Dirk Wessels

In the 2016 municipal elections, Wessels stood as a candidate for the George Local Municipaliy council on the Democratic Alliance proportional representation (PR) list.^[1] He was elected to the council.

Wessels was appointed to the municipality's mayoral committee as the member responsible for finance and strategic services by mayor Leon van Wyk in May 2020.^[2] Wessels applied to be the DA's mayoral candidate for the municipality in the 2021 local government elections and was reported to be the frontrunner by the local George Herald newspaper.^[3] Following the election, Van Wyk was re-elected as mayor and Wessels was reappointed as mayoral committee member for finance.^[4] Wessels remained in office after Van Wyk conducted a major reshuffle of his mayoral committee in November 2023.^[5]

Wessels was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in the 2024 provincial election, alongside mayor Van Wyk.^[6] He was elected to chair the Standing Committee on Infrastructure unopposed.^[7]

• Dirk Johannes Wessels at People's Assembly