Hatcliffe (constituency)

Hatcliffe is a constituency of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the northern suburbs of Harare.

Hatcliffe
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceHarare
RegionHatcliffe
Current constituency
Number of membersOne
PartyCitizens Coalition For Change
Member(s)Agency Gumbo
Created fromHarare North

History

An older constituency, Salisbury North,[note 1] existed in the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1924 and 1979. The current MP for Harare North since 2018 is Rusty Markham of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.[1]

For the 2023 Zimbabwean general election, the constituency was renamed Hatcliffe from Harare North.[2]

Members
Election Name Party
Salisbury North
1924 Percival Fynn RP
Godfrey Huggins RP
1928 Percival Fynn RP
Godfrey Huggins RP
1933 Percival Fynn RP
Godfrey Huggins Reform
1934 Percival Fynn United
Vernon Arthur Lewis United
1936[note 2] Harry Bertin United
1939 Godfrey Huggins United
1946
1948
1954 Hardwicke Holderness[3] United
1958 Edgar Whitehead UFP
1962
1965 Bertram Owen-Smith[4] RF
1970 Andre Sothern Holland RF
1974
1977
Constituency abolished 1979–1990
Harare North
1990 Tirivanhu Mudariki ZANU–PF
1995 Nyasha Chikwinya ZANU–PF
2000 Trudy Stevenson MDC
2005
2008 Theresa Makone MDC–T
2013 Tongesayi Mudambo ZANU–PF
2018 Rusty Markham MDC Alliance
Hatcliffe
2023[5] Agency Gumbo CCC

Election results
Parliamentary Election 2008: Harare North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDC–T Mrs Theresa Maonei Makone 6,710 63.83 -4.86
ZANU–PF Justice Zvandasara 3,135 29.82 -1.49
Independent Gladman Mukumbudzi 441 4.20 +4.20
UPP Faith Kamutsungira 226 2.15 +2.15
Majority 3,575 34.01 -3.37
Turnout 10,512 42.60
MDC–T hold

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Harare was called Salisbury until 1982.
  2. By-election to replace Vernon Arthur Lewis, who resigned on 31 July 1936.

References
  1. "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. "Delimitation report". Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
  3. Tony Jaffey (28 June 2007). "Hardwicke Holderness". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. East Africa and Rhodesia. Africana. 1964. p. 573.
  5. "Hatcliffe results: 2023".
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