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Wynberg was a constituency in the Cape Province of South Africa, which existed from 1938 to 1994. It covered parts of the southern suburbs of Cape Town, centred on its namesake suburb of Wynberg. Throughout its existence it elected one member to the House of Assembly and one to the Cape Provincial Council.
The constituency was established in 1994 when the National Assembly was established by the Interim Constitution following the end of Apartheid. It is conterminous with the province of Western Cape. The constituency currently elects 24 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral ...
When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, the electoral qualifications in use in each pre-existing colony were kept in place. The Cape Colony had implemented a “colour-blind” franchise known as the Cape Qualified Franchise, which included all adult literate men owning more than £75 worth of property (controversially raised from £25 in 1892), and this initially remained in effect ...
For a brief period, including the 1981 general election, it also included the Walvis Bay territory, which had previously formed part of South West Africa for electoral purposes, and would later be split off into its own constituency. Its first MP, Robert Bowen, had previously represented Cape Town Central, and was a member of the United Party ...
In office 2004–2005: Leader: Tony Leon: Member of Parliament for West Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in the National Assembly of South Africa; In office 14 May 2004 – 5 February 2013: Personal details; Born 22 March 1977 (age 47) Cape Town: Nationality: South African: Political party: Democratic Alliance: Residence: Cape Town: Alma mater
Cape Town Gardens was a constituency in the Cape Province of South Africa, which existed from 1910 to 1994. Named after the suburb of Gardens, and by extension the Company's Garden, it covered the southern parts of the City Bowl of Cape Town. Throughout its existence it elected one member to the House of Assembly and one to the Cape Provincial ...
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape.It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore ...
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) is the legislature of the Western Cape province of South Africa.It is located at 7 Wale Street in Cape Town.. The Provincial Parliament, along with the other provincial legislatures of South Africa, exists by virtue of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of South Africa and Chapter 3 of the Constitution of the Western Cape.