# List of members of the 1st Parliament of Zimbabwe

This is a list of members of the 1st Parliament of Zimbabwe, which began in 1980 and expired in 1985. Per the Lancaster House Agreement, 20 out of the 100 seats in the House of Assembly and 10 out of the 40 seats in the Senate were reserved for white Zimbabweans. The Parliament's membership was set by the 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election, which gave ZANU–PF a nearly 57 percent majority of common seats in the House of Assembly, with PF–ZAPU taking most of the remaining seats. The 20 seats reserved for whites were initially all held by the conservative Rhodesian Front, but a majority later became independents.

## Composition
### Senate

| Party | Party | Start | End |
| | ZANU–PF | 18 | 18 |
| | ZAPU–PF | 2 | 2 |
| | CAZ | 10 | 6 |
| | Ind. | 0 | 4 |
| | Chiefs | 10 | 10 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 |

### House of Assembly

| Date | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Total | Vacant |
| Date | CAZ | UANC | ZANU–PF | ZAPU–PF | Ind. | Total | Vacant |
| 14 May 1980 (opened) | 20 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| October 1980 | 20 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
| Late 1980 | 19 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
| Early 1981 | 19 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
| January 1981 | 20 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| April 1981 | 19 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
| June 1981 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
| July 1981 | 20 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| November 1981 | 19 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
| December 1981 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
| February 1982 | 19 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
| 4 March 1982 | 12 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 7 | 99 | 1 |
| 6 March 1982 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 8 | 99 | 1 |
| 9 March 1982 | 10 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 9 | 99 | 1 |
| April 1982 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 9 | 100 | 0 |
| 24 June 1982 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 99 | 1 |
| 19 August 1982 | 10 | 3 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 98 | 2 |
| 25 August 1982 | 10 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 98 | 2 |
| Late 1982 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 9 | 97 | 3 |
| 18 January 1983 | 10 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 9 | 99 | 1 |
| 19 April 1983 | 10 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 10 | 100 | 0 |
| Mid-1983 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 10 | 99 | 1 |
| 30 September 1983 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 11 | 100 | 0 |
| 1 January 1984 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 11 | 99 | 1 |
| February 1984 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 12 | 100 | 0 |
| 1 October 1984 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 12 | 99 | 1 |
| October 1984 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 98 | 2 |
| December 1984 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 97 | 3 |
| 1985 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 13 | 98 | 2 |

## Senate
### Common seats

| Name | Party | Notes |
| Bernard Chidzero | ZANU–PF | |
| George Chinengundu | ZANU–PF | |
| Mudhumeni Chivende | ZANU–PF | |
| Joseph Culverwell | ZANU–PF | |
| Johnson Hungwe | ZANU–PF | |
| Lameck Makanda | ZANU–PF | |
| Agrippa Makunde | ZANU–PF | Left office in 1982. |
| Fred Moyo | ZANU–PF | |
| Simbi Mubako | ZANU–PF | |
| Tsitsi Munyati | ZANU–PF | |
| Alick Ndlovu | ZANU–PF | |
| Moven Ndlovu | ZANU–PF | Died 9 November 1984. |
| Enos Nkala | ZANU–PF | |
| John Shoniwa | ZANU–PF | |
| Sunny Takawira | ZANU–PF | |
| Rekayi Tangwena | ZANU–PF | |
| Tarisai Ziyambi | ZANU–PF | |
| Joseph Msika | PF–ZAPU | |
| Garfield Todd | PF–ZAPU | |
| Denis Norman | Independent | |
| Fanuel Chingoma | Chief | |
| C. P. Chitanga | Chief | |
| Myinga Dakamela | Chief | |
| Mtozima Gwebu | Chief | |
| Lameck Mashayamombe | Chief | |
| Edgar Tiyeni Msikavanhu | Chief | |
| Kayisa Ndiweni | Chief | |
| M. M. Nyati | Chief | |
| M. K. Ncube | Chief | |
| M. D. M. Whata | Chief | |

### White seats

| Name | Party | Notes |
| Lou Ankers | Rhodesian Front | |
| Bob Blunt | Rhodesian Front | |
| Margaret Clark | Rhodesian Front | Left office before 1984. |
| Ken Fleming | Rhodesian Front | |
| Douglas Hamilton Ritchie | Rhodesian Front | Resigned September 1980. |
| George Hartley | Rhodesian Front | |
| Jack Mussett | Rhodesian Front | Left office before 1984. |
| Mark Partridge | Rhodesian Front | |
| Paul Savage | Rhodesian Front | Died 2 April 1983. |
| Sam Whaley | Rhodesian Front | |

