Durban Point (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)

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Durban Point was a constituency that elected one member to the Parliament of South Africa.

Members

ElectionMemberParty
1938 Vernon Shearer [1] Dominion
1943 Independent
1948 United Party
1954 National Conservative
1958 Vause Raw [2] United Party
1974 New Republic

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References

  1. Shearer, Vernon Lyall (2018). "SHEARER, Vernon Lyall Inventory of documents" (in Afrikaans).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Vause Raw dies after illness". The Dispatch. 2001-03-14. Archived from the original on 2002-03-30.