Peter Hendrickse
{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| party = African National Congress (since 1994)
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
| termstart1 = May 1994
| termend1 = May 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|05|31|df=yes}}
| citizenship = South Africa
| relations = Allan Hendrickse (father)
| otherparty = Labour Party (until 1994)
}}
Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse (born 31 May 1958) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2009. During apartheid, he represented the Labour Party, which was led by his father, Allan Hendrickse.
Early life
Hendrickse was born on 31 May 1958. He is the son of the Reverend Allan Hendrickse, who led the opposition Labour Party during apartheid.{{Cite web |date=16 March 2005 |title=Allan Hendrickse dies suddenly |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/allan-hendrickse-dies-suddenly-20050316-2 |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2005-03-16 |title=Allan Hendrickse dies |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2005-03-16-allan-hendrickse-dies/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite news |last=Hendrickse |first=Peter |date=16 March 2015 |title=Allan Hendrickse: politician and man of faith |work=IOL |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/allan-hendrickse-politician-and-man-of-faith-1832593 |access-date=9 April 2023}}
Legislative career
While still in his twenties, and like his father and brothers, Hendrickse represented the Labour Party in the Tricameral Parliament during apartheid.{{Cite web |date=25 June 2009 |title=Het die Hendrickse-familie die politieke en kerk-arena nou vaarwel geroep? |url=https://argief.litnet.co.za/article.php?news_id=68825 |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=LitNet |language=Afrikaans}} In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, he stood as a candidate for the ANC and was elected to a seat in the National Assembly.{{Cite web |date=24 May 1994 |title=Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly |url=https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/constitution/history/MINUTES/CA24054.PDF |access-date=2 April 2023 |publisher=Department of Justice and Constitutional Development}} He was re-elected to his seat in 1999.{{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}} Though he was not initially re-elected in 2004,{{cite magazine |date=20 April 2004 |title=General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/262770.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=466 |issue=2677 |pages=4–95 |access-date=26 March 2021}} he was sworn in shortly after the start of the legislative term, in July 2004, after Mzwandile Masala resigned.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-15 |title=National Assembly Members |url=http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 |archive-date=14 May 2009 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group}} The ANC did not nominate him to stand for a fourth term in the 2009 general election.