Michael Shackleton
Michael Shackleton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 11 September 2018 – 7 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Stephen Shackleton |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria |
| Profession | Advocate Politician |
Michael Stephen Shackleton is a South African politician who has been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance since May 2019. Prior to serving in the provincial legislature, he was a Tshwane councillor and a Member of the National Assembly.
Background
Shackleton is from Centurion in Pretoria. His father died from cancer in 2001 just before he started high school and his mother died of heart failure in 2008, while he was at university.[1] He developed a stutter after the death of his parents.[1]
Shackleton has an LLB from the University of Pretoria and is an advocate.[1] He also holds an LLM degree in constitutional and administrative law, a certificate in provincial and local government law, and a postgraduate certificate in corporate law.[2]
Political career
In 2008 Shackleton joined the Democratic Alliance at the University of Pretoria.[2] He then became the leader of the party's student organisation at the university and joined the university's student representative council in 2010.[2] He also graduated from the DA's Young Leaders Programme.[2]
He became a councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in 2014, representing the DA.[2] In July 2018, Shackleton was cited by News24 as one of "100 Young Mandelas" in the category "Resillience".[1]
Shackleton entered the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African parliament, on 11 September 2018 as a replacement for Ian Ollis.[3][2] During his time in parliament, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Appropriations.[4]
For the 2019 elections, Shackleton was the 20th candidate on the DA's provincial list for the Gauteng Provincial Legislature election. He was also 81st on the DA's national list and 24th on the party's regional list for the National Assembly election.[5] At the election, he won a seat in the provincial legislature.[6] He currently serves as the DA's Shadow MEC for Community Safety. He is also a member of the Public Accounts committee and the Community Safety portfolio committee.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Michael Shackleton Category: Resilience". mandela100.news24.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mr Michael Shackleton (DA)". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "National Assembly members" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
- ^ a b "Experience: Michael Stephen Shackleton". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "#DALists: One South Africa for All in action". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Parliament List 2019". Retrieved 9 January 2021.