18th South African Parliament

none 18th South African Parliament Houses of Parliament (Cape Town).jpg Houses of Parliament, Cape Town South Africa Cape Town House of Assembly of South Africa House of Assembly of South Africa 1981 composition.svg Composition of the House of Assembly 165 Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa Jannie Loots (until 30 July 1981) J.P. du Toit (31 July 1981 – 13 February 1983) Johan Greeff (final) Leader of the Opposition Frederik van Zyl Slabbert 17th 19th 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.South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, page 174 The provinces are those which existed prior to 1994. Province Number of seats Number of votersCape 55 686,738Natal 20 264,199Orange Free State 14 178,099Transvaal 76 1,161,590Total 165 2,290,626 Parties represented PartySeatsNational Party131Progressive Federal Party26New Republic Party8 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.South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, pp. 174-178 ConstituencyProvince Name Party AlbanyCapeMoorcroft, ErrolPFPProgressive Federal PartyAlbertonTransvaalLigthelm, C.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)AlgoaCapeKleynhans, J.W.NPNational Party (South Africa)AliwalCapeGreeff, J.W.NPNational Party (South Africa)AmanzimtotiNatalBartlett, G.S.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)BarbertonTransvaalUys, C.NPNational Party (South Africa)Beaufort WestCapePoggenpoel, D.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)BellvilleCapeVan der Walt, A.T.NPNational Party (South Africa)BenoniTransvaalRencken, C.R.E.NPNational Party (South Africa)BereaNatalSwart, R.A.F.PFPProgressive Federal PartyBethalTransvaalWentzel, GreylingNPNational Party (South Africa)BethlehemFree StateVan der Merwe, C.V. NPNational Party (South Africa)BezuidenhoutTransvaalSive, R.PFPProgressive Federal PartyBloemfontein EastFree StateVan der Walt, Dr L.NPNational Party (South Africa)Bloemfontein NorthFree StateTerblanche, G.P.D.NPNational Party (South Africa)Bloemfontein WestFree StateCoetsee, KobieNPNational Party (South Africa)BoksburgTransvaalBlanché, SakkieNPNational Party (South Africa)BrakpanTransvaalLe Roux, F.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)BrentwoodTransvaalVan Zyl, J.G.NPNational Party (South Africa)BritsTransvaalGrobler, Dr J.P.NPNational Party (South Africa)BryanstonTransvaalVan Rensburg, H.E.J.PFPProgressive Federal PartyCaledonCapeFick, L.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)Cape Town GardensCapeAndrew, KenPFPProgressive Federal PartyCarletonvilleTransvaalLandman, W.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)CeresCapeHugo, P.B.B.NPNational Party (South Africa)ClaremontCapeSlabbert, Frederik van ZylPFPProgressive Federal PartyConstantiaCapeHulley, P.R.PFPProgressive Federal PartyCradockCapeMorrison, G.de V.NPNational Party (South Africa)De AarCapeVan Heerden, R.F.NPNational Party (South Africa)De KuilenCapeStreicher, MyburghNPNational Party (South Africa)DelmasTransvaalSchoeman, H.NPNational Party (South Africa)Durban Central NatalGastrow, P.H.P.PFPProgressive Federal PartyDurban North NatalMiller, R.B.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)Durban PointNatalRaw, VauseNRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)DurbanvilleCapeMunnik, L.A.P.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)East London CityCapeDe Pontes, P.NPNational Party (South Africa)East London NorthCapeCoetzer, H.S.NPNational Party (South Africa)EdenvaleTransvaalGoodall, B.B.PFPProgressive Federal PartyErmeloTransvaalTempel, H.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)False BayCapeAlbertyn, JacobusNPNational Party (South Africa)FauresmithFree StateOlivier, P.J.S.NPNational Party (South Africa)FloridaTransvaalDu Plessis, BarendNPNational Party (South Africa)GeduldTransvaalDe Beer, SamNPNational Party (South Africa)GeorgeCapeBotha, P. W.NPNational Party (South Africa)GermistonTransvaalVan Eeden, D.S.NPNational Party (South Africa)Germiston DistrictTransvaalScholtz, E.M.NPNational Party (South Africa)GezinaTransvaalSwanepoel, K.D.NPNational Party (South Africa)GordoniaCapeVan Wyk, J.