1934 Southern Rhodesian general election

1934 Southern Rhodesian general election

← 1933 7 November 1934 (1934-11-07) 1939 →

All 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Godfrey Huggins Harry Davies
Party United Labour Reform
Leader's seat Salisbury district Bulawayo South
Last election 5 seats 16 seats
Seats won 24 5 1
Seat change New Steady Decrease15
Popular vote 14,813 6,092 2,237
Percentage 64.01% 26.32% 9.67%

Prime Minister before election

Godfrey Huggins
United Party

Elected Prime Minister

Godfrey Huggins
United Party

General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 7 November 1934, fourth elections since the colony of Southern Rhodesia was granted self-government. The elections were called only a year after the previous elections when the Prime Minister, Godfrey Huggins, formed the United Party as a merger of the conservative section of his Reform Party and the former governing Rhodesia Party. Huggins succeeded in winning a landslide, defeating all but one of his Reform Party opponents.