Composition
edit
House of Assembly
edit
Date
Party
Total
Vacant
CAZ [note 1]
UANC
ZANU–PF
ZAPU–PF
Ind. [note 2]
14 May 1980 (opened)
20
3
57
20
0
100
0
October 1980
20
3
57
19
0
99
1
Late 1980[1]
19
3
57
19
0
98
2
Early 1981[2]
19
3
57
20
0
99
1
January 1981[1]
20
3
57
20
0
100
0
April 1981[3]
19
3
57
20
0
99
1
June 1981[4]
18
3
57
20
0
98
2
July 1981[5]
20
3
57
20
0
100
0
November 1981[6] [7]
19
3
57
20
0
99
1
December 1981[8]
18
3
57
20
0
98
2
February 1982[9]
19
3
57
20
0
99
1
4 March 1982[10]
12
3
57
20
7
99
1
6 March 1982[11]
11
3
57
20
8
99
1
9 March 1982[11] [12]
10
3
57
20
9
99
1
April 1982[13]
11
3
57
20
9
100
0
24 June 1982[14]
11
3
57
19
9
99
1
19 August 1982[15]
10
3
57
18
9
98
2
25 August 1982[14]
10
3
57
19
9
98
2
Late 1982[8]
9
3
56
19
9
97
3
18 January 1983[16]
10
3
57
20
9
99
1
19 April 1983[17]
10
3
57
20
10
100
0
Mid-1983[18]
9
3
57
20
10
99
1
30 September 1983[18]
9
3
57
20
11
100
0
1 January 1984[19]
8
3
57
20
11
99
1
February 1984[19]
8
3
57
20
12
100
0
1 October 1984[20]
8
3
57
19
12
99
1
October 1984[21]
8
3
56
19
12
98
2
December 1984[22]
7
3
56
19
12
97
3
1985[23] [24]
6
3
56
20
13
98
2
House of Assembly
edit
Membership changes
edit
Notes and references
edit
^ a b The Rhodesian Front was succeeded in 1981 by the Republican Front , and in 1984 by the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe .
^ a b Includes members of the Independent Zimbabwe Group , a bloc formed by white independent MPs in 1983.
^ a b Makunde was convicted of ordering seven followers to burn down ZAPU offices.
^ a b Ndlovu was assassinated by ZAPU rebels at his home in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as The Rhodesian Front was succeeded in 1981 by the Republican Front , and in 1984 by the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe .
^ Hamilton Ritchie was succeeded on 11 February 1981 by Archie Wilson . Wilson resigned in 1982 and was succeeded by Esme Scott in August 1982.
^ Savage was succeeded by Brian Grubb in May 1983.
^ Masango was appointed high commissioner to Tanzania. He was succeeded by Moton Malianga in January 1981.
^ Chambati was appointed ambassador to West Germany. He was succeeded by Josiah Chinamano in January 1981. Chinamano died on 1 October 1984 and was succeeded by Kenneth Mano .
^ Mangena was succeeded by Sikajaya Andrew Muntanga on 25 August 1982.
^ Ndlovu missed 21 consecutive sittings of Parliament, the threshold for expulsion. He had fled to Zambia.
^ Victoria Province was renamed Masvingo Province in 1982.
^ Bassopo Moyo served in Parliament until his 1984 criminal conviction.
^ Smith was succeeded by John Probert in July 1981.
^ Walker was succeeded by Guybon Cumming on 18 January 1983.
^ a b Beginning in December 1981, Stuttaford was detained by Zimbabwean authorities under emergency powers. He was later released before being detained again.
^ Cronjé resigned to take a job offer outside Zimbabwe. He was succeeded by Tony Berkhout in February 1982.
^ Gaunt was succeeded by James Thrush in January 1981.
^ Goddard was succeeded by Peter Field in February 1984.
^ Tapson was succeeded by Jock Kay in October 1983.
^ Holland was succeeded by Geoff York in July 1981.
^ Moseley was succeeded by Desmond Chalmers in April 1982.
^ Savage was murdered at his Matabeleland farm by ZAPU rebels.
