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18th South African Parliament


FieldValue
name18th South African Parliament
imageHouses of Parliament (Cape Town).jpg
captionHouses of Parliament, Cape Town
jurisdictionSouth Africa
meeting_placeCape Town
chamber1House of Assembly of South Africa
chamber1_imageHouse of Assembly of South Africa 1981 composition.svg
chamber1_image_captionComposition of the House of Assembly
membership1165
chamber1_leader1_typeSpeaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa
chamber1_leader1Jannie Loots
(until 30 July 1981)
chamber1_leader2_typeLeader of the Oppositionchamber1_leader2=Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
before[17th](17th-south-african-parliament)
after[19th](19th-south-african-parliament)

(until 30 July 1981)

J.P. du Toit (31 July 1981 – 13 February 1983)

Johan Greeff (final) The 18th South African Parliament was the eighteenth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the unification of South Africa in 1910 and the sixth to convene since the adoption of the republican constitution in 1961. It was elected in the 1981 South African general election and consisted of the unicameral House of Assembly. The House of Assembly contained 165 members.

Three parties were represented in this parliament: the National Party (NP), the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), and the New Republic Party (NRP). The National Party retained a diminished majority: it won 131 of the 165 seats, a decrease from the 134 seats it held in the 17th Parliament.

Summary by province

The table below gives the number of registered voters (all of whom were classified as white under the apartheid legislation) and parliamentary seats, on the day of the election, broken down by province. The provinces are those which existed prior to 1994.

ProvinceNumber of seatsNumber of voters
Cape55686,738
Natal20264,199
Orange Free State14178,099
Transvaal761,161,590
**Total****165****2,290,626**

Parties represented

PartySeats
National Party (South Africa)}}"National Party
Progressive Federal Party}}"Progressive Federal Party
New Republic Party (South Africa)}}"New Republic Party

Members of Parliament

The following is a list of MPs elected in the 1981 general election to the 18th Parliament, which sat until the 1987 general election.

