Hatcliffe (constituency)
Constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe
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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.[1]
| Hatcliffe | |
|---|---|
| National Assembly constituency for the Parliament of Zimbabwe | |
| |
| District | Harare |
| Province | Harare |
| Electorate | 35,326 (2023) |
| Current constituency | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Party | Citizens Coalition For Change |
| Member | Agency Gumbo |
| Created from | Harare North |
History
An older constituency, Salisbury North,[note 1] 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.[2]
For the 2023 general election, the constituency was renamed Hatcliffe from Harare North.[3]
Members
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury North | |||
| 1924 | Percival Fynn | Rhodesia Party | |
| Godfrey Huggins | Rhodesia Party | ||
| 1928 | Percival Fynn | Rhodesia Party | |
| Godfrey Huggins | Rhodesia Party | ||
| 1933 | Percival Fynn | Rhodesia Party | |
| Godfrey Huggins | Reform | ||
| 1934 | Percival Fynn | United | |
| Vernon Arthur Lewis | United | ||
| 1936[note 2] | Harry Bertin | United | |
| 1939 | Godfrey Huggins | United | |
| 1946 | |||
| 1948 | |||
| 1954 | Hardwicke Holderness[4] | United | |
| 1958 | Edgar Whitehead | United Federal | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1965 | Bertram Owen-Smith[5] | Rhodesian Front | |
| 1970 | Andre Sothern Holland | Rhodesian Front | |
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| Constituency abolished 1979–1990 | |||
| Harare North | |||
| 1990 | Tirivanhu Mudariki | ZANU–PF | |
| 1995 | Nyasha Chikwinya | ZANU–PF | |
| 2000 | Trudy Stevenson | MDC | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2008 | Theresa Makone | MDC–T | |
| 2013 | Tongesayi Mudambo | ZANU–PF | |
| 2018 | Rusty Markham | MDC Alliance | |
| Hatcliffe | |||
| 2023 | Agency Gumbo | CCC | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDC–T | Mrs Theresa Maonei Makone | 6,710 | 63.83 | −4.86 | |
| ZANU–PF | Justice Zvandasara | 3,135 | 29.82 | −1.49 | |
| Independent | Gladman Mukumbudzi | 441 | 4.20 | +4.20 | |
| UPP | Faith Kamutsungira | 226 | 2.15 | +2.15 | |
| Majority | 3,575 | 34.01 | −3.37 | ||
| Turnout | 10,512 | 42.60 | |||
| MDC–T hold | |||||