Maurencia Gillion | |
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Member of the National Council of Provinces from the Western Cape | |
In office 23 May 2019 –28 February 2023 | |
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament | |
In office 21 May 2014 –7 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Maurencia Natalie Gillion |
Died | 28 February 2023 Cape Town,South Africa |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Maurencia Natalie Gillion (died 28 February 2023) was a South African politician who served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces,the upper house of the South African Parliament. She was a member of the Western Cape provincial delegation,representing the African National Congress (ANC). She was also the chairperson of the legislature's Select Committee on Health and Social Services. Gillion served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2014 to 2019.
She was the Executive Mayor of the Overberg District Municipality between 2006 and 2010. [1] Gillion then served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2014 to 2019.
Within the ANC,she served as the party's deputy provincial secretary from 2011 to 2015 [2] and as the party's provincial treasurer from 2015 to 2019. [3]
On 23 May 2019,Gillion was sworn in as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces. She was one of six permanent delegates from the Western Cape. [4] On 24 June,she received her committee assignments. [5] Gillion was elected chairperson of the Select Committee on Health and Social Services on 26 June. [6]
Gillion collapsed and lost consciousness during the afternoon session of a three-day training workshop for Members of Parliament at a Cape Town Hotel on 28 February 2023. She died following unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate her. [7]
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