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)Graaff-ReinetCapeHayward, S.A.S.NPNational Party (South Africa)Green PointCapeVan der Merwe, S.S.PFPProgressive Federal PartyGreytownNatalCronjé, P.C.PFPProgressive Federal PartyGroote SchuurCapeBamford, B.R.PFPProgressive Federal PartyHeilbronFree StateTerblanche, A.J.W.P.S.NPNational Party (South Africa)HelderbergCapeHeunis, ChrisNPNational Party (South Africa)HelderkruinTransvaalVan der Merwe, C.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)HerculesTransvaalVan Vuuren, L.M.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)HillbrowTransvaalWidman, A.B.PFPProgressive Federal PartyHoughtonTransvaalSuzman, HelenPFPProgressive Federal PartyHumansdorpCapeMeyer, W.D.NPNational Party (South Africa)InnesdalTransvaalNothnagel, A.E.NPNational Party (South Africa)JeppeTransvaalVan der Merwe, KoosNPNational Party (South Africa)Johannesburg NorthTransvaalMarais, J.F.PFPProgressive Federal PartyJohannesburg WestTransvaalMeyer, RoelfNPNational Party (South Africa)Kempton ParkTransvaalDu Plessis, G.C.NPNational Party (South Africa)Kimberley NorthCapeDe Jager, A.M.van A.NPNational Party (South Africa)Kimberley SouthCapeNiemann, KeppiesNPNational Party (South Africa)King William's TownCapeRogers, P.R.C.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)KlerksdorpTransvaalVenter, A.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)Klip RiverNatalVolker, V.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)KoedoespoortTransvaalVan Staden, F.A.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)KroonstadFree StateBreytenbach, WynandNPNational Party (South Africa)KrugersdorpTransvaalWessels, LeonNPNational Party (South Africa)KurumanCapeHoon, J.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)LadybrandFree StateVan den Berg, J.C.NPNational Party (South Africa)LanglaagteTransvaalBarnard, S.P.NPNational Party (South Africa)LichtenburgTransvaalHartzenberg, FerdiNPNational Party (South Africa)LosbergTransvaalWright, A.P.NPNational Party (South Africa)LydenburgTransvaalDu Plessis, P.T.C.NPNational Party (South Africa)MaitlandCapeDurr, KentNPNational Party (South Africa)MalmesburyCapeKotzé, G.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)MaraisburgTransvaalPretorius, P.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)MeyertonTransvaalVan der Merwe, W.L.NPNational Party (South Africa)MiddelburgTransvaalLigthelm, N.W.NPNational Party (South Africa)ModderfonteinTransvaalMalan, MagnusNPNational Party (South Africa)Mooi RiverNatalHardingham, R.W.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)Mossel BayCapeVan Rensburg, H.M.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)NamaqualandCapeLouw, E.van der M.NPNational Party (South Africa)NelspruitTransvaalMaré, P.L.NPNational Party (South Africa)NewcastleNatalSchoeman, W.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)Newton ParkCapeDelport, W.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)NigelTransvaalVisagie, J.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)North RandTransvaalSchoeman, J.C.B.NPNational Party (South Africa)OudtshoornCapeBadenhorst, P.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)OvervaalTransvaalBallot, G.C.NPNational Party (South Africa)PaarlCapeMeiring, J.W.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)ParktownTransvaalBarnard, M.S.PFPProgressive Federal PartyParowCapeKotzé, S.F.NPNational Party (South Africa)ParysFree StateKotzé, W.D.NPNational Party (South Africa)Pietermaritzburg NorthNatalMcIntosch, G.B.D.PFPProgressive Federal PartyPietermaritzburg SouthNatalTarr, M.A.PFPProgressive Federal PartyPietersburgTransvaalSnyman, W.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)PiketbergCapeKotzé, D.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)PinelandsCapeBoraine, AlexPFPProgressive Federal PartyPinetownNatalPitman, S.A.PFPProgressive Federal PartyPort Elizabeth CentralCapeMalcomess, D.J.N.PFPProgressive Federal PartyPort Elizabeth NorthCapeVan der Linde, G.