Albertus van der Merwe explained

Party:	New National Party National Party
Office1:	Member of the National Assembly
Citizenship:	South Africa
Birth Date:	3 November 1940
Birth Name:	Albertus Stephanus van der Merwe
Constituency1:	Free State
Term1:	until April 2004

Albertus Stephanus van der Merwe (born 3 November 1940)^[1] is a retired South African politician who represented the National Party (NP) and New National Party (NNP) in the National Assembly. He was not initially elected in the 1994 general election^[2] but joined the assembly during the first democratic Parliament, filling a casual vacancy.^[3] He was re-elected to a full term in the 1999 general election as one of the NNP's three representatives in the Free State.

Notes and References

1. 11 June 1999 . General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 408 . 20203 . 26 March 2021.
2. Book: South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994 . . 1994 . 13 April 2023 . Yumpu.
3. Web site: 1998-06-03 . Members of the National Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980628034746/http://www.parliament.gov.za/mps/mps.html . 1998-06-28 . 2023-04-12 . Parliament of South Africa.