070 (75.7%) | Frank Delano Thompson | Ref | 345 |
| GWELO 1,070 (75.7%) | † Howard Unwin Moffat | RP | 279 |
| GWELO 1,070 (75.7%) | William Harrison | Lab | 186 |
| HARTLEY 634 (80.1%) | †Roger Edward Downes | Ref | 281 |
| HARTLEY 634 (80.1%) | Robert Atherton Comyn | RP | 121 |
| HARTLEY 634 (80.1%) | William Ernest Heydeman | Ind | 106 |
| INSIZA 729 (70.0%) | †Stephen Martin Lanigan O'Keeffe | Ref | 307 |
| INSIZA 729 (70.0%) | John Parke Richardson | RP | 170 |
| INSIZA 729 (70.0%) | Leo George Robinson | Ind | 33 |
| INYATI 782 (72.1%) | †Charles Spearman Jobling | Ref | 329 |
| INYATI 782 (72.1%) | Benjamin Walter Durham | RP | 235 |
| LOMAGUNDI 854 (71.6%) | Lewis Aloys MacDonald Hastings | RP | 365 |
| LOMAGUNDI 854 (71.6%) | Thomas William Williamson | Ref | 246 |
| MARANDELLAS 834 (70.6%) | Reginald Herbert Bruce Dickson | Ref | 329 |
| MARANDELLAS 834 (70.6%) | †Luke Lot Green | RP | 260 |
| MATOPO 998 (80.5%) | †Robert Alexander Fletcher | Ref | 299 |
| MATOPO 998 (80.5%) | Ernest Arthur Maxwell | Lab | 296 |
| MATOPO 998 (80.5%) | Roland Mortimer Daniel | RP | 208 |
| MAZOE 893 (74.5%) | †Edward Walter Lionel Noaks | RP | 346 |
| MAZOE 893 (74.5%) | †Mark Douglas Claxton | Ind | 319 |
| QUE QUE 819 (74.5%) | Charles Walter Leppington | Ref | 308 |
| QUE QUE 819 (74.5%) | †James Murdoch Eaton | RP | 189 |
| QUE QUE 819 (74.5%) | Stanley James Edwards | Ind | 113 |
| RAYLTON 1,271 (77.7%) | †Lawrence John Walter Keller | Lab | 519 |
| RAYLTON 1,271 (77.7%) | Henry Robert Barbour | RP | 370 |
| RAYLTON 1,271 (77.7%) | Carl Hoghoj Olsen | Ref | 80 |
| RAYLTON 1,271 (77.7%) | William Davies | Ind | 18 |
| SALISBURY CENTRAL Two members 2,294 (67.7%) | †Jacob Hendrik Smit | Ref | 1,125 |
| SALISBURY CENTRAL Two members 2,294 (67.7%) | Neil Housman Wilson | Ref | 835 |
| SALISBURY CENTRAL Two members 2,294 (67.7%) | Charles Olley | Ind | 485 |
| SALISBURY CENTRAL Two members 2,294 (67.7%) | Milton Evan Cleveland | RP | 343 |
| SALISBURY CENTRAL Two members 2,294 (67.7%) | Mrs. Gladys Maasdorp | RP | 316 |
| SALISBURY DISTRICT 1,028 (74.1%) | Thomas Nangle | Ref | 391 |
| SALISBURY DISTRICT 1,028 (74.1%) | †William Muter Leggate | RP | 371 |
| SALISBURY NORTH Two members 1,978 (73.1%) | †Godfrey Martin Huggins | Ref | 993 |
| SALISBURY NORTH Two members 1,978 (73.1%) | †Percival Donald Leslie Fynn | RP | 747 |
| SALISBURY NORTH Two members 1,978 (73.1%) | Edgar Pope Vernall | Ref | 642 |
| SALISBURY NORTH Two members 1,978 (73.1%) | William Smith | RP | 508 |
| SALISBURY SOUTH 1,267 (79.6%) | George Henry Walker | Lab | 458 |
| SALISBURY SOUTH 1,267 (79.6%) | William Harold Kimpton | Ref | 314 |
| SALISBURY SOUTH 1,267 (79.6%) | Hyam Schwartz | RP | 237 |
| SELUKWE 851 (78.4%) | †Robert Dunipace Gilchrist | Ref | 507 |
| SELUKWE 851 (78.4%) | Mrs. Ethel Tawse Jollie | RP | 160 |
| UMTALI NORTH 911 (77.1%) | Donald Murray Somerville | Ref | 371 |
| UMTALI NORTH 911 (77.1%) | †Charles Eickhoff | RP | 263 |
| UMTALI NORTH 911 (77.1%) | William Anderson Logan | Lab | 68 |
| UMTALI SOUTH 843 (75.2%) | †Jonathan Hunter Malcolm | Lab | 370 |
| UMTALI SOUTH 843 (75.2%) | Norman Innes | RP | 264 |
| VICTORIA 1,032 (72.4%) | William Alexander Eustace Winterton | Ref | 475 |
| VICTORIA 1,032 (72.4%) | Ernest George Birch | RP | 272 |
| WANKIE 720 (65.1%) | †Alexander Robert Thomson | RP | 246 |
| WANKIE 720 (65.1%) | Frederic Philip Mennell | Ref | 133 |
| WANKIE 720 (65.1%) | William Doull | Lab | 90 |

## Changes during the assembly

There were no byelections during this Assembly. In August 1934, most of the Reform Party merged with the Rhodesia Party to form the United Party.