Paul Kleinsmidt

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Paul Kleinsmidt
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Paul Johannes Kleinsmidt

(1936-07-01) 1 July 1936 (age 86)
Citizenship South Africa
Political party National Party
New National Party
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affiliations
Labour Party

Paul Johannes Kleinsmidt (born 1 July 1936) [1] is a retired South African politician who represented the National Party in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament. He was not initially elected in the 1994 general election [2] but was sworn in during the term to fill a casual vacancy. [3] He stood for re-election in 1999 as a candidate in the Western Cape constituency, but he was ranked in unelectable position on the party list. [1]

During apartheid, Kleinsmidt represented the Elsies River constituency in the House of Representatives, the Coloured house of the Tricameral Parliament. He was a member of the Labour Party [4] before he joined the National Party. [5]

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References

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