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.

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* ''Zimbabwe Government Gazette'', 12 July 1985 (elected members) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Pleasant (constituency) 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

Members

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