Rhodesia general election, 1977
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The Rhodesia general election of 1977, the last general election dominated by the white minority, took place on August 31, 1977. Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

n Prime Minister Ian Smith
Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...

, who was conducting negotiations with moderate African nationalists, was forced into an early election by the defection of twelve MPs from his Rhodesian Front
Rhodesian Front
The Rhodesian Front was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule. Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the...

 party, which denied him the two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly needed to change the constitution. In the event, the Front overwhelmed the breakaway Rhodesian Action Party
Rhodesian Action Party
The Rhodesian Action Party was a political party in Rhodesia formed in 1977 by a group of Rhodesian Front MPs who were dissatisfied by the leadership of Ian Smith and his attempts to negotiate an 'internal settlement' with African nationalists...

 and all other forces, once again winning every single seat in the 50 seats elected by those of European descent.

Together with the other seats, the state of the parties in the House of Assembly was:
Party Seats
Rhodesian Front 50
Independents 16
Total 66

European seats

Electorate: 85,551 (83,825 in contested seats)
Turnout: 80.2%
Party Seats in 1974
Rhodesia general election, 1974
The Rhodesia general election of July 30, 1974 saw the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith re-elected, once more winning every one of the 50 seats elected by white voters.-Background:...

Candidates Elected Unopposed Popular vote
% change
Rhodesian Front
Rhodesian Front
The Rhodesian Front was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule. Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the...

50 50 50 1 57,348 85.4
Rhodesian Action Party - 46 - - 6,224 9.3
National Unifying Force - 18 - - 3,002 4.5
Independents - 6 - - 612 0.9
Totals 50 120 50 1 67,186 100%

European roll seats

Constituency
Electorate and turnout
Candidate Party Votes %
ARUNDEL
2,503 (83.6%)
Incumbent
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Archibald Oliver Garfield Wilson
RF 1,613 77.1
Anthony Warner NUF 256 12.2
Gideon Tredoux RAP 223 10.7
AVONDALE
2,068 (78.8%)
Brian Stringer RF 1,412 86.7
Incumbent
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Dr Colin Eric Barlow
RAP 217 13.3
BELLEVUE
2,366 (81.9%)
Incumbent
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Wallace Evelyn Stuttaford
RF 1,797 92.8
Carel David Theron RAP 140 7.2
BELVEDERE
1,944 (79.5%)
Incumbent
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Dennis Divaris
RF 1,247 80.6
Randolph Harold Clark NUF 196 12.7
Ernest Roy Wright RAP 103 6.7
BORROWDALE
2,900 (81.5%)
Incumbent
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Dr Douglas Archibald Hamilton Ritchie
RF 1,759 74.4
Lance Halford Reynolds NUF 354 15.0
Robert Sutton RAP 238 10.1
Mrs. Wendy Ann Truen Ind 12 0.5
BRAESIDE
1,576 (81.3%)
Incumbent
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Richard Cartwright
RF 1,143 89.2
Trevor Bryan Charles Harding RAP 139 10.8
BULAWAYO CENTRAL
1,243 (76.5%)
Denys Sinclair Parkin RF 679 71.4
Ewen Cardno Greenfield NUF 236 24.8
Brewster Bryan Whyte RAP 36 3.8
BULAWAYO DISTRICT
1,705 (75.1%)
Incumbent
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Alexander Moseley
RF 1,200 93.8
Samuel James Shannon RAP 80 6.2
BULAWAYO EAST
2,195 (76.9%)
Charles McKenzie Scott RF 1,315 77.8
Arthur Moses Kaplan NUF 295 17.5
Alexander Argyll McCallum RAP 79 4.7
BULAWAYO NORTH
1,780 (77.9%)
Incumbent
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Wilfrid Denis Walker
RF 1,282 92.4
Thomas Hayward Pannell RAP 105 7.6
BULAWAYO SOUTH
1,059 (69.5%)
George Desmond Chalmers RF 701 95.2
Ian Norman Berry RAP 35 4.8
CHARTER
1,491 (76.1%)
Incumbent
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Rowan Cronjé
RF 1,023 90.2
Leonard George Idensohn Ind 111 9.8
EASTERN
1,319 (81.3%)
Andre Dallein Wassennaar RF 833 77.7
Incumbent
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John Hamilton Wright
RAP 239 22.3
GATOOMA
1,421 (84.0%)
Incumbent
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Albert Gannaway Mells
RF 1,094 91.6
James Wheeler RAP 100 8.4
GREENDALE
2,168 (84.2%)
Incumbent
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Mark Henry Heathcote Partridge
Mark Partridge
Mark Henry Heathcote Partridge was the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources of Rhodesia. He lived in Greendale, Harare and won 79.3% of the vote in Greendale in the 1977 general election....