## House of Assembly
### Common seats

| Name | Party | Party | Province | Notes |
| Kumbirai Kangai | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Maurice Nyagumbo | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Didymus Mutasa | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| William Ndangana | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Frederick Shava | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Victoria Chitepo | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Naomi Nhiwatiwa | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Moven Mahachi | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Joshua Dhube | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Columbus Makoni | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Ezekiel Sanyangare | | ZANU–PF | Manicaland | |
| Edgar Tekere | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland Central | |
| Joice Mujuru | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland Central | |
| Sydney Sekeramayi | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland Central | |
| Farai Masango | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland Central | Resigned October 1980. |
| George Rutanhire | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland Central | |
| Joseph Kaparadza | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland Central | |
| Robert Mugabe | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Mark Nuda Dube | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Robert Marere | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Witness Mangwende | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Moses Mvenge | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Edson Shirihuru | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Edward Pswarayi | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Grafton Ziyenge | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Philemon Murambiwa | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | Died 16/01/2021 at 90 years |
| Jack Hunda | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Horace Nyazika | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Godfrey Chidyausiku | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Abraham Kabasa | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Shadreck Rambanepasi | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland East | |
| Abel Muzorewa | | UANC | Mashonaland East | |
| Silas Mundawarara | | UANC | Mashonaland East | |
| Robson Manyika | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland West | |
| J. Chivaura | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland West | |
| Nathan Shamuyarira | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland West | |
| Alexio Mudzingwa | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland West | |
| Swethan Mombeshora | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland West | |
| Enos Chikowore | | ZANU–PF | Mashonaland West | |
| Ariston Chambati | | PF–ZAPU | Mashonaland West | Resigned October 1980. |
| Titus Mukarati | | UANC | Mashonaland West | |
| Herbert Ushewokunze | | ZANU–PF | Matabeleland North | |
| Vote Moyo | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| Donald Mangena | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | Died 24 June 1982. |
| Sydney Malunga | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| Jini Ntuta | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | Died 19 November 1984. |
| John Nkomo | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| Daniel Ngwenya | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| Ruth Chinamano | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| Jane Ngwenya | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| Thenjiwe Lesabe | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland North | |
| George Silundika | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | Died 9 April 1981. |
| Stephen Nkomo | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | |
| Edward Ndlovu | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | |
| Boyson Mguni | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | |
| Callistus Ndlovu | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | |
| Peter Njini | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | |
| Akim Ndlovu | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | Expelled 19 August 1982. |
| Tamai Vivian Mpofu | | PF–ZAPU | Matabeleland South | Sworn on 18 January 1983. |
| Simon Muzenda | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Ernest Kadungure | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Emmerson Mnangagwa | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Richard Hove | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Simba Makoni | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Samuel Mumbengewi | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Julia Tukai Zvobgo | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Saviour Mativenga | | ZANU–PF | Midlands | |
| Joshua Nkomo | | PF–ZAPU | Midlands | |
| Clement Muchachi | | PF–ZAPU | Midlands | |
| Cephas Msipa | | PF–ZAPU | Midlands | |
| William Kona | | PF–ZAPU | Midlands | |
| Samuel Mamutse | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Dzingai Mutumbuka | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Eddison Zvobgo | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Sheba Tavarwisa | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Nollan Makombe | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Simon Mazorodze | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Oliver Munyaradzi | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| James Bassopo Moyo | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | Convicted October 1984. |
| Nelson Mawema | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Dzikamai Mavhaire | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
| Albert Taderera | | ZANU–PF | Victoria | |
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### White seats

| Name | Party | Constituency | Notes |
| John Landau | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Avondale | |
| John Landau | Independent (from 1982) | Avondale | |
| David Smith | Rhodesian Front | Borrowdale | Resigned 30 April 1981. |
| Paddy Shields | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Bulawayo Central | |
| Paddy Shields | Independent (from 1982) | Bulawayo Central | |
| Denis Walker | Rhodesian Front | Bulawayo North | Expelled 19 August 1982. |
| Wally Stuttaford | Rhodesian Front | Bulawayo South | Criminal conviction in 1982. |
| Rowan Cronjé | Rhodesian Front | Central | Resigned November 1981. |
| Desmond Butler | Rhodesian Front | Eastern | |
| P. K. van der Byl | Rhodesian Front | Gatooma–Hartley | |
| Richard Cartwright | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Hatfield | |
| Richard Cartwright | Independent (from 1982) | Hatfield | |
| Robert Gaunt | Rhodesian Front | Highlands | Resigned 1980. |
| Dennis Divaris | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Kopje | |
| Dennis Divaris | Independent (from 1982) | Kopje | |
| Donald Goddard | Rhodesian Front | Lundi | Died 1 January 1984. |
| Arthur Tapson | Rhodesian Front | Makoni | Resigned 1983. |
| William Michie Irvine | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Marlborough | |
| William Michie Irvine | Independent (from 1982) | Marlborough | |
| André Sothern Holland | Rhodesian Front | Mazoe–Mtoko | Resigned June 1981. |
| Henry Elsworth | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Midlands | |
| Henry Elsworth | Independent (from 1982) | Midlands | |
| Chris Andersen | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Mount Pleasant | |
| Chris Andersen | Independent (from 1982) | Mount Pleasant | |
| Esmond Micklem | Rhodesian Front (until 1982) | Northern | |
| Esmond Micklem | Independent (from 1982) | Northern | |
| Ian Smith | Rhodesian Front | Southern | |
| Alec Moseley | Rhodesian Front | Western | Resigned December 1981. |

