Rollo Hayman
Rollo Hayman | |
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Member of Parliament of Rhodesia for Mazoe | |
In office 1962 – 27 December 1978 | |
Preceded by | Neil Patrick Hammond |
Succeeded by | Cecil Millar |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 May 1925 Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Political party | United Federal Party (until 1961) Rhodesian Front (1962–1978) Independent (after 1978) |
Spouse | Madeline Elizabeth Hayman |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Samuel James Rollo Hayman Ethel Burnell Pollard |
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand (BS) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1943–1949 |
Rank | Flight sergeant |
Unit | Transport Command |
Battles/wars | World War II |
George Rollo Hayman (4 May 1925 – 3 April 2008) was a
Elected to Parliament in 1958 as a member of the United Federal Party, he was a founding member of the Rhodesian Front party in 1962. He joined the Cabinet in 1976 upon being appointed Minister of Agriculture. In 1977, he was named Minister of Local Government and Housing and Minister of Internal Affairs. In December 1978, he resigned from the Cabinet, from Parliament, and from the party, protesting the Prime Minister's rejection of British-American plans for Rhodesia's transition to majority rule. He ran as an independent in the by-election for his former seat in Parliament, but lost. He soon moved to South Africa, where he lived until his death.
Early life and education
Hayman was born on 4 May 1925 to Samuel James Rollo Hayman and Ethel Elizabeth Burnell Pollard.[1][2][3] Born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, he moved to Southern Rhodesia with his parents in 1929, when he was age four.[1][4] He was educated at Plumtree School in Plumtree, Matabeleland.[1] He matriculated at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, graduating honors with a Bachelor of Science in soil conservation.[1][4]
In 1943, he joined the
Farming career
Hayman returned to Southern Rhodesia in 1949, taking up work as a conservation and extension officer until 1955.[4] He later purchased land and took up farming in Shamva, a town in the northern Mashonaland region.[1][4] He went on to serve as chairman of the Shamva Farmers' Association, chairman of the Shamva Parents' Association, and director of the Rhodesian Farmers' Syndicates.[4]
Political career
Hayman was elected to Parliament for the Shamva constituency in the 1958 Southern Rhodesian elections, as a member of the United Federal Party. He, along with Ian Smith, Lance Smith, and four others, resigned from the UFP on 19 April 1961 over the party's position on constitutional proposals for Southern Rhodesia.[5]
In 1962, he became a founding member of the right-wing
Hayman won reelection in
Resignation and special election
On 27 December 1978, Hayman resigned from his cabinet posts, from Parliament, and from the Rhodesian Front.
The resignation of Hayman, a staunch conservative and an close ally of the Prime Minister, was seen as a blow to the transitional government.[10][14] Prime Minister Ian Smith later said that he had asked Hayman to resign when he learned he was planning to leave Rhodesia.[14] He said:
"Therefore I informed him that it would be right and proper for him to resign from his ministerial post. From experience, I have found in some cases—and I stress the word some—when people have made up their minds to leave Rhodesia, they adopt an unbalanced and defeatist attitude and therefore it would have been wrong for Mr. Hayman to continue in public office."
The day he resigned, Hayman announced that he would run as an independent for his former seat in Parliament in the special election.[8] The byelection, held on 6 February 1979, was the last election conducted before the advent of the new constitution. Hayman lost the election with 20% of the vote to Cecil Millar, the Rhodesian Front candidate. Soon after, he moved to South Africa.
Personal life and death
Hayman died, aged 82, on 3 April 2008 at home in the Amberglen retirement community in
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Party | Rollo Hayman | N/A | N/A | ||
N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Majority | N/A | ||||
Turnout | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RF | George Rollo Hayman | 972 | 55.8 | ||
United Party | Neil Patrick Hammond | 771 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | 201 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,743 | 69.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RF | Rollo Hayman | N/A | N/A | ||
N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Majority | N/A | N/A | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RF | Rollo Hayman | 1,075 | 87.2 | ||
Independent | Ernest Frederick Konschel | 158 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 978 | 74.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,233 | 75.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RF | Rollo Hayman | 1,241 | 84.4 | -2.8 | |
Rhodesia Party
|
Henry John Wells | 229 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 1,012 | 68.8 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,470 | 92.5 | +17.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RF | Rollo Hayman | 1,184 | 89.1 | +4.7 | |
RAP | Robin Elliot Campbell-Logan | 145 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 1,039 | 78.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,329 | 80.4 | -12.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RF | Cecil Millar | 611 | 78.7 | -10.4 | |
Independent | Rollo Hayman | 165 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | 446 | 57.4 | -20.8 | ||
Turnout | 776 | N/A | N/A |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Who's who of Southern Africa. 1959. p. 1093.
- ^ a b "Legal Notice No. 31023". Green Gazette. 9 May 2008. p. 57.
- ^ "Family tree of George Rollo HAYMAN". Geneanet. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h East Africa and Rhodesia. Vol. 40. Africana. 1963. p. 15.
- ^ Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Newsletter. 1961.
- ^ a b Passmore, Gloria C.; Mitchell, Margaret T.; Wilson, Francis Michael Glenn (1963). Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda in Southern Rhodesia 1898-1962. Salisbury, Rhodesia: University of Rhodesia. p. 200.
- ^ ISBN 9781466934078.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Rhodesia Hit by Loss Of Whites". Altoona Mirror. 28 December 1978. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Rhodesian leader loses political ally". The Arizona Republic. 28 December 1978. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ a b Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service. 1979.
- ISBN 9781779220462.
- ^ Newsweek. Newsweek. 1978.
- ^ ISBN 9780841901605.