Jack Pithey
Jack William Pithey GOLM ICD CBE | |
|---|---|
 Jack William Pithey | |
| Acting President of Rhodesia | |
| In office 1 November 1978 – 5 March 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Preceded by | Henry Everard |
| Succeeded by | Henry Everard |
| President of the Senate | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | signature 30 December 1903[1] Potchefstroom, South Africa |
| Died | signature |
| Resting place | signature |
| Political party | Rhodesian Front |
| Spouse | Mary Wood |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent |
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Jack William Pithey GOLM ICD CBE (born 30 December 1903, date of death not found) was a Rhodesian politician who served as the unrecognised state's Acting President between 1 November 1978 and 5 March 1979.[2] He was also the President of the Senate,[3] having previously been Member of Parliament for the Avondale constituency in north-west Salisbury (now Harare) between 1964 and 1970.[1]
Jack Pithey was born in Potchefstroom in the Transvaal on 30 December 1903; he moved to Rhodesia on 5 September 1923. He was Secretary for Justice and Internal Affairs between 1958 and 1961 during the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and later the Secretary for Justice in Rhodesia between 1962 and 1963. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1963 New Year Honours.[4]
He married Mary Wood on 1 September 1931; they had two sons and a daughter.
References
- ^ a b Who's who of Southern Africa. Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. 1979. p. 1124. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ Report of the Commission Appointed to Divide Rhodesia into Twenty-three Constituencies, 1978, Hector Norman Macdonald Govt. printer, 1978, page 1
- ^ Votes and Proceedings of the Senate, Volume 14, Parliament of Rhodesia, 1977, page 2
- ^ "No. 42870". The London Gazette (invalid
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- Newitt, Louise (ed). Prominent Rhodesian Personalities (Cover Publicity Services, Salisbury, 1977).
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