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)Port NatalNatalCronjé, P.NPNational Party (South Africa)PotchefstroomTransvaalLe Grange, LouisNPNational Party (South Africa)PotgietersrusTransvaalGolden, S.G.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)Pretoria CentralTransvaalNel, D.J.L.NPNational Party (South Africa)Pretoria EastTransvaalAlant, TheoNPNational Party (South Africa)Pretoria WestTransvaalLe Roux, Z.P.NPNational Party (South Africa)PrieskaCapeVan Niekerk, A.I.NPNational Party (South Africa)PrimroseTransvaalKoornhof, PietNPNational Party (South Africa)QueenstownCapeLouw, M.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)RandburgTransvaalMalan, W.C.NPNational Party (South Africa)RandfonteinTransvaalGeldenhuys, BoyNPNational Party (South Africa)RissikTransvaalVan der Merwe, H.D.K.NPNational Party (South Africa)RoodeplaatTransvaalLloyd, J.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)RoodepoortTransvaalCuyler, W.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)RosettenvilleTransvaalVan Rensburg, H.M.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)RustenburgTransvaalVeldman, M.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)SandtonTransvaalDalling, DavidPFPProgressive Federal PartySasolburgFree StateUngerer, J.H.B.NPNational Party (South Africa)Schweizer-RenekeTransvaalLemmer, W.A.NPNational Party (South Africa)Sea PointCapeEglin, ColinPFPProgressive Federal PartySimonstownCapeWiley, JohnNPNational Party (South Africa)SmithfieldFree StateSimkin, C.H.W.NPNational Party (South Africa)South CoastNatalThompson, A.G.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)SoutpansbergTransvaalBotha, S.P.NPNational Party (South Africa)SpringsTransvaalVan der Merwe, G.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)StandertonTransvaalHefer, W.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)StellenboschCapeSmit, Hon. H.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)StilfonteinTransvaalCunningham, J.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)Sundays RiverCapeConradie, F.D.NPNational Party (South Africa)SunnysideTransvaalVan Zyl, J.J.B.NPNational Party (South Africa)SwellendamCapeGeldenhuys, A.NPNational Party (South Africa)TurffonteinTransvaalFourie, L.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)TygervalleiCapeVan Breda, A.NPNational Party (South Africa)UitenhageCapeLe Roux, D.E.T.NPNational Party (South Africa)UmbiloNatalWatterson, D.W.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)UmfoloziNatalHeine, W.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)UmhlangaNatalPage, B.W.B.NRPNew Republic Party (South Africa)UmhlatuzanaNatalPretorius, N.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)UmlaziNatalBotha, CorneliusNPNational Party (South Africa)VanderbijlparkTransvaalViljoen, GerritNPNational Party (South Africa)VascoCapeHeyns, J.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)VentersdorpTransvaalWilkens, B.H.NPNational Party (South Africa)VereenigingTransvaalDe Klerk, F. W.NPNational Party (South Africa)VerwoerdburgTransvaalVlok, AdriaanNPNational Party (South Africa)VirginiaFree StateClase, P.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)VryburgCapeDu Toit, J.P.NPNational Party (South Africa)VryheidNatalMentz, JurieNPNational Party (South Africa)WalmerCapeSavage, A.PFPProgressive Federal PartyWaterbergTransvaalTreurnicht, AndriesNPNational Party (South Africa)WaterkloofTransvaalLangley, T.NPNational Party (South Africa)WelkomFree StateWeeber, A.NPNational Party (South Africa)WellingtonCapeMalherbe, G.J.NPNational Party (South Africa)WestdeneTransvaalBotha, PikNPNational Party (South Africa)WinburgFree StateScott, D.B.NPNational Party (South Africa)WitbankTransvaalFouché, A.F.NPNational Party (South Africa)WonderboomTransvaalSteyn, D. W.NPNational Party (South Africa)WorcesterCapeRabie, J.NPNational Party (South Africa)WynbergCapeMyburgh, P.A.PFPProgressive Federal PartyYeovilleTransvaalSchwarz, HarryPFPProgressive Federal Party References South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, (Chris van Rensburg Publications 198w) 18th South African parliament