Jack William Pithey

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Jack Pithey

GOLM ICD CBE
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Jack William Pithey
Acting President of Rhodesia
In office
1 November 1978 5 March 1979
Prime Minister Ian Smith
Preceded by Henry Everard
Succeeded byHenry Everard
President of the Senate of Rhodesia
In office
1970 1 November 1978
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded by John Richard Strong [1]
Personal details
Born30 December 1903 [2]
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Political party Rhodesian Front
Spouse(s)
Mary Wood
(m. 1931)
Children3, including Tony and David

Jack William Pithey GOLM ICD CBE (born 30 December 1903, date of death unknown) was a Rhodesian politician who served as the unrecognised state's Acting President between 1 November 1978 and 5 March 1979. [3] He was also the President of the Senate of Rhodesia from 1970 to 1978 [4] [5] having previously been Member of Parliament for the Avondale constituency in north-west Salisbury (now Harare) between 1964 and 1970. [2]

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History

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. [6]

Family

He married Mary Wood on 1 September 1931; they had two sons and a daughter. Both his sons, Tony and David Pithey, represented Rhodesia in cricket and played Test cricket for South Africa.

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References

  1. "Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa". 1978.
  2. 1 2 Who's who of Southern Africa. Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. 1979. p. 1124. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. Report of the Commission Appointed to Divide Rhodesia into Twenty-three Constituencies, 1978, Hector Norman Macdonald Govt. printer, 1978, page 1
  4. Votes and Proceedings of the Senate, Parliament of Rhodesia, 1970
  5. Votes and Proceedings of the Senate, Parliament of Rhodesia, 1977
  6. "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1962. p. 23.
Political offices
Preceded by
Henry Everard
Acting President of Rhodesia
1978–1979
Succeeded by
Henry Everard