## Membership changes
### Senate

| Vacated by | Party | Reason for change | Successor | Party | Installed |
| Douglas Hamilton Ritchie | Rhodesian Front | Resigned September 1980 due to ill health. | Archibald Wilson | Rhodesian Front | 11 February 1981 |
| Archibald Wilson | Rhodesian Front | Resigned in 1982 due to ill health. | Esme Scott | Independent | August 1982 |
| Agrippa Makunde | ZANU–PF | Criminal conviction in 1982. | Missing | | |
| Missing | | | Max Rosenfels | Independent | April 1983 |
| Paul Savage | Rhodesian Front | Died 2 April 1983. | Brian Grubb | Independent | May 1983 |
| Margaret Clark | Rhodesian Front | Left office before 1984. | Missing | | |
| Jack Mussett | Rhodesian Front | Left office before 1984. | Missing | | |
| Missing | | | Terence Oatt | Rhodesian Front | Before 1984 |
| Moven Ndlovu | ZANU–PF | Died 9 November 1984. | Missing | | |
| Missing | Chief | | Zephaniah Charumbira | Chief | Before 1984. |

### House of Assembly

| Constituency/province | Vacated by | Party | Reason for change | Successor | Party | Installed |
| Victoria | Nollan Makombe | ZANU–PF | Became president of the Senate in May 1980. | Missing | | |
| Mashonaland West | Ariston Chambati | PF–ZAPU | Resigned October 1980 to become ambassador to West Germany. | Josiah Chinamano | PF–ZAPU | 1981 |
| Mashonaland Central | Farai Masango | ZANU–PF | Resigned October 1980 to become high commissioner to Tanzania. | Moton Malianga | ZANU–PF | 1981 |
| Highlands | Robert Gaunt | Rhodesian Front | Resigned 1980. | James Thrush | Rhodesian Front | January 1981 |
| Borrowdale | David Smith | Rhodesian Front | Resigned 30 April 1981. | John Probert | Republican Front | July 1981 |
| Matabeleland South | George Silundika | PF–ZAPU | Died 9 April 1981. | Missing | | |
| Mazoe–Mtoko | André Sothern Holland | Rhodesian Front | Resigned June 1981 to form Democratic Party. | Geoff York | Rhodesian Front | July 1981 |
| Central | Rowan Cronjé | Rhodesian Front | Resigned November 1981 to emigrate. | Tony Berkhout | Republican Front | February 1982 |
| Western | Alec Moseley | Rhodesian Front | Resigned December 1981 due to ill health. | Desmond Chalmers | Republican Front | April 1982 |
| Bulawayo South | Wally Stuttaford | Rhodesian Front | Criminal conviction in 1982. | Bob Nixon | Independent | 19 April 1983 |
| | Donald Mangena | PF–ZAPU | Died 24 June 1982. | Sikajaya Andrew | PF–ZAPU | 25 August 1982 |
| Matabeleland South | Akim Ndlovu | PF–ZAPU | Expelled 19 August 1982 for missing 21 consecutive sittings. | Missing | | |
| Bulawayo North | Denis Walker | Rhodesian Front | Expelled 19 August 1982 for missing 21 consecutive sittings. | Guybon Cumming | Republican Front | 18 January 1983. |
| Mashonaland East | Missing | | | Joseph Jekanyika | ZANU–PF | 18 January 1983 |
| Matabeleland South | Missing | | | Tamai Vivian Mpofu | ZAPU–PF | 18 January 1983 |
| Makoni | Arthur Tapson | Rhodesian Front | Resigned 1983 to emigrate to South Africa. | Jock Kay | Independent | October 1983 |
| Lundi | Donald Goddard | Rhodesian Front | Died 1 January 1984. | Peter Field | Independent | February 1984 |
| Mashonaland West | Josiah Chinamano | PF–ZAPU | Died 1 October 1984. | Kenneth Mano | PF–ZAPU | 1985 |
| Masvingo | James Bassopo Moyo | ZANU–PF | Criminal conviction in October 1984. | Missing | | |
| Matabeleland North | Jini Ntuta | PF–ZAPU | Died 19 November 1984. | Missing | | |
| Western | Desmond Chalmers | Rhodesian Front | Resigned December 1984 after emigrating to the United Kingdom. | Missing | | |