Abe Bloomberg | |
Office: | Mayor of Cape Town |
Term Start: | 1945 |
Term End: | 1947 |
Predecessor: | Ernest Nyman |
Successor: | Herbert Gearing |
Birth Name: | Abraham Bloomberg |
Birth Date: | 1904 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Cape Town |
Nationality: | South African |
Spouse: | Miriam Kirsch |
Children: | David Bloomberg |
Residence: | Fresnaye, Cape Town |
Occupation: | Politician, attorney |
Abe Bloomberg (March 14, 1904 - 27 July 1990) was a South African attorney and politician. He served as Mayor of Cape Town from 1945 to 1947, and was a United Party member for the Castle constituency in Cape Town. His tenure as mayor coincided with Queen Elizabeth II's royal tour of South Africa in 1947. He was a confidant of Jan Smuts and the father of the late David Bloomberg, who also served as mayor of Cape Town from 1973 to 1975.[2] [3] As a lawyer, he was part of the legal team involved in the Coloured vote constitutional crisis. In the Supreme Court of South Africa, he challenged a government decision to remove Cape Coloureds from the voter roll.[2]