21st South African Parliament

The 21st South African Parliament was the twenty-first Parliament of South Africa to convene since the unification of South Africa in 1910, the ninth to convene since the adoption of the republican constitution in 1961, and the last before the introduction of universal suffrage in 1994. It was elected in the 1989 South African general election and consisted of three chambers: the House of Assembly, consisting of 166 members elected by the White community, the House of Representatives, consisting of 85 members elected by the Coloured community, and the House of Delegates, consisting of 45 members elected by the Indian community.

Three parties were represented in this parliament: the National Party (NP), the Conservative Party (CP), and the Democratic Party (DP). The National Party retained a diminished majority: it won 94 of the 165 seats, a decrease from the 123 seats it held in the 20th Parliament.

House of Assembly Summary by province The table below gives the number of parliamentary seats, broken down by province. The provinces are those which existed prior to 1994.

Province Number of seatsCape 56Natal 20Orange Free State 14Transvaal 76Appointed and indirectly elected members 12Total 178

Parties represented PartySeatsNational Party103Conservative Party41Democratic Party34

Members of the House of Assembly The following is a list of MHAs elected in the 1989 general election to the 21st Parliament, which sat until the 1994 general election.Government Gazette of South Africa, No. 12109. 20 September 1989. Pretoria: Government of South Africa.

ConstituencyProvince Name Party AlbanyCapeDPAlbertonTransvaalNPAlgoaCapeNPAliwalCapeNPAmanzimtotiNatalNPBarbertonTransvaalCPBeaufort WestCapeNPBellvilleCape NPBenoniTransvaalNPBereaNatalDPBethalTransvaalCPBethlehemFree StateNPBezuidenhoutTransvaalDPBloemfontein EastFree StateNPBloemfontein NorthFree StateNPBloemfontein WestFree StateNPBoksburgTransvaalNPBrakpanTransvaalCPBrentwoodTransvaalNPBritsTransvaalCPBryanstonTransvaalDPCaledonCapeNPCape Town GardensCapeDPCarletonvilleTransvaalCPCeresCapeNPClaremontCapeDPConstantiaCapeDPCradockCapeNPDe AarCapeNPDe KuilenCapeNPDelmasTransvaalCPDurban CentralNatalDPDurban NorthNatalDPDurban PointNatalNPDurbanvilleCapeNPEast London CityCapeNPEast London NorthCapeNPEdenvaleTransvaalDPErmeloTransvaalCPFalse BayCapeNPFauresmithFree StateNPFloridaTransvaalNPGeduldTransvaalNPGeorgeCapeNPGermistonTransvaalNPGermiston DistrictTransvaalNPGezinaTransvaalNPGordoniaCapeNPGraaff-ReinetCapeNPGreen PointCapeDPGreytownNatalDPGroote SchuurCapeDPHeilbronFree StateCPHelderbergCapeNPHelderkruinTransvaalNPHerculesTransvaalCPHillbrowTransvaalDPHoughtonTransvaalDPHumansdorpCapeNPInnesdalTransvaalNPJeppeTransvaalNPJohannesburg NorthTransvaalDPJohannesburg WestTransvaalNPKempton ParkTransvaalNPKimberley NorthCapeNPKimberley SouthCapeNPKing William's TownCapeNPKlerksdorpTransvaalNPKlip RiverNatalNPKoedoespoortTransvaalNPKroonstadFree StateNPKrugersdorpTransvaalNPKurumanCapeCPLadybrandFree StateCPLanglaagteTransvaalNPLichtenburgTransvaalCPLosbergTransvaalCPLydenburgTransvaalCPMaitlandCapeNPMalmesburyCapeNPMaraisburgTransvaalCPMeyertonTransvaalCPMiddelburgTransvaalCPModderfonteinTransvaalNPMooi RiverNatalDPMossel BayCapeNPNamaqualandCapeNPNelspruitTransvaalNPNewcastleNatalNPNewton ParkCapeNPNigelTransvaalCPNorth RandTransvaalDPOudtshoornCapeNPOvervaalTransvaalCPPaarlCapeNPParktownTransvaalDPParowCapeNPParysFree StateCPPietermaritzburg NorthNatalDPPietermaritzburg SouthNatalDPPietersburgTransvaalCPPiketbergCapeNPPinelandsCapeDPPinetownNatalDPPort Elizabeth CentralCapeDPPort Elizabeth NorthCapeNPPort NatalNatalNPPotchefstroomTransvaalNPPotgietersrusTransvaalCPPretoria CentralTransvaalNPPretoria EastTransvaalNPPretoria WestTransvaalCPPrieskaCapeNPPrimroseTransvaalNPQueenstownCapeNPRandburgTransvaalDPRandfonteinTransvaalCPRissikTransvaalNPRoodeplaatTransvaalCPRoodepoortTransvaalCPRosettenvilleTransvaalNPRustenburgTransvaalCPSandtonTransvaalDPSasolburgFree StateCPSchweizer-RenekeTransvaalCPSea PointCapeDPSimonstownCapeDPSmithfieldFree StateCPSouth CoastNatalNPSoutpansbergTransvaalCPSpringsTransvaalNPStandertonTransvaalCPStellenboschCapeNPStilfonteinTransvaalCPSundays RiverCapeNPSunnysideTransvaalNPSwellendamCapeNPTurffonteinTransvaalNPTygervalleiCapeNPUitenhageCapeCPUmbiloNatalDPUmfoloziNatalNPUmhlangaNatalDPUmhlatuzanaNatalNPUmlaziNatalNPVanderbijlparkTransvaalNPVascoCapeNPVentersdorpTransvaalCPVereenigingTransvaalNPVerwoerdburgTransvaalNPVirginiaFree StateNPVryburgCapeNPVryheidNatalNPWalmerCapeDPWalvis BayCapeNPWaterbergTransvaalCPWaterkloofTransvaalNPWelkomFree StateCPWellingtonCapeNPWestdeneTransvaalNPWinburgFree StateNPWitbankTransvaalCPWonderboomTransvaalCPWorcesterCapeNPWynbergCapeDPYeovilleTransvaalDP

