Roy Ainslie | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office June 1999 – 6 May 2014 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
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Citizenship | South Africa |
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Arthur Roy Ainslie is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2014 and before that in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 1999.
Ainslie has a bachelor's degree from the University of Cape Town. [1] During apartheid, he was active in liberal white political organisations, first as a leader of the National Union of South African Students (Nusas) in the 1970s [2] [3] and then as a member of the Democratic Party. [4] [5] In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, he was elected to the new KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. [1] In the next general election in 1999, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, representing the KwaZulu-Natal constituency. [6] He served three terms in the assembly, gaining re-election in 2004 [7] and 2009. [1] From 2010 he was the ANC's whip in the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. [8]
Roy Ainslie | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office June 1999 – 6 May 2014 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Personal details | |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party |
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Arthur Roy Ainslie is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2014 and before that in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 1999.
Ainslie has a bachelor's degree from the University of Cape Town. [1] During apartheid, he was active in liberal white political organisations, first as a leader of the National Union of South African Students (Nusas) in the 1970s [2] [3] and then as a member of the Democratic Party. [4] [5] In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, he was elected to the new KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. [1] In the next general election in 1999, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, representing the KwaZulu-Natal constituency. [6] He served three terms in the assembly, gaining re-election in 2004 [7] and 2009. [1] From 2010 he was the ANC's whip in the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. [8]