Janet Semple
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Janet Audrey Semple (born 29 March 1955) is a retired South African politician who served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2010 to 2019. She was the Provincial Leader of the DA in Gauteng from 2010 to 2012. She previously represented the DA and Democratic Party (DP) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009.
Early life and career
Semple was born on 29 March 1955.{{cite magazine |date=11 June 1999 |title=General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures |url=https://gazettes.africa/archive/za/1999/za-government-gazette-dated-1999-06-11-no-20203.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=408 |issue=20203 |pages= |access-date=26 March 2021}} She started her political career by serving as both the mayor and deputy mayor of Bedfordview.{{cite news |title=Semple appointed as Gauteng MPL |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Semple-appointed-as-Gauteng-MPL-20101019 |accessdate=24 November 2019 |newspaper=News24 |date=19 October 2010 |location=Johannesburg}} She was a member of the Women's National Coalition.
Parliament
Semple joined the National Assembly in the 1999 general election, representing the DP, and stood successfully for re-election in 2004, ranked fourth on the Gauteng party list of the DA, the DP's successor party.{{cite news |last1=Pressly |first1=Donwald |date=26 January 2004 |title=Top DA brass low on Gauteng list |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2004-01-26-top-da-brass-low-on-gauteng-list |accessdate=24 November 2019}} She was also Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance's Women Network from 2005 to 2009 and the DA's political head in Benoni. She left Parliament after the 2009 general election.
Provincial legislature
File:Helen Zille and Gauteng DA leader Janet Semple.jpg]]
Semple was elected the Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in April 2010. She defeated incumbent John Moodey by just 8 votes.{{cite news |last1=Mataboge |first1=Mmanaledi |title=DA divided over leaders |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2010-04-23-da-divided-over-leaders |accessdate=24 November 2019 |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |date=23 April 2010}}{{cite news |title=Charged DA leader voted out |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/charged-da-leader-voted-out-480952 |accessdate=24 November 2019 |newspaper=IOL |date=18 April 2010}} She was soon appointed to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in October 2010. She became the party's provincial spokesperson on Housing and the party's head in Boksburg.
Semple announced her retirement as the provincial leader in January 2012.{{cite news |last1=Ndaba |first1=Baldwin |title=Moodey tipped for Gauteng DA leader |url=https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/moodey-tipped-for-gauteng-da-leader-1251801 |accessdate=24 November 2019 |newspaper=The Star |date=8 March 2012}} Her predecessor, John Moodey, was elected as her successor at the party's March 2012 conference.{{cite news |last1=Hlongwane |first1=Sipho |title=DA elects John Moodey its new leader in Gauteng |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-03-11-da-elects-john-moodey-its-new-leader-in-gauteng/ |accessdate=24 November 2019 |newspaper=The Daily Maverick |date=11 March 2012}}
She left the Gauteng Provincial Legislature at the May 2019 general election.
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)| janet-semple |Janet Semple}}
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Category:People from Germiston
Category:Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Category:Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians
Category:Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2004–2009
Category:20th-century South African politicians
Category:White South African people