RF 1,448 79.3
Eric Reginald Schofield RAP 235 12.9
Simon Dennis Whinney NUF 142 7.8
GWEBI
1,319 (83.7%)
Bertram Ankers RF 764 69.2
Incumbent
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Thomas Ian Fraser Sandeman
RAP 207 18.8
George Alfred Pio Ind 133 12.0
GWELO
1,308 (80.1%)
Incumbent
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Roger Tancred Robert Hawkins
RF 975 93.1
Michael Patrick John Huggins RAP 55 5.2
David Timothy Torbet Frost Ind 18 1.7
HARTLEY
2,254 (80.8%)
Incumbent
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Pieter Kenyon Fleming Voltelyn van der Byl
P. K. van der Byl
Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl, ID was a South African-born Rhodesian politician who served as the country's Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1979 as a member of the Rhodesian Front...

RF 1,604 88.0
Jacobus Ignatius de Wet RAP 218 12.0
HATFIELD
1,816 (84.8%)
Incumbent
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Frederick Roy Simmonds
RF 1,303 84.6
Incumbent
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Edward Aylett Sutton-Pryce
RAP 197 12.8
Neville Ronald Arthur Skeates NUF 40 2.6
HIGHLANDS NORTH
1,860 (83.2%)
Incumbent
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Fergus Craig Blackie
Fergus Blackie
Fergus Blackie is a former justice of the High Court of Zimbabwe. A former attorney , advocate and senior counsel , he began his judicial career in 1978 when he was appointed a Senior Judge of Water and Administrative Courts, culminating in an appointment to the bench of the High Court in 1986...