House of Representatives Summary by province The table below gives the number of parliamentary seats, broken down by province. The provinces are those which existed prior to 1994.

Province Number of seatsCape 60Natal 5Orange Free State 5Transvaal 10Appointed and indirectly elected members 5Total 85

Parties represented PartySeatsLabour Party74Democratic Reform Party5United Democratic Party3Freedom Party1Independents2

Members of the House of Representatives The following is a list of MHRs elected in the 1989 general election to the 21st Parliament, which sat until the 1994 general election.

ConstituencyProvince Name Party AddoCapeHendrickse, PeterLPAlra ParkTransvaalRoper, Arthur JamesLPBelharCapeSimmons, StanLPBerg RiverCapeGordon, Errol RichardLPBethelsdorpCapeDietrich, William JohnLPBishop LavisCapeIsaacs, Nicholas MartinDRPBokkeveldCapeNasson, Clifford IvorLPBonteheuwelCapeMcKenzie, PatrickLPBorderCapeMopp, Peter Alexander StewartLPBosmontTransvaalGeorge, Trevor RichardLPBritstownCapeHollander, Louis JacobLPDaljosaphatCapeLeander, Christian Johannes GeorgeLPDiamantCapeAbrahams, Leslie CharlesLPDiazCapeSampson, Lester JamesLPDurban SuburbsNatalLanders, LuwellynLPDysseldorpCapeSwigelaar, James DanielLPEastern Free StateFree StateSanders, PhilipLPEersterusTransvaalda Gama, Patrick Richard EricLPEldorado ParkTransvaalMateman, Donald HarryLPElsies RiverCapeKleinsmidt, PaulLPEssellen ParkCapeIsmail, AnwarLPFish RiverCapeKoeberg, CarolusLPGelvandaleCapeLoonat, MahomedLPGenadendalCapePadiachy, Neville JohannesLPGrassy ParkCapeEbrahim, SulaimanDRPGreenwood ParkNatalGeorge, Cyril MauriceIndGriqualand WestCapeEssop, IsmailLPHaarlemCapeGreen, Charlie EliasLPHanover ParkCapeLategan, Kenneth HenryLPHantamCapeKrieger, John DavidLPHawstonCapeCarelse, Glen Morris EdwinLPHeidedalFree StateGrobbler, BenjaminLPHeideveldCapeJohannes, Andries FrederickDRPKalahariCapeJulies, Andrew AlfredLPKareeCapeMasher, MarioLPKasselsvleiCapeCupido, HendryLPKlipspruit WestTransvaalReeves, AnthonyLPLiesbeekCapeKlink, Pieter Johannes LukasLPMacassarCapeHerandien, CecilDRPMamreCapeWilliams, AbeLPManenbergCapeKuiler, James RonaldLPMatroosfonteinCapeThomas, Gordon Henry JohnDRPMiddle KarooCapeSaaiman, PieterDRPMitchells PlainCapeFisher, Stanley DavidLPNatal InteriorNatalWhyte, William LawrenceLPNatal Mid-EastNatalNapier, Peter Thomas CharlesLPNewclareTransvaalWessels, Gregory RaymondLPNorth Eastern CapeCapeO'Reilly, ReginaldLPNorthern CapeCapeLockey, DesmondLPNorthern TransvaalTransvaalVerveen, Solomon HardyLPNuweveldCapeEssop, AnverLPOpkomsFree StateMacalagh, Godfrey JobLPOtteryCapede la Cruz, DennisDRPOutiniquaCapeApril, Christiaan JeffreyLPPnielCapeCurry, David Michael GeorgeLPRavensmeadCapeCurry, David Michael GeorgeIndRawsonvilleCapeAndrews, Barend JohannesLPReiger ParkTransvaalRabie, JacDRPRetreatCapeMorkel, GeraldLPRietvleiCapeRoss, Harold PhillipLPRiversdaleCapeJosephs, Douglas Willem NebuchadnezzarLPRobertsonCapeMeyer, William JamesLPRust ter VaalTransvaalLouw, SamLPSchaudervilleCapeHendrickse, Michael AndréLPSilvertownCapeRhoda, Rodney LPSpringbokCapeFriedberg, MoritzLPSteinkopfCapeBalie, AbrahamLPStrandfonteinCapeHarris, Peter ChristopherLPSouthern CapeCapeCupido, Basil PeterLPSouthern Free StateFree StateLeeuw, Godfrey Louis GerritLPSuurbraakCapeHarmse, Peter SamuelLPSwartkopsCapeHendrickse, AllanLPSwartlandCapeOosthuizen, Jacobus ChristianLPSwartlandCapeHoosen, SoheirFPToekomsrusTransvaalRichards, IshmailLPUpingtonCapeTheron, Moza MaymanLPVredendalCapeMeyer, PetrusLPWentworthNatalAbrahams, ThomasLPWestern Free StateFree StateRooskrans, GlenLPWuppertalCapeWyngaard, Christiaan AllenLP

