The Palestinian Legislative Council was established pursuant to Part III of the 1922 Palestine Order in Council, which was the constitution of the British Mandate.[1] The Council was to consist of 23 members - 12 elected, 10 appointed and the High Commissioner.[2] The ten appointed members were to be the Chief Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Treasurer, the Inspector-General of Police, the Director of Health, the Director of Public Works, the Director of Education, the Director of Agriculture, the Director of Customs and the Director of Commerce and Industry.[3] Of the 12 elected members, eight were to be Muslim Arabs, two Christian Arabs and two Jews.[4] Arabs protested against the distribution of the seats, arguing that as they constituted 88% of the population, having only 43% of the seats was unfair.[4] The Muslim and Christian Arabs boycotted the elections.[2]