Bobby Stevenson

Stevenson was born 19 February 1959 in Port Elizabeth, then part of South Africa's Cape Province. He joined the Progressive Federal Party.^[1] In 1988, Stevenson was elected to the Port Elizabeth municipal council. He was the youngest councillor at that time.^[1] He then joined the Democratic Party.

Stevenson was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in the 1999 provincial election.^[1] He is one of the legislature's longest-serving members. Stevenson is currently the chief whip of the official opposition.^[2]

The Democratic Party became the Democratic Alliance in 2000. Stevenson has been the deputy provincial leader of the party since 2007 and a member of the provincial executive committee since 2000.^[1] He also serves on the party's Federal Council, Federal Finance Committee and Federal Candidates Election Committee. Stevenson is the leader of the Port Elizabeth South West constituency.^[1]

Stevenson was re-elected for a fifth term as deputy provincial leader at the party's virtual provincial congress in August 2020. He now serves alongside Member of Parliament Chantel King.^[3] Stevenson did not run for re-election at the party's provincial conference in February 2023.^[4]

In early-March 2024, Stevenson announced that he would be retiring from politics at the general elections on 29 May 2024.^[5]

• Mr Robert Sykes Stevenson at People's Assembly
• Bobby Stevenson – Democratic Alliance