Martha Bartlett | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Northern Cape |
Term Start: | 26 June 2020[1] |
Office1: | Northern Cape MEC for Social Development |
Premier1: | Zamani Saul |
Term Start1: | 29 May 2019[2] |
Term End1: | 11 June 2020 |
Predecessor1: | Gift van Staden |
Successor1: | Nontobeko Vilakazi[3] |
Office2: | Northern Cape MEC for Education |
Premier2: | Sylvia Lucas |
Term Start2: | 1 March 2016[4] |
Term End2: | 29 May 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Grizelda Cjiekella |
Successor2: | Mac Jack |
Office3: | Northern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison |
Premier3: | Sylvia Lucas |
Term Start3: | 30 May 2014[5] |
Term End3: | 1 March 2016 |
Predecessor3: | Mac Jack |
Successor3: | Pauline Williams |
Birthname: | Martha Bartlett |
Office4: | Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature |
Term Start4: | 21 May 2014 |
Term End4: | 11 June 2020 |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Occupation: | Member of Parliament |
Profession: | Politician |
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Barbara Martha Bartlett is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress, she has been serving as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces since June 2020. From May 2014 to June 2020, Bartlett was a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature and a Member of the Executive Council in the provincial government.
Bartlett was elected to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature in 2014. She was sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature on 21 May 2014. On 30 May 2014, premier Sylvia Lucas appointed Bartlett as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport, Safety and Liaison.[6] She took office on the same day and succeeded Mac Jack.
On 1 March 2016, Lucas appointed Bartlett as the MEC for Education. She succeeded Grizelda Cjiekella, who died in October 2015. Pauline Williams took over as MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison. Bartlett remained in the position until after the 2019 general election, when newly elected provincial premier Zamani Saul moved her to the Social Development portfolio. She succeeded Gift van Staden, while Mac Jack took over as Education MEC.
Bartlett resigned from the provincial government on 11 June 2020.[7] Saul designated Nontobeko Vilakazi to take over as MEC for Social Development on 26 June.
On 26 June 2020, Bartlett was sworn in as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces. She received her committee assignments on the same day.