RF 1,082 69.9
Clifford Allan Redin Savory NUF 318 20.6
Marie Joseph Claude de Chasteigner Dumée-Duval RAP 147 9.5
HIGHLANDS SOUTH
1,960 (84.4%)
John Christie RF 1,266 76.5
Incumbent
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Richard Brathwaite Hope-Hall
RAP 230 13.9
David Frank Sutherland NUF 158 9.6
HILLCREST
1,703 (84.9%)
James Patrick Thrush RF 1,331 92.0
Edwin Stanley O'Connor RAP 115 8.0
HILLSIDE
1,876 (81.3%)
William Redpath Kinleyside RF 1,382 90.6
Owen Victor Parvess RAP 143 9.4
JAMESON
1,704 (82.7%)
Robert James Gaunt RF 1,242 88.1
Incumbent
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John Peter Broberg Nilson
RAP 167 11.9
KAROI
1,260 (76.0%)
Incumbent
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Jan Jacobus Buitendag
RF 861 90.0
Donovan Hilgard Erasmus NUF 96 10.0
MABELREIGN
1,966 (82.1%)
Incumbent
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John Cornelius Gleig
RF 1,420 87.9
Adrian Thomas Wymer RAP 195 12.1
MARANDELLAS
1,501 (83.7%)
Incumbent
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David Colville Smith
RF 1,086 86.4
William John Raymond Pratt RAP 171 13.6
MARLBOROUGH
2,211 (82.6%)
Incumbent
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William Michie Irvine
RF 1,477 80.9
John Frederick Handford RAP 188 10.3
Ivor Cordner McCormick NUF 161 8.8
MATOBO
1,680 (84.1%)
Donald Galbraith Goddard RF 1,262 89.3
Incumbent
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Robert Henry Warren McGee
RAP 151 10.7
MAZOE
1,652 (80.4%)
Incumbent
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George Rollo Hayman
RF 1,184 89.1
Robin Elliot Campbell-Logan RAP 145 10.9
MIDLANDS
1,264 (79.7%)
Incumbent
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Henry Swan Elsworth
RF 903 89.7
Kennith Hahn RAP 104 10.3
MILTON PARK
1,703 (81.3%)
Incumbent
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John Alfred Landau
RF 1,171 84.6
Ratilal Damodard Devchand NUF 116 8.4
Peter Michael Nursten RAP 97 7.0
MOUNT PLEASANT
1,938 (73.0%)
Incumbent
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Jonas Christian Andersen
RF 1,295 91.5
Julian Richard Haw RAP 120 8.5
MTOKO
1,752 (80.6%)
Stanley Norman Eastwood RF 1,044 73.9
Incumbent
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Rodney Guy Swayne Simmonds
RAP 187 13.3
Mrs. Diana Mary Mitchell NUF 181 12.8
QUEEN'S PARK
1,521 (83.5%)
Incumbent
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Arthur Denis Crook
RF 1,189 93.6
Bazil Geoffrey de Lorme RAP 81 6.4
QUE QUE
1,731 (83.3%)
Incumbent
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Jacobus Johannes Burger
RF 1,265 87.7
William Gerald Kaschula RAP 90 6.2
William Harris Keys NUF 87 6.1
RAYLTON
1,922 (76.0%)
Incumbent
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Patrick Francis Shields
RF 1,385 94.8
Norman John Western RAP 76 5.2
RUSAPE
1,344 (78.1%)
Jacobus Phillipus du Plessis RF 934 89.0
Gerhardus Paulus Johannes Swart RAP 116 11.0
SALISBURY CENTRAL
1,245 (74.6%)
Incumbent
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Hilary Gwyn Squires
Hilary Squires
Hilary Gwyn Squires is a retired South African judge and barrister, who was brought in to preside over the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in Durban, South Africa, so as not to tie up legal proceedings elsewhere while the trial proceeded....

RF 778 83.7
Raymond Stallwood RAP 76 8.2
Mrs. Eileen Penny Brown NUF 75 8.1
SALISBURY CITY
1,392 (75.5%)
Ivor Pitch RF 681 64.8
Dr Ahrn Palley
Ahrn Palley
Dr. Ahrn Palley was an independent politician in Rhodesia who criticized the Smith administration and the Unilateral Declaration of Independence...

Ind 333 31.7
Anthony Charles Edward Scrace RAP 32 3.0
Leslie Thomas Hayes Ind 5 0.5
SALISBURY NORTH
1,613 (79.9%)
Incumbent
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André Sothern Holland
RF 1,063 82.5
Eric David Drought Syme NUF 135 10.5
Mark Fraser McLean RAP 90 7.0
SELUKWE
1,812 (80.8%)
Incumbent
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John Morris Lowenthal
RF 1,330 90.8
Anthony William Baumann RAP 135 9.2
SHABANI
1,219 (76.5%)
Theunis Christian de Klerk RF 872 93.6
Johannes Jacobus Hulley RAP 60 6.4
SINOIA/UMVUKWES
1,535 (75.8%)
Incumbent
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Esmond Meryl Micklem
RF 1,085 93.3
Roland Oliver Davis NUF 78 6.7
UMTALI EAST
1,588 (78.7%)
Incumbent
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Bernard Horace Mussett
RF 1,122 89.8
Mrs. Vera Aileen Winter RAP 127 10.2
UMTALI WEST
1,426 (81.0%)
Desmond Butler RF 983 85.1
Robert Traill Galvin RAP 94 8.1
John Oswald Meikle NUF 78 6.8
UMZINGWANE
1,726
Incumbent
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Ian Douglas Smith
Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...

