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This is a list of members of the 1st Parliament of Zimbabwe , which began in 1980 and expired in 1985. Per the Lancaster House Agreement , 20 out of the 100 seats in the House of Assembly and 10 out of the 40 seats in the Senate were reserved for white Zimbabweans . The 2nd Parliament's membership was set by the 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election , which gave ZANU–PF a nearly 57 percent majority of common seats in the House of Assembly, with PF–ZAPU taking most of the remaining seats. The 20 seats reserved for whites were initially all held by the conservative Rhodesian Front , but a majority later became independents.
Composition
Senate
House of Assembly
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
Senate
Common seats
White seats
House of Assembly
Common seats
White seats
Membership changes
Senate
House of Assembly
Notes and references
Notes
^ 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
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