# 1st Parliament of Botswana

The 1st Parliament of Botswana, composed of 31 members of the National Assembly, met in Gaborone from September 1966, when Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom, to 1969. Its membership was set by the 1965 Bechuanaland general election, which gave the Botswana Democratic Party control of Parliament with 28 members, while the Botswana People's Party received the remaining three seats.

## List of members

The following is a list of members of the 1st Parliament of Botswana:

### The Cabinet

| Office | Name | Party |
| Prime Minister | Seretse Khama | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Quett Masire | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Minister of Labour and Social Services | Archelaus Tsoebebe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Minister of Works and Communications | David J. C. Morgan | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Minister of Agriculture | Moutlakgola P. K. Nwako | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Minister of Mines, Commerce, and Industry | Amos Dambe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Minister of Local Government | Tsheko Tsheko | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Attorney General | Alan Tilbury | Botswana Democratic Party |

### Parliamentary leadership

| Office | Name | Party |
| Speaker | Alfred Merriweather | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Deputy Speaker | Gaefalale Sebeso | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Parliamentary Secretaries, by Ministry ||||
| Agriculture | Ramsey D. Molefe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Finance | Englishman Kgabo | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Labour and Social Services | Motlatsi Segokgo | Botswana Democratic Party |

### By constituency

| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Speaker | Alfred Merriweather | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Attorney General | Alan Tilbury | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Bobirwa | Archelaus Tsoebebe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Boteti | Benjamin Steinberg | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Francistown–Tati | Philip Matante | Botswana People's Party |
| Gaborone–Ramotswa | Norman Molomo | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Ghanzi | Ntwakgolo Sekga | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Kanye North | Basenyapelo Chibana | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Kanye South | Quett Masire | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Kgalagadi | Boy Moapare | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Kgatleng–Tlokweng | Motlatsi Segokgo | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Kweneng South | Johnson Nkoane | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Kweneng West | Eyes Reokwaeng | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Mahalapye | Gaolese Koma | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Maun–Chobe | Dikgothi Monwela | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Mmadinare | Amos Dambe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Mochudi | Thari Motlhagodi | Botswana People's Party |
| Molepolole | Stephen Thobega | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Molepolole East | Englishman Kgabo | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Moshupa | Edison Masisi | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Ngami | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Ngwaketse–Kgalagadi | Pulafela Sebotho | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Nkange | Obed Chilume | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Okavango | Tsheko Tsheko | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Sebina–Gweta | Mudongo Maswikiti | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Serowe North | Seretse Khama | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Serowe South | Bakwena Kgari | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Shoshong | Goareng Mosinyi | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Tati West | Kenneth Nkhwa | Botswana People's Party |
| Tonota | Lemme Makgekgenene | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Tswapong North | Moutlakgola P. K. Nwako | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Tswapong South | Gaefalale Sebeso | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Specially elected | James G. Haskins | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Specially elected | Ramsey D. Molefe | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Specially elected | David J. C. Morgan | Botswana Democratic Party |
| Specially elected | George W. Sim | Botswana Democratic Party |