This is a list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Zimbabwe, which began in 1985 and expired in 1990. The Parliament of Zimbabwe is composed of the Senate and the House of Assembly. The 2nd Parliament's membership was set by the 1985 election, which gave ZANU–PF a nearly ⅔ majority, with PF–ZAPU taking most of the remaining seats. Of the 20 seats reserved for whites, 15 were held by the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe, with the moderate Independent Zimbabwe Group all but one of the remaining five seats.
Key
editParty | Abbreviation | |
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Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front | ZANU–PF | |
Patriotic Front – Zimbabwe African People's Union | PF–ZAPU | |
Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe | CAZ | |
Independent Zimbabwe Group | IZG | |
Zimbabwe African National Union – Ndonga | ZANU–Ndonga | |
Independent | Ind. |
Senate
editHouse of Assembly
editCommon roll
editMost of the elected MPs for ZAPU joined ZANU–PF in 1987 as a result of the Unity Accord, which merged the two parties.
White roll
editThe following were the members elected on the white roll for the 20 seats in Parliament reserved for whites. In September 1987, having achieved the support of 75% of the House of Assembly as required under the Lancaster House Agreement, the constitution was amended to abolish the white roll constituencies. Twenty further members (including many of the former white MPs who were supportive of ZANU–PF) were co-opted onto the House of Assembly to replace them.
Constituency | Name | Party | |
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Avondale | John Landau | IZG (before 1987) | |
ZANU–PF (after 1987) | |||
Borrowdale | Tony Read | IZG | |
Bulawayo Central | Ian Smith | CAZ | |
Bulawayo North | Guybon Cumming | CAZ | |
Bulawayo South | Graham Biffen | CAZ | |
Central | Tony Berkhout | CAZ | |
Eastern | Desmond Butler | CAZ | |
Hatfield | Dennis Johnson | CAZ | |
Highlands | Charles Duke | CAZ (before 1986) | |
ZANU–PF (after 1986) | |||
Kadoma–Chegutu | Gerald Smith | CAZ | |
Kopje | Shaw Dyson | CAZ | |
Makoni | Jock Kay | IZG (before 1987) | |
ZANU–PF (after 1987) | |||
Marlborough | William Irvine | IZG | |
Mazowe–Mutoko | Mark Partridge | CAZ | |
Midlands | Vernon Tapson | CAZ | |
Northern | Bertram Ankers | CAZ | |
Mount Pleasant | Chris Andersen | Ind. (before 1987) | |
ZANU–PF (after 1987) | |||
Runde | Johan Christiaan Welman | CAZ | |
Southern | David Clive Mitchell | CAZ | |
Western | Stephen Locke | CAZ |
References
edit- ^ Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. BBC Monitoring Service. 1986. p. 11.
- Zimbabwe Government Gazette, 12 July 1985