Bulawayo Central | |
Parl Name: | National Assembly of Zimbabwe |
District Label: | Province |
District: | Bulawayo |
Region: | Bulawayo |
Year: | 1924–1987; recreated 2008 |
Seats: | 1 |
Party: | Citizens Coalition for Change |
Member: | Surrender Kapoikilu |
Bulawayo Central is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Bulawayo. It is currently represented since the 2023 election by Surrender Kapoikilu of the Citizens Coalition for Change. Notable former MPs for the constituency include former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith.
Election | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1924 | James Cowden | RP | |
Francis Hadfield | RP | ||
1928 | James Cowden | RP | |
Donald MacGillivray | RP | ||
1933 | James Cowden | RP | |
Donald Macintyre | Labour | ||
1934 | James Cowden | UP | |
Donald Macintyre | Labour | ||
1939 | William Eastwood | UP | |
1946 | Donald Macintyre | SR Labour | |
1948 | UP | ||
1954 | Cyril Hatty | UP | |
1958 | UFP | ||
1962 | Benny Goldstein | UFP | |
1965 | missing | ||
1970 | Sydney Millar | RF | |
1974 | Edward Stanley White | RF | |
1977 | Denys Parkin | RF | |
1979 | Paddy Shields | RF | |
1980 | |||
1985 | Ian Smith | CAZ | |
Constituency abolished 1987–2008 | |||
2008 | Dorcas Sibanda | MDC–T | |
2013 | |||
2018 | Nicola Watson[1] | MDC Alliance | |
2023 | Surrender Kapoikilu | CCC | |