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, 1974 and 1977).

Parliament of Rhodesia
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Assembly
History
Founded	1970
Disbanded	1979
Preceded by	Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	Parliament of Zimbabwe
Elections
Last House of Assembly election	August 1977
Meeting place
Parliament building, Salisbury

Senate

The upper chamber was called the Senate,^[1] and it had 23 members: ten White Rhodesians, ten African chiefs, and three persons appointed by the President of Rhodesia.^[2] The President of the Senate was the presiding officer. The Senate had only delaying powers for legislation.

No.	President	Party	Tenure	Notes
1	Jack William Pithey	RF	1970 – 1 November 1978	[3][4]
-	John Richard Strong Acting	RF	December 1978 – 29 May 1979	[5]

House of Assembly

The lower chamber was called the House of Assembly, and it had popularly elected 66 members, organised in Westminster style. 50 of the members were non-Africans and 16 of the members were African. The parliamentary term was five years. The Speaker of the House was the presiding officer.

No.	Speaker	Party	Tenure	Notes
1	Col. Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles	RF	1970 – 31 December 1972	[6][7]
2	George Holland Hartley	RF	27 March 1973 – 1979	[7]

See also

• Rhodesia
• List of legislatures by country