Myburgh Streicher

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Myburgh Streicher
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1994–1999
Personal details
Born
Daniel Myburgh Streicher

(1928-03-27)27 March 1928
Died21 February 2005(2005-02-21) (aged 76)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyNational Party (since 1977)
Other political
affiliations

Daniel Myburgh Streicher (27 March 1928 – 21 February 2005) was a South African politician who served in the House of Assembly and National Assembly until 1999. He was a member of the United Party and founding leader of the South African Party before he joined the National Party in 1977.

Political career[edit]

Born on 27 March 1928,[1] Streicher was a member of the House of Assembly during apartheid. He was leader of the United Party in the Cape Province until January 1977, when he, John Wiley, and four others broke away and formed what became, in May, the South African Party.[2] Streicher was the leader of the new party.[3] After failing to gain a seat in the 1977 general election, Streicher defected to the National Party in December.[4]

In the first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Streicher was elected to represented the National Party in the new National Assembly.[5] He served a single term: in the 1999 general election, he stood for re-election in the Western Cape constituency, but he was ranked low on the party list[1] and did not win a seat.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 26 May 1999. p. 242. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ Hanf, Theodor; Weiland, Heribert; Vierdag, Gerda (1981). South Africa, the Prospects of Peaceful Change: An Empirical Enquiry Into the Possibility of Democratic Conflict Regulation. Indiana University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-253-35394-8.
  3. ^ Muller, C. F. J. (1981). Five Hundred Years: A History of South Africa. Academica. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-86874-091-1.
  4. ^ Midlane, Matthew (1979). "The South African General Election of 1977". African Affairs. 78 (312): 381. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097111. ISSN 0001-9909. JSTOR 722147.
  5. ^ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.