List of members of the 5th North West Provincial Legislature
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This is a list of members of the fifth North West Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 7 May 2014. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) maintained a comfortable but diminished majority of 23 seats in the 33-seat legislature. A new entrant, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), became the official opposition, winning five seats.[1] Also represented were the Democratic Alliance, which won four seats, and the Freedom Front Plus, which won one seat after having had no representation in the fourth legislature.[2] The Congress of the People, which had been the official opposition during the fourth legislature, did not win any seats, nor did the United Christian Democratic Party. The legislature convened for the first time on 21 May 2014. Mahumapelo's resignation followed violent service delivery protests in the province,[6] as well as an attempted motion of no confidence in his leadership, lodged by the EFF.[7][8] Indeed, the fifth legislature's term had begun amid political turmoil, particularly due to the 2012 Marikana massacre and subsequent labour organising on the platinum belt.[1] From May 2018 until the end of the legislature's term, the provincial government of the North West was placed under administration by the national government amid a collapse of public services.[9]
Composition
MembersThis is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 7 May 2014.[10] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election. References
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