^ Thrush was elected as a Rhodesian Front member, but resigned to become an independent on 4 March 1982.
^ Holland ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party candidate in the by-election to win his former seat.
^ York was elected as a Rhodesian Front member, but resigned to become an independent in 1985.
^ Cronjé emigrated to take a job offer in another Southern African country.
^ Goddard died in a fall over a waterfall.
References
edit
^ a b c d Africa Research Bulletin . Blackwell. 1980. p. 5927.
^ a b Zimbabwe News . Zimbabwe African National Union. 1998. p. 11.
^ a b c Sub-Saharan Africa Report . Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1981. p. 135.
^ a b c Zimbabwe, a Country Study . U.S. Department of the Army. 1983. p. 214.
^ a b c d Foisie, Jack (16 July 1981). "Ian Smith Political Gains Aggravate Zimbabwe's Black-White Relations" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 8 April 2020 .
^ a b c Annual of Power and Conflict . Institute for the Study of Conflict. 1982.
^ a b c Sub-Saharan Africa Report . Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1982.
^ a b c d e f g h "MP quit 'to enjoy rest of my life' " (PDF) . The Star . 5 January 1982. Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b c Sub-Saharan Africa Report . Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1985. p. 108.
^ a b c d e f g h i Ross, Jay (4 March 1982). "White Party Splits in Zimbabwe" . Washington Post . Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b c d News Bulletin . The Project. 1982. p. 20.
^ "White party in Zimbabwe suffers another defection" . Christian Science Monitor . 10 March 1982. Retrieved 8 April 2020 .
^ a b c Ross, Jay (9 April 1982). "Whites Rebuff Mugabe's Election" . Washington Post . Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b c Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1982). Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa .
^ a b c d e Chikova, Lovemore (9 June 2003). "House Resumes Sitting Tomorrow" . The Herald . Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b c d e Parliamentary Debates . House of Assembly of Zimbabwe. 1982. p. 799.
^ a b Parliamentary Debates . Zimbabwe House of Assembly. 1983. p. 23.
^ a b c d Keesing's Contemporary Archives . Keesing's Limited. 1983. p. 757.
^ a b c d Southern Africa Report . Southern Africa Report Association. 1984. p. 80.
^ a b "Nationalist leader Chinamano dies" . UPI . 2 October 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b c Keesing's Contemporary Archives . Keesing's Limited. 1985.
^ a b "MP quits" . The Guardian . 7 December 1984. Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b Independent Zimbabwe . Department of Information, Government of Zimbabwe. 1985. p. 4.
^ a b Human Rights Internet Reporter . 1985. p. 358.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah A Concise Guide to the First Parliament of Zimbabwe . Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunications Publication of Zimbabwe. 1984. p. 25.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Cary, Robert; Mitchell, Diana (1980). "Parliament of Zimbabwe - 1980 - Senators" . African Nationalist Leaders - Rhodesia to Zimbabwe .
^ a b "Zimbabwe trial" . The Age . 7 January 1982. Retrieved 9 April 2020 .
^ a b "2 Zimbabwe Opposition Officials Dismissed" . The New York Times . 13 November 1984. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 April 2020 .
^ A Concise Guide to the First Parliament of Zimbabwe . Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunications Publication for the Government of Zimbabwe. 1984. p. 17.
^ Cary, Robert; Mitchell, Diana (1980). "Members of Parliament - Government of Zimbabwe 1980" . African Nationalist Leaders - Rhodesia to Zimbabwe .
^ Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa . British Broadcasting Corporation. 1981. p. 6.
^ a b c Keesing's Contemporary Archives . Keesing's Limited. 1983. p. 477.
^ News Bulletin . Zimbabwe Project. 1982. p. 5.
^ Kalley, Jacqueline Audrey; Schoeman, Elna; Andor, Lydia Eve (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 . Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-313-30247-3 .
^ Sub-Saharan Africa Report . Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1980. p. 201.
^ a b Mitchell, Diana (1982). Who's Who, 1981-82: Nationalist Leaders in Zimbabwe . pp. 75–77. ISBN 978-0-7974-0497-7 .
^ Africa Research Bulletin . Blackwell. 1982. p. 6800.