Hatcliffe (constituency) explained

Hatcliffe
Parl Name:National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Region:Hatcliffe
Member:Agency Gumbo
Party:Citizens Coalition For Change
District Label:Province
District:Harare
Seats:1
Previous:Harare North

Hatcliffe is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the northern suburbs of Harare. The current MP since the 2023 election is Agency Gumbo of the Citizens Coalition for Change.[1]

History

An older constituency, Salisbury North, existed in the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1924 and 1979. The last MP for Harare North following the 2018 general election was Rusty Markham of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.[2]

For the 2023 general election, the constituency was renamed Hatcliffe from Harare North.[3]

Members

ElectionNameParty
Salisbury North
1924Percival FynnRhodesia Party
Godfrey HugginsRhodesia Party
1928Percival FynnRhodesia Party
Godfrey HugginsRhodesia Party
1933Percival FynnRhodesia Party
Godfrey HugginsReform
1934Percival FynnUnited
Vernon Arthur LewisUnited
1936Harry BertinUnited
1939Godfrey HugginsUnited
1946
1948
1954Hardwicke Holderness[4] United
1958Edgar WhiteheadUnited Federal
1962
1965Bertram Owen-Smith[5] Rhodesian Front
1970Andre Sothern HollandRhodesian Front
1974
1977
Constituency abolished 1979–1990
Harare North
1990Tirivanhu MudarikiZANU–PF
1995Nyasha ChikwinyaZANU–PF
2000Trudy StevensonMDC
2005
2008Theresa MakoneMDC–T
2013Tongesayi MudamboZANU–PF
2018Rusty MarkhamMDC Alliance
Hatcliffe
2023Agency GumboCCC

See also

Notes and references

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hatcliffe results: 2023 .
  2. Web site: MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections . 19 April 2020 . veritaszim.net.
  3. Web site: Delimitation report . Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
  4. News: Tony Jaffey . 28 June 2007 . Hardwicke Holderness . The Guardian . London . 6 December 2021.
  5. Book: East Africa and Rhodesia . 1964 . Africana. . 573 . en.