ConstituencyProvinceNameParty
AlbanyCapeMoorcroft, ErrolPFP
AlbertonTransvaalLigthelm, C.J.NP
AlgoaCapeKleynhans, J.W.NP
AliwalCapeGreeff, J.W.NP
AmanzimtotiNatalBartlett, G.S.NRP
BarbertonTransvaalUys, C.NP
Beaufort WestCapePoggenpoel, D.J.NP
BellvilleCapeVan der Walt, A.T.NP
BenoniTransvaalRencken, C.R.E.NP
BereaNatalSwart, R.A.F.PFP
BethalTransvaalWentzel, GreylingNP
BethlehemFree StateVan der Merwe, C.V.NP
BezuidenhoutTransvaalSive, R.PFP
Bloemfontein EastFree StateVan der Walt, Dr L.NP
Bloemfontein NorthFree StateTerblanche, G.P.D.NP
Bloemfontein WestFree StateCoetsee, KobieNP
BoksburgTransvaalBlanché, SakkieNP
BrakpanTransvaalLe Roux, F.J.NP
BrentwoodTransvaalVan Zyl, J.G.NP
BritsTransvaalGrobler, Dr J.P.NP
BryanstonTransvaalVan Rensburg, H.E.J.PFP
CaledonCapeFick, L.H.NP
Cape Town GardensCapeAndrew, KenPFP
CarletonvilleTransvaalLandman, W.J.NP
CeresCapeHugo, P.B.B.NP
ClaremontCapeSlabbert, Frederik van ZylPFP
ConstantiaCapeHulley, P.R.PFP
CradockCapeMorrison, G.de V.NP
De AarCapeVan Heerden, R.F.NP
De KuilenCapeStreicher, MyburghNP
DelmasTransvaalSchoeman, H.NP
Durban CentralNatalGastrow, P.H.P.PFP
Durban NorthNatalMiller, R.B.NRP
Durban PointNatalRaw, VauseNRP
DurbanvilleCapeMunnik, L.A.P.A.NP
East London CityCapeDe Pontes, P.NP
East London NorthCapeCoetzer, H.S.NP
EdenvaleTransvaalGoodall, B.B.PFP
ErmeloTransvaalTempel, H.J.NP
False BayCapeAlbertyn, JacobusNP
FauresmithFree StateOlivier, P.J.S.NP
FloridaTransvaalDu Plessis, BarendNP
GeduldTransvaalDe Beer, SamNP
GeorgeCapeBotha, P. W.NP
GermistonTransvaalVan Eeden, D.S.NP
Germiston DistrictTransvaalScholtz, E.M.NP
GezinaTransvaalSwanepoel, K.D.NP
GordoniaCapeVan Wyk, J.A.NP
Graaff-ReinetCapeHayward, S.A.S.NP
Green PointCapeVan der Merwe, S.S.PFP
GreytownNatalCronjé, P.C.PFP
Groote SchuurCapeBamford, B.R.PFP
HeilbronFree StateTerblanche, A.J.W.P.S.NP
HelderbergCapeHeunis, ChrisNP
HelderkruinTransvaalVan der Merwe, C.J.NP
HerculesTransvaalVan Vuuren, L.M.J.NP
HillbrowTransvaalWidman, A.B.PFP
HoughtonTransvaalSuzman, HelenPFP
HumansdorpCapeMeyer, W.D.NP
InnesdalTransvaalNothnagel, A.E.NP
JeppeTransvaalVan der Merwe, KoosNP
Johannesburg NorthTransvaalMarais, J.F.PFP
Johannesburg WestTransvaalMeyer, RoelfNP
Kempton ParkTransvaalDu Plessis, G.C.NP
Kimberley NorthCapeDe Jager, A.M.van A.NP
Kimberley SouthCapeNiemann, KeppiesNP
King William's TownCapeRogers, P.R.C.NRP
KlerksdorpTransvaalVenter, A.A.NP
Klip RiverNatalVolker, V.A.NP
KoedoespoortTransvaalVan Staden, F.A.H.NP
KroonstadFree StateBreytenbach, WynandNP
KrugersdorpTransvaalWessels, LeonNP
KurumanCapeHoon, J.H.NP
LadybrandFree StateVan den Berg, J.C.NP
LanglaagteTransvaalBarnard, S.P.NP
LichtenburgTransvaalHartzenberg, FerdiNP
LosbergTransvaalWright, A.P.NP
LydenburgTransvaalDu Plessis, P.T.C.NP
MaitlandCapeDurr, KentNP
MalmesburyCapeKotzé, G.J.NP
MaraisburgTransvaalPretorius, P.H.NP
MeyertonTransvaalVan der Merwe, W.L.NP
MiddelburgTransvaalLigthelm, N.W.NP
ModderfonteinTransvaalMalan, MagnusNP
Mooi RiverNatalHardingham, R.W.NRP
Mossel BayCapeVan Rensburg, H.M.J.NP
NamaqualandCapeLouw, E.van der M.NP
NelspruitTransvaalMaré, P.L.NP
NewcastleNatalSchoeman, W.J.NP
Newton ParkCapeDelport, W.H.NP
NigelTransvaalVisagie, J.H.NP
North RandTransvaalSchoeman, J.C.B.NP
OudtshoornCapeBadenhorst, P.J.NP
OvervaalTransvaalBallot, G.C.NP
PaarlCapeMeiring, J.W.H.NP
ParktownTransvaalBarnard, M.S.PFP
ParowCapeKotzé, S.F.NP
ParysFree StateKotzé, W.D.NP
Pietermaritzburg NorthNatalMcIntosch, G.B.D.PFP
Pietermaritzburg SouthNatalTarr, M.A.PFP
PietersburgTransvaalSnyman, W.J.NP
PiketbergCapeKotzé, D.A.NP
PinelandsCapeBoraine, AlexPFP
PinetownNatalPitman, S.A.PFP
Port Elizabeth CentralCapeMalcomess, D.J.N.PFP
Port Elizabeth NorthCapeVan der Linde, G.J.NP
Port NatalNatalCronjé, P.NP
PotchefstroomTransvaalLe Grange, LouisNP
PotgietersrusTransvaalGolden, S.G.A.NP
Pretoria CentralTransvaalNel, D.J.L.NP
Pretoria EastTransvaalAlant, TheoNP
Pretoria WestTransvaalLe Roux, Z.P.NP
PrieskaCapeVan Niekerk, A.I.NP
PrimroseTransvaalKoornhof, PietNP
QueenstownCapeLouw, M.H.NP
RandburgTransvaalMalan, W.C.NP
RandfonteinTransvaalGeldenhuys, BoyNP
RissikTransvaalVan der Merwe, H.D.K.NP
RoodeplaatTransvaalLloyd, J.J.NP
RoodepoortTransvaalCuyler, W.J.NP
RosettenvilleTransvaalVan Rensburg, H.M.J.NP
RustenburgTransvaalVeldman, M.H.NP
SandtonTransvaalDalling, DavidPFP
SasolburgFree StateUngerer, J.H.B.NP
Schweizer-RenekeTransvaalLemmer, W.A.NP
Sea PointCapeEglin, ColinPFP
SimonstownCapeWiley, JohnNP
SmithfieldFree StateSimkin, C.H.W.NP
South CoastNatalThompson, A.G.NRP
SoutpansbergTransvaalBotha, S.P.NP
SpringsTransvaalVan der Merwe, G.J.NP
StandertonTransvaalHefer, W.J.NP
StellenboschCapeSmit, Hon. H.H.NP
StilfonteinTransvaalCunningham, J.H.NP
Sundays RiverCapeConradie, F.D.NP
SunnysideTransvaalVan Zyl, J.J.B.NP
SwellendamCapeGeldenhuys, A.NP
TurffonteinTransvaalFourie, L.H.NP
TygervalleiCapeVan Breda, A.NP
UitenhageCapeLe Roux, D.E.T.NP
UmbiloNatalWatterson, D.W.NRP
UmfoloziNatalHeine, W.J.NP
UmhlangaNatalPage, B.W.B.NRP
UmhlatuzanaNatalPretorius, N.J.NP
UmlaziNatalBotha, CorneliusNP
VanderbijlparkTransvaalViljoen, GerritNP
VascoCapeHeyns, J.H.NP
VentersdorpTransvaalWilkens, B.H.NP
VereenigingTransvaalDe Klerk, F. W.NP
VerwoerdburgTransvaalVlok, AdriaanNP
VirginiaFree StateClase, P.J.NP
VryburgCapeDu Toit, J.P.NP
VryheidNatalMentz, JurieNP
WalmerCapeSavage, A.PFP
WaterbergTransvaalTreurnicht, AndriesNP
WaterkloofTransvaalLangley, T.NP
WelkomFree StateWeeber, A.NP
WellingtonCapeMalherbe, G.J.NP
WestdeneTransvaalBotha, PikNP
WinburgFree StateScott, D.B.NP
WitbankTransvaalFouché, A.F.NP
WonderboomTransvaalSteyn, D. W.NP
WorcesterCapeRabie, J.NP
WynbergCapeMyburgh, P.A.PFP
YeovilleTransvaalSchwarz, HarryPFP

References

  • South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, (Chris van Rensburg Publications 198w)

References

  1. ''South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa'', page 174
  2. ''South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa'', pp. 174-178
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