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Constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe
Hatcliffe
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceHarare
RegionHatcliffe
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyCitizens Coalition For Change
Member(s)Agency Gumbo
Created fromHarare North

Hatcliffe is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the northern suburbs of Harare. The current MP since the 2023 election is Agency Gumbo of the Citizens Coalition for Change.

History

An older constituency, Salisbury North, existed in the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1924 and 1979. The last MP for Harare North following the 2018 general election was Rusty Markham of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.

For the 2023 general election, the constituency was renamed Hatcliffe from Harare North.

Members

Election Name Party
Salisbury North
1924 Percival Fynn Rhodesia Party
Godfrey Huggins Rhodesia Party
1928 Percival Fynn Rhodesia Party
Godfrey Huggins Rhodesia Party
1933 Percival Fynn Rhodesia Party
Godfrey Huggins Reform
1934 Percival Fynn United
Vernon Arthur Lewis United
1936 Harry Bertin United
1939 Godfrey Huggins United
1946
1948
1954 Hardwicke Holderness United
1958 Edgar Whitehead United Federal
1962
1965 Bertram Owen-Smith Rhodesian Front
1970 Andre Sothern Holland Rhodesian Front
1974
1977
Constituency abolished 1979–1990
Harare North
1990 Tirivanhu Mudariki ZANU–PF
1995 Nyasha Chikwinya ZANU–PF
2000 Trudy Stevenson MDC
2005
2008 Theresa Makone MDC–T
2013 Tongesayi Mudambo ZANU–PF
2018 Rusty Markham MDC Alliance
Hatcliffe
2023 Agency Gumbo CCC

Election results

Parliamentary Election 2008: Harare North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDC–T Mrs Theresa Maonei Makone 6,710 63.83 −4.86
ZANU–PF Justice Zvandasara 3,135 29.82 −1.49
Independent Gladman Mukumbudzi 441 4.20 +4.20
UPP Faith Kamutsungira 226 2.15 +2.15
Majority 3,575 34.01 −3.37
Turnout 10,512 42.60
MDC–T hold

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Harare was called Salisbury until 1982.
  2. By-election to replace Vernon Arthur Lewis, who resigned on 31 July 1936.

References

  1. "Hatcliffe results: 2023".
  2. "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. "Delimitation report". Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
  4. Tony Jaffey (28 June 2007). "Hardwicke Holderness". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. East Africa and Rhodesia. Africana. 1964. p. 573.
Constituencies of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe in Harare Province
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