2nd North West Provincial Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | North West Provincial Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | North West, South Africa | ||||
Term | June 1999 – April 2004 | ||||
Election | 2 June 1999 | ||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Speaker | O. J. Tselapedi | ||||
Premier | Popo Molefe | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Lucas Mangope |
This is a list of members of the second North West Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 2 June 1999. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) slightly augmented the majority it had won in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994; it controlled 27 seats in the 33-seat legislature. The ANC's Popo Molefe was elected to his second term as Premier of the North West, and O. J. Tselapedi was elected as Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature. [1]
The official opposition was the United Christian Democratic Party, a new entrant, led by former Bophuthatswana leader Lucas Mangope; the Democratic Party also gained representation for the first time, with a single seat. The Freedom Front and New National Party retained one seat apiece. [2]
Party | Seats | |
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African National Congress | 27 | |
United Christian Democratic Party | 3 | |
Democratic Party | 1 | |
FF | 1 | |
New National Party | 1 | |
Total | 33 |
This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 2 June 1999. [3] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) is the legislature of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located at 7 Wale Street in Cape Town.
The North West Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of North West. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the members of the leading party or coalition in the parliament.
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