Kadoma Central is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Located in the town of Kadoma, Mashonaland West Province, it is currently represented by Gift Mambiripiri of the Citizens Coalition for Change since the 2023 election. An older constituency, Gatooma (the town's colonial name), was represented in the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1928 and 1979.

Kadoma Central
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceMashonaland West
RegionKadoma District
Major settlementsKadoma
Current constituency
Created1928
Number of members1
PartyCitizens Coalition for Change
Member(s)Gift Mambiripiri

Members

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Note: In the 1985 and 2005 elections, the constituency was known simply as Kadoma.

Election Name Party
Gatooma
1928 George Munro Rhodesia Party
1933 William Sydney Senior Reform
1934 United
1939 Thomas Alfred Kimble Labour
1946 George Munro Liberal
1948
1954 Max Buchan United
1958 William Harper[1] Dominion
1962 Rhodesian Front
1965
1968 by-election Albert Mells[2] Rhodesian Front
1970
1974
1977
Constituency abolished 1979–1985
Kadoma Central
1985 Charles Ndhlovu ZANU–PF
Constituency abolished 1990–2000
2000 Austin Mupandawana MDC
2003 by-election Tichafa Mutema ZANU–PF
2005 Editor Matamisa MDC
2008 MDC–T
2013 Fani Phanuel Phiri ZANU–PF
2018 Muchineripi Chinyanganya[3] MDC Alliance
2023 Gift Mambiripiri CCC

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Willson, F. M. G. (1963). Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia, 1898–1962. Salisbury: Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. p. 182.
  2. ^ Wood, J. R. T. (2008). A Matter of Weeks Rather Than Months: The Impasse Between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969. Vancouver: Trafford Publishing. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-4251-4807-2.
  3. ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.