Kuruman (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)

== History ==

== History ==

Like many constituencies in the rural Cape, the electorate of Kuruman was largely [[Afrikaans]]-speaking and conservative, and with the exception of the 1938 general election, the seat was won at every election by the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]]. It largely replaced the seat of Barkly when created in 1929, and Barkly MP Bruckner de Villiers stood for election in both Kuruman and Stellenbosch. He chose to represent Stellenbosch, causing an immediate by-election in Kuruman, which was won by fellow Nationalist Hendrik Jacobus Cornelis de Jager. When the majority of the National Party went into the [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]] in 1934, Kuruman MP Ignatius van Wijk Raubenheimer followed [[J. B. M. Hertzog]] into the new party, and was re-elected by a safe margin, but died in office in 1939. The resulting by-election was won by Philippus Jacobus Olivier of the [[Herenigde Nasionale Party]], the first election contested by the party under that label. The HNP and the refounded National Party would hold Kuruman for most of the rest of its history. Jan Hendrik Hoon, Kuruman's last MP, defected to [[Andries Treurnicht]]'s [[Conservative Party (South Africa)|Conservative Party]] and was defeated for re-election in 1987 by the National Party candidate, but he recaptured the seat at the last whites-only general election in 1989.

Like many constituencies in the rural Cape, the electorate of Kuruman was largely [[Afrikaans]]-speaking and conservative, and with the exception of the 1938 general election, the seat was won at every election by the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]]. It largely replaced the seat of Barkly when created in 1929, and Barkly MP {{interlanguage link|Bruckner de Villiers|lt=W. B. de Villiers|af|}} stood for election in both Kuruman and Stellenbosch. He chose to represent Stellenbosch, causing an immediate by-election in Kuruman, which was won by fellow Nationalist Hendrik Jacobus Cornelis de Jager. When the majority of the National Party went into the [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]] in 1934, Kuruman MP Ignatius van Wijk Raubenheimer followed [[J. B. M. Hertzog]] into the new party, and was re-elected by a safe margin, but died in office in 1939. The resulting by-election was won by Philippus Jacobus Olivier of the [[Herenigde Nasionale Party]], the first election contested by the party under that label. The HNP and the refounded National Party would hold Kuruman for most of the rest of its history. Jan Hendrik Hoon, Kuruman's last MP, defected to [[Andries Treurnicht]]'s [[Conservative Party (South Africa)|Conservative Party]] and was defeated for re-election in 1987 by the National Party candidate, but he recaptured the seat at the last whites-only general election in 1989.

== Members ==

== Members ==

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|| [[1929 South African general election|1929]]

|| [[1929 South African general election|1929]]

| W. B. de Villiers

| {{interlanguage link|Bruckner de Villiers|lt=W. B. de Villiers|af|}}

|rowspan="3" | [[National Party (South Africa)|National]]

|rowspan="3" | [[National Party (South Africa)|National]]

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