Virginia Camealio-Benjamin

Virginia Alice Camealio-Benjamin is a South African politician who has been a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since May 2019. She was a councillor of the Kouga Local Municipality before her election to provincial legislature. Camealio-Benjamin is a member of the African National Congress.

Virginia Camealio-Benjamin
MPL
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Political partyAfrican National Congress
OccupationMember of the Provincial Legislature
ProfessionPolitician

Politics

Camealio-Benjamin is a member of the African National Congress. She served as a councillor of the Kouga Local Municipality. In June 2011, newly elected Kouga mayor Booi Koerat appointed her the member of the mayoral committee for tourism and creative industries.[1] Koerat resigned in 2015 and Daphne Kettledas was elected as his successor. She retained Camealio-Benjamin in her position.[2] She later became chief whip of the ANC caucus.[3]

In the 2016 municipal election, the Democratic Alliance unseated the ANC as the governing party of the municipality. At the inaugural council sitting, the ANC nominated her as their mayoral candidate. She lost to the DA's Elza van Lingen after receiving only 12 votes compared to Van Lingen's 17.[4] Camealio-Benjamin remained ANC chief whip.

Provincial legislature

Camealio-Benjamin was nominated to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature after the 8 May 2019 provincial election.[5] She was sworn in on 22 May and the ANC appointed her as a whip. On 3 June, she received her committee assignments.[5]

Committees
  • Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs[5]
  • Safety and Liaison[5]
  • Public Participation, Petitions & Education[5]
  • Roads and Transport[5]

References
  1. "Kouga's new Mayoral Committee". St. Francis Chronicle. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Kouga Municipality gets first female mayor". News24. Jeffrey's Bay. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Mayor has people close to her heart". DispatchLIVE. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. "Vow to fight corruption". DispatchLIVE. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. "Virginia Alice Camealio-Benjamin". People's Assembly. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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