Johnny Schippers
Johnny Schippers | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 26 August 2005 – May 2009 | |
| Constituency | Western Cape |
| In office 14 August 2000 – April 2004 | |
| Constituency | Western Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johannes Schippers 29 June 1943 Tulbagh, Cape Province Union of South Africa |
| Died | 31 January 2009 (aged 65) Western Cape, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress (since September 2005) |
| Other political affiliations | New National Party (until September 2005) |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa University of the Western Cape |
Johannes "Johnny" Schippers (29 June 1943 – 31 January 2009) was a South African politician from the Western Cape. A former teacher, he served in the National Assembly from 2000 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2009. He was a member of the New National Party (NNP) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
Early life
[edit]Schippers was born on 29 June 1943[1] in Tulbagh in the former Cape Province.[2] He held a BA from the University of South Africa and a BEd from the University of the Western Cape, and he was a teacher and school principal by profession.[2] He represented the National Party, the NNP's forerunner, as a local councillor in Tulbagh from 1995 to 1999.[2]
Legislative career: 2000–2009
[edit]In the 1999 general election, Schippers stood for the NNP as a candidate for election to the National Assembly's Western Cape caucus,[3] but he was not initially elected. Instead, he joined the assembly on 14 August 2000, replacing Abe Williams.[4] He served as the NNP's spokesman on safety and security during the legislative term that followed.[5]
Schippers was not immediately re-elected in the 2004 general election and again joined the legislature during the legislative term, replacing Cecil Herandien on 26 August 2005.[6] By then, NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk had announced the NNP's intention to disband. The week after being sworn in, during the floor-crossing window, Schippers followed van Schalkwyk and most of the NNP's other representatives in resigning from the NNP and joining the governing ANC.[7] He served the rest of the term under the ANC banner.
Personal life
[edit]Schippers was married. He died on 31 January 2009 in a car accident while travelling home to Tulbagh from the ANC's regional constituency office in Worcester.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d "Hansard: Motion of Condolence". Parliament of South Africa. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Sizzlers killers get life". The Mail & Guardian. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "The last bell tolls for the NNP". IOL. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- 21st-century South African politicians
- 20th-century South African politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- African National Congress politicians
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- University of South Africa alumni
- University of the Western Cape alumni
- People from Tulbagh
- Politicians from the Western Cape
- 1943 births
- 2009 deaths