This is a list of members of the fourth Free State Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 22 April 2009. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) retained a diminished majority in the legislature, winning 22 of 30 seats. The ANC's Ace Magashule was elected as Premier of the Free State.[1]
The Congress of the People (COPE), a newly established party, usurped the status of the Democratic Alliance (DA) as official opposition in the legislature;[2] of COPE's four representatives, two – Casca Mokitlane and Gertrude Mothupi – had previously represented the ANC in the legislature. The DA retained three seats and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) retained a single seat; the African Christian Democratic Party, however, lost its representation in the legislature.[2]
Composition
edit| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 22 | |
| Congress of the People | 4 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 3 | |
| VF+ | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | |
Members
editThe table below lists the Members of the Free State Provincial Legislature as elected in April 2009.[2][3] It does not take into account changes in the composition of the legislature after the election.
Reference list
edit- ^ "Magashule elected as Free State premier". IOL News. SAPA. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "General Notice: Notice 408 of 2009 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 22 April 2009" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 526, no. 32184. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 28 April 2009. pp. 4–50. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Free State MPLs elected April 22". Politicsweb. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2023-04-08.