Gweru Urban | |
Parl Name: | National Assembly of Zimbabwe |
District Label: | Province |
District: | Midlands |
Region: | Gweru |
Seats: | 1 |
Party: | Citizens Coalition for Change |
Member: | Josiah Makombe |
Gweru Urban is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Gweru, Midlands Province. Its current MP since the 2023 election is Josiah Makombe of the Citizens Coalition for Change.
A constituency called Gwelo (the town's colonial name until 1982) was represented in the Parliament of Rhodesia from 1914 until 1979.
Note: In the 1990 and 1995 elections, the constituency was called Gweru Central.
Election | Name | Party | ||
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Gwelo | ||||
1914 | Herman Heyman | |||
1920 | William James Boggie | RGA | ||
1924 | Max Danziger | Rhodesia Party | ||
David Munro | Rhodesia Party | |||
1928 | Max Danziger | Rhodesia Party | ||
1931 | Independent | |||
1933 | Frank Delano Thompson | Reform | ||
1934 | United | |||
1939 | ||||
1946 | Robert Williamson | Liberal | ||
1948 | Desmond Lardner-Burke | United | ||
1954 | Robert Williamson[1] | Independent | ||
1956 | Charles Falcon Scott Clark[2] [3] | Dominion[4] | ||
1958 | ||||
1962 | Desmond Lardner-Burke | Rhodesian Front | ||
1965 | ||||
1970 | ||||
1974 | Roger Hawkins | Rhodesian Front | ||
1977 | ||||
Gweru Urban | ||||
1985 | Simon Muzenda | ZANU–PF | ||
1990 | ||||
1995 | Richard Hove | ZANU–PF | ||
2000 | Timothy Mukahlera | MDC | ||
2005 | ||||
2008 | Rodrick Rutsvara | MDC–T | ||
2013 | Sesel Zvidzai | MDC–T | ||
2018 | Brian Dube | MDC Alliance | ||
2023 | Josiah Makombe[5] | CCC |