RF unopposed
VICTORIA
2,071 (78.9%)
Ormonde Corrington George RF 1,408 86.2
Incumbent
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Gordon Richard Olds
RAP 226 13.8
WANKIE
1,425 (75.1%)
Donald Goldin RF 977 91.3
William Ernest McNeir RAP 93 8.7
WATERFALLS
1,516 (79.2%)
Albertus Herman du Toit RF 1,078 89.8
John Duncan Oliver RAP 122 10.2

African seats

Constituency
Electorate and turnout
Candidate Party Votes %
HARARE
1,210 (21.1%)
Ronald Sadomba Ind 147 57.6
Tiriwanhu Mudzimu Ind 83 32.6
David Munyamana Ind 15 5.9
Milton Jack Makaya Ind 10 3.9
INSUKAMINI
514 (21.8%)
Incumbent
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John Zachary Maposa
Ind 86 76.8
Edward Gabriel Watungwa Ind 26 23.2
KUNYASI
1,651
Incumbent
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Thomas Tavagwisa Zawaira
Ind unopposed
MABVAZUWA
1,001
Incumbent
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Elijah Smile Gende Magavan Nyandoro
Ind unopposed
MATOJENI
852
Incumbent
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Lot Enoch Dewa
Ind unopposed
MPOPOMA
434
Lwazi Joel Mahlangu Ind unopposed
NEMAKONDE
880 (11.7%)
William Benjamin Chimpaka Ind 77 74.8
Fanuel Maruta Ind 26 25.2
NTSHONALANGA
836
Incumbent
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Micah Mahamba Bhebe
Ind unopposed

Tribal seats

  • HIGHVELD:
    Incumbent
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    Bartholomew Augustine Mabika
  • KARIBA:
    Incumbent
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    Peter Mhletshwa Nkomo
  • LOWVELD: Simeon Chengeta
  • MANICA:
    Incumbent
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    Naboth Absalom Gandanzara
  • PAGATI:
    Incumbent
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    Fani Mlingo
  • PIONEER: Benjamin Panga Mbuisa
  • TULI:
    Incumbent
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    Zephaniah Maybin Bafanah Dube
  • ZAMBEZI: Mawire Patrick Bwanya

Pagati

Fani Mlingo died on February 15, 1978. On March 31, 1978, Joseph Jumo Bheka was returned unopposed to replace him. Bheka was a supporter of Bishop Abel Muzorewa.

Lowveld

Simeon Chengeta died on March 19, 1978. On July 19, 1978, a byelection was held in Lowveld. John Adonia Hungwe defeated Simon Dzichaperanhamo Bhene.

Highlands North

A byelection was held in the Highlands North constituency on July 21, 1978 to replace Fergus Blackie, who had been appointed as a Judge and resigned on May 15, 1978. This byelection occurred after the internal settlement agreement, and the Rhodesian Front candidate was therefore opposed not only by the National Unifying Force (pressing for a full settlement with African nationalists) but by two right-wing candidates opposed to any deals: the Rhodesian Action Party and the Rhodesian Conservative Alliance.
Constituency Candidate Party Votes %
HIGHLANDS NORTH Reginald Reed Beaver RF 545 49.1
Clifford Allan Redin Savory NUF 354 31.9
Marie Joseph Claude de Chasteigner Dumée-Duval RAP 158 14.2
Noel Allison Hunt RCA 52 4.7

Gwelo

Roger Tancred Robert Hawkins resigned from the Assembly due to ill health on November 30, 1978, leading to a byelection in Gwelo on January 30, 1979.
Constituency Candidate Party Votes %
GWELO Trevor Duncan Dollar RF 762 84.7
Reginald James McLean RAP 138 15.3

Mazoe

George Rollo Hayman resigned on December 27, 1978, claiming that the power-sharing government could easily fall under the control of a terrorist group. He then resigned from the Assembly to seek re-election. This byelection, held on February 6, 1979, was the last election conducted before the advent of the new constitution.
Constituency Candidate Party Votes %
MAZOE Cecil Millar RF 611 78.7
George Rollo Hayman Ind 165 21.3

Vacancy at dissolution

Donald Goldin (Wankie) died on February 12, 1979. The seat was not filled before Parliament was dissolved.
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