Party: | African National Congress |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
Termstart1: | May 1994 |
Termend1: | May 2009 |
Citizenship: | South Africa |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1948 |
Constituency1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Sybil Anne Seaton (born 14 August 1948) is a retired South African politician who represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2009, serving the KwaZulu-Natal constituency.
Seaton was born on 14 August 1948.[1] She was elected to represent the IFP in the National Assembly in the 1994 general elections[2] and served three terms, gaining re-election in 1999 and 2004;[3] she represented the KwaZulu-Natal constituency. During her second term, she was the deputy chief whip of the IFP caucus;[4] she continued in that position in her third term[5] and later became the party's spokesman on correctional services.[6] In that capacity she argued that Parliament should "reconsider" the abolition of capital punishment.[7]
During her time in Parliament, Seaton spearheaded a campaign to improve MPs' remuneration packages. She raised the inadequacy of the prevailing package as early as 2003.[8] [9] In 2008, she drafted a private member's bill to increase MPs' pension,[10] which received cross-partisan support and led to the formation of a multi-party task team that met with President Thabo Mbeki over pension packages.[11] She retired ahead of the 2009 general election.[12]