Mount Pleasant is a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
represented in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
of the
Parliament of Zimbabwe
The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the bicameral legislature of Zimbabwe composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house, and consists of 80 members, 60 of whom are elected by proportional representation from ten six-m ...
, located in the
Mount Pleasant suburb of
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
. Previously a white constituency in the
Parliament of Rhodesia
The Parliament of Rhodesia was the bicameral legislature in Rhodesia from 1970 to 1979. Three general elections were held (namely in 1970 Rhodesian general election, 1970, 1974 Rhodesian general election, 1974 and 1977 Rhodesian general electio ...
, it was abolished in 1987 along with the other white-reserved seats in Parliament. It was recreated for the
2008 election and is currently represented by
Fadzayi Mahere
Fadzayi Mahere (born 30 July 1985) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and politician who resigned as Member of Parliament for Mount Pleasant Constituency in Harare. She was the National Spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change, a political party i ...
of the
Citizens Coalition for Change
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is a Zimbabwean political party. It was established by former members of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.
Background
Nelson Chamisa formed Citizens Coalition for Change after losing the squa ...
since the
2023 election.
Members
See also
*
List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
The following is a list of parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe, broken down by province.
The National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, consists of 270 members. Of these, 210 are elected in single-member constituencie ...
References
* ''Zimbabwe Government Gazette'', 12 July 1985 (elected members)
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1970 establishments in Rhodesia
1987 disestablishments in Zimbabwe
2008 establishments in Zimbabwe
Constituencies disestablished in 1987
Constituencies established in 1970
Constituencies established in 2008
Harare Province
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe