General elections were held in Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate for the first time on 28 October 1924.
[1] The National Congress of British West Africa won all three seats.
[2] The 1924 constitution introduced a 22-member Legislative Council, of which twelve members were government officials.
The other ten members included two appointed Europeans representing commercial interests, three elected Africans from the Colony, three appointed paramount chiefs from the Protectorate (two Mende and one Temne), one representing each province, and two appointed Africans from the Colony.
[1] Following the elections, Governor Charles Turner appointed three paramount chiefs; Bai Kumba of the Mande Chiefdom, Bai Kompa of Koya Temne and Tucker of the Nangoba Bullom chiefdom.