Kadoma Central is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Located in the town of Kadoma, Mashonaland West Province, it is currently represented by Gift Mambiripiri of the Citizens Coalition for Change since the 2023 election. An older constituency, Gatooma (the town's colonial name), was represented in the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1928 and 1979.
| Kadoma Central | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe | |
| Province | Mashonaland West |
| Region | Kadoma District |
| Major settlements | Kadoma |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1928 |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Party | Citizens Coalition for Change |
| Member(s) | Gift Mambiripiri |
Members
editNote: In the 1985 and 2005 elections, the constituency was known simply as Kadoma.
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatooma | |||
| 1928 | George Munro | Rhodesia Party | |
| 1933 | William Sydney Senior | Reform | |
| 1934 | United | ||
| 1939 | Thomas Alfred Kimble | Labour | |
| 1946 | George Munro | Liberal | |
| 1948 | |||
| 1954 | Max Buchan | United | |
| 1958 | William Harper[1] | Dominion | |
| 1962 | Rhodesian Front | ||
| 1965 | |||
| 1968 by-election | Albert Mells[2] | Rhodesian Front | |
| 1970 | |||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| Constituency abolished 1979–1985 | |||
| Kadoma Central | |||
| 1985 | Charles Ndhlovu | ZANU–PF | |
| Constituency abolished 1990–2000 | |||
| 2000 | Austin Mupandawana | MDC | |
| 2003 by-election | Tichafa Mutema | ZANU–PF | |
| 2005 | Editor Matamisa | MDC | |
| 2008 | MDC–T | ||
| 2013 | Fani Phanuel Phiri | ZANU–PF | |
| 2018 | Muchineripi Chinyanganya[3] | MDC Alliance | |
| 2023 | Gift Mambiripiri | CCC | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Willson, F. M. G. (1963). Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia, 1898–1962. Salisbury: Department of Government, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. p. 182.
- ^ Wood, J. R. T. (2008). A Matter of Weeks Rather Than Months: The Impasse Between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969. Vancouver: Trafford Publishing. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-4251-4807-2.
- ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.