Hatcliffe (constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Hatcliffe
| parl_name = National Assembly of Zimbabwe
| year =
| region = Hatcliffe
| member = Agency Gumbo
| party = Citizens Coalition For Change
| district_label = Province
|district = Harare
|elects_howmany =
|seats=1| previous =Harare North
}}
Hatcliffe is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the northern suburbs of Harare. The current MP since the 2023 election is Agency Gumbo of the Citizens Coalition for Change.{{Cite web |title=Hatcliffe results: 2023 |url=https://www.zec.org.zw/download/hatcliffe-national-assembly-results/}}
History
An older constituency, Salisbury North,{{Refn|Harare was called Salisbury until 1982.|name=Salisbury|group=note}} existed in the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1924 and 1979. The last MP for Harare North following the 2018 general election was Rusty Markham of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.{{cite web |title=MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections |url=http://veritaszim.net/node/3107 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |website=veritaszim.net}}
For the 2023 general election, the constituency was renamed Hatcliffe from Harare North.{{Cite web |title=Delimitation report |url=https://www.zec.org.zw/download/delimitation-report-2023-2/ |website=Zimbabwe Electoral Commission}}
Members
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election !Name ! colspan="2" |Party |
| colspan="4" |Salisbury North |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |1924
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| Godfrey Huggins
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| rowspan="2" |1928
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| Godfrey Huggins
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| rowspan="2" |1933
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| Godfrey Huggins
| style="background-color: {{party color|Reform Party (Southern Rhodesia)}}" | |
| rowspan="2" |1934
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| Vernon Arthur Lewis
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| 1936{{Refn|By-election to replace Vernon Arthur Lewis, who resigned on 31 July 1936.|name=Lewis|group=note}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| 1939
| rowspan="3" |Godfrey Huggins | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |United |
| 1946 |
| 1948 |
| 1954
|Hardwicke Holderness{{cite news |author=Tony Jaffey |date=28 June 2007 |title=Hardwicke Holderness |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jun/28/obituaries.mainsection/ |access-date=6 December 2021}} | style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |
| 1958
| rowspan="2" |Edgar Whitehead | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|United Federal Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |United Federal |
| 1962 |
| 1965
|Bertram Owen-Smith{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RKsqAAAAMAAJ |title=East Africa and Rhodesia |date=1964 |publisher=Africana. |pages=573 |language=en}} | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |
| 1970
| rowspan="3" |Andre Sothern Holland | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | | rowspan="3" |Rhodesian Front |
| 1974 |
| 1977 |
| colspan="4" |Constituency abolished 1979–1990 |
| colspan="4" |Harare North |
| 1990
| style="background-color: {{party color|ZANU-PF}}" | |
| 1995
| style="background-color: {{party color|ZANU-PF}}" | |
| 2000
| rowspan="2" |Trudy Stevenson | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC |
| 2005 |
| 2008
| style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | |
| 2013
| style="background-color: {{party color|ZANU-PF}}" | |
| 2018
| style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | |
| colspan="4" |Hatcliffe |
| 2023
| style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition For Change}}" | |CCC |
Election results
{{Election box begin | title=Parliamentary Election 2008: Harare North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
|candidate = Mrs Theresa Maonei Makone
|votes = 6,710
|percentage = 63.83
|change = -4.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
|candidate = Justice Zvandasara
|votes = 3,135
|percentage = 29.82
|change = -1.49
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Gladman Mukumbudzi
|votes = 441
|percentage = 4.20
|change = +4.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United People's Party (Zimbabwe)
|candidate = Faith Kamutsungira
|votes = 226
|percentage = 2.15
|change = +2.15
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,575
|percentage = 34.01
|change = -3.37
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,512
|percentage = 42.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes and references
= Notes =
{{reflist|group=note}}
= References =
{{reflist}}
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/z/zimbabwe/zimbabwe20083.txt Elections to the House of Assembly]
{{Parliamentary constituencies in Harare}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harare North}}