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David Coltart

Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South
In office 2000 – 2008
Preceded by	Zenzo Nsimbi
Succeeded by	Eddie Cross
Senator for Khumalo
In office 2008 – present

Born	October 4, 1957 (1957-10-04) (age 50) Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia
Political party	MDC (Mutambara faction)
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Presbyterian
Website	[1]

David Coltart (born October 4, 1957 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia) is a Zimbabwean politician. The Parliament of Zimbabwe consists of two chambers The Senate ( Upper Chamber; in existence from 1980 to 1989 and since 2005 The Bulawayo South is a parliamentary constituency of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Eddie Cross (born 1940 is a Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South a renowned Zimbabwean economist and founder member of the mainstream Movement for Democratic Change party The Senate of Zimbabwe is the Upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. The Khumalo are an African Clan that originated in northern KwaZulu, South Africa. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Gweru ( formerly Gwelo) is a city near the centre of Zimbabwe at. Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British Colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa, and known today as Zimbabwe The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Gweru ( formerly Gwelo) is a city near the centre of Zimbabwe at. Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British Colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa, and known today as Zimbabwe See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election He was a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change when it was established in 1999 and its founding Secretary for Legal Affairs. He was the Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South in the House of Assembly from 2000 to 2008, and he was elected to the Senate in 2008. Bulawayo South is a parliamentary constituency of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe is the Lower chamber of the country's Bicameral Parliament. The Senate of Zimbabwe is the Upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. He is presently the Legal Secretary for the faction^[1] of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Arthur Mutambara; the main wing is led by Morgan Tsvangirai. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara (born 25 May 1966 is a Zimbabwean politician Morgan Richard Tsvangirai ( English ˈtʃæŋgəˈraɪ Shona ts͡ɸaŋgiˈra

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 Ian Smith
4 Electoral history
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Early life

Coltart was born in Gweru (formerly known as Gwelo), Midlands Province, in the former Southern Rhodesia. Gweru ( formerly Gwelo) is a city near the centre of Zimbabwe at. Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British Colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa, and known today as Zimbabwe He was born an only child to a bank manager father and a nurse mother. As a young child the Coltart family relocated to Bulawayo. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676000 (UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator Zimbabwe 2005 now estimated He was educated at Hillside Primary School followed by Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo. St Patrick's Christian Brothers College Bulawayo is a private Multiracial boys only high school located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. After matriculation, Coltart served in the BSAP from 1975 to 1978 in the Mashonaland, Matabeleland South, and Masvingo provinces. The British South Africa Police (BSAP was the police force of the British South Africa Company (BSAC of Cecil Rhodes which became the national police force of Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe. It is the home of the Shona people. Matabeleland South is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 54172 km² and a population of approximately 650000 (2002 Masvingo is a town in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province.

After his conscription he enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1978. The University of Cape Town ( UCT) is a Public university located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak, in Cape Town UCT is where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in legal studies as well as his Bachelor of Laws. The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law While at UCT Coltart first became involved in politics when he was elected as Chairman of the Zimbabwe Students Society. In addition to this post he was elected to serve on the Law Students Council.

In 1983 Coltart went to work for the Webb, Low and Barry law firm in Bulawayo. He was appointed a partner in 1984 and became the firm's senior partner in 1998, a position he still holds. Coltart was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Zimbabwean High Court in 1983. At this time Coltart became involved in campaigning against the Rhodesian Front serving as campaign manager for the first Independent to unseat the RF in 17 years. The Rhodesian Front ( RF) was a Political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under White minority rule. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party.

Coltart founded the Bulawayo Legal Projects Centre in 1987 and was its first Director until 1997. During that time he initiated the first investigation into the genocide committed by the Mugabe regime in Matabeleland between 1982 and 1987. This culminated in the publication in 1987 of the report entitled "Breaking the Silence:Building True Peace" by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and the Legal Resources Foundation.

In 1990 Coltart helped establish the Central and Southern African Legal Assistance Foundation.

In 1992 Coltart was appointed legal adviser to the opposition Forum political party established that year and led by Dr. Enock Dumbutshena, Zimbabwe's first black Chief Justice.

In 1999 Coltart was appointed interim legal secretary of the Movement for Democratic Change. In January 2000, at the inaugural congress of the Movement for Democratic Change, Coltart was elected Secretary for Legal Affairs.

Political career

Coltart has served in the House of Assembly since he unseated the ZANU-PF incumbent in the 2000 election as a member of the Movement for Democratic Change. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF is a Zimbabwean Political party that was the ruling government in Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe parliamentary elections of 2000 to the Zimbabwe House of Assembly were held on June 24 - 25. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party.

During his first term in Parliament he was the Shadow Justice Minister and chaired the Parliamentary Justice Committee. In March 2005 he was reelected in the Zimbabwean general election, winning his seat against a Zanu PF cabinet minister with a 76% majority.

When the Movement for Democratic Change split in October 2005 Coltart was the only member of the National Executive of the party not to take sides in an effort to reconcile the two factions which emerged after the split.

In the March 2008 Senate election, Coltart won the seat of Khumalo, standing for the Mutambara faction of the MDC; he received 8,021 votes against 6,077 for Joubert Mangena of the Tsvangirai faction. A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate ^[2]

Ian Smith

Following the death of former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, Coltart issued a press statement in which he said: "Ian Smith lived an exemplary family life and in private was a down-to-earth, modest man. Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID ( 8 April 1919 &ndash 20 November 2007) served as the Prime Minister of the British Ian Smith was not corrupt nor was he a megalomaniac. " He also criticized him: "However whilst Ian Smith acted in what he thought were the best interests of then Rhodesia he made some disastrous political decisions as Prime Minister which directly contributed to the trauma that Zimbabwe is suffering from today". ^[3]

Electoral history

General Election 2005: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDC	David Coltart	12,120	75. A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 31, 2005 to elect members to the Zimbabwe House of Assembly. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. 8	-8. 9
	ZANU-PF	Sithembiso Nyoni	3,777	23. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF is a Zimbabwean Political party that was the ruling government in Zimbabwe 6	+10. 6
	Independent	Charles Mpofu	84	0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 5	N/A
Majority			8,343	52. 2	-19. 5
Turnout			15,981	36. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 4	+0. 6
	MDC hold		Swing

General Election 2000: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDC	David Coltart	20,781	84. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. Swing in a British political context is a single figure used as an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties The Zimbabwe parliamentary elections of 2000 to the Zimbabwe House of Assembly were held on June 24 - 25. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. 7	N/A
	ZANU-PF	Callistus Ndlovu	3,193	13. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF is a Zimbabwean Political party that was the ruling government in Zimbabwe 0	-51. 6
	Independent	Others	552	2. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 2	N/A
Majority			17,588	71. 7
Turnout			24,526	35. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 8
	MDC gain from ZANU-PF		Swing

References

^ BBC News. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF is a Zimbabwean Political party that was the ruling government in Zimbabwe Swing in a British political context is a single figure used as an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe is the Lower chamber of the country's Bicameral Parliament. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676000 (UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator Zimbabwe 2005 now estimated Bulawayo South is a parliamentary constituency of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. A small number of people of European ethnic origin ( Whites) first came as settlers to the African country now known as Zimbabwe during the late nineteenth century Constitutional deal in Zimbabwe.
^ "Zimbabwe senate election results", newzimbabwe. com.
^ Zimbabwe Metro. Ian Douglas Smith.

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