House of Delegates Summary by province The table below gives the number of parliamentary seats, broken down by province. The provinces are those which existed prior to 1994.

Province Number of seatsCape 3Natal 29Orange Free State 0Transvaal 8Appointed and indirectly elected members 5Total 45

Parties represented PartySeatsSolidarity19National People's Party9Merit People's Party4Democratic Party3Freedom Party2National Federal Party1People's Party of South Africa1Independents6

Members of the House of Delegates The following is a list of MHDs elected in the 1989 general election to the 21st Parliament, which sat until the 1994 general election.

ConstituencyProvince Name Party ActonvilleTransvaalAbram, SalamuddiPPSAAllandaleNatalNadasen, Perumal ChinappyanFPArena ParkNatalRajbansi, AmichandNPPBayviewNatalPalan, ThulkannaSolBrickfieldNatalJoosab, EbrahimNPPCamperdownNatalGounden, Thirumalingam LingaSolCavendishNatalDevan, Palanisamy IyannaSolCentral RandTransvaalPadiachey, DesmondNFPChatsworth CentralNatalChetty, KasawalSolClare EstateNatalMohanlall, MadanlallNPPDurban BayNatalNaidoo, Arulsivanathan Ganas VaradappaNPPEastern TransvaalTransvaalKhan, Abdus SammedSolGlenviewNatalReddy, Jagaram NarainsamySolHavensideNatalBandulalla, MohanlalSolIsipingoNatalGovender, PubalIndLaudiumTransvaalAkoob, Abdool SattarSolLenasia CentralTransvaalEbrahim, RashidaMPPLenasia EastTransvaalDaya, RanchodMPPLenasia WestTransvaalSakalingum, DarmalingumMPPMalabarCapeBhana, RawanlalSolMariannhillNatalNaranjee, ManilallIndMerebankNatalRajoo, KistenIndMontfordNatalMahabeer, Rishinand RamnathIndMoorcrossNatalBaig, Mahomed YakoobNPPNatal MidlandsNatalPachai, Somaroo PachaiSolNewholmeNatalNeerahoo, Hemanthikumar MurilalIndNorth CoastNatalJumuna, Narantuk JamunaSolNorthern NatalNatalNaicker, Soobramoney VythilingamNPPNorth Western CapeCapePadayachy, Murguasen SammyFPNorth Western TransvaalTransvaalMakda, Yakoob MahomedSolPhoenixNatalSingh, AumsensinghDPRed HillNatalDookie, BaldeoSolReservoir HillsNatalPanday, ChatooNPPRylandsCapeMohamed, Abdul GanieIndSpringfieldNatalRajab, MahmoudDPSouthern NatalNatalMoodley, KistenSolStangerNatalRajab, MahmoudSolTongaatNatalAbraham, MichaelDPUmzintoNatalSingh, NarendSolVerulamNatalNaidoo, SagadavaNPP

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