Ian Davidson (South African politician)

Ian Davidson MP


Shadow Minister of International Relations and Co-operation
In office 2012–2013
Leader	Helen Zille
Preceded by	Kenneth Mubu
Succeeded by	Justus de Goede

Personal details
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance

Ian Ormiston Davidson (born 1 January 1951) is a former Member of the South African Parliament from the Democratic Alliance. He served as the Shadow Minister of International Relations and Co-operations from 2012 to 2013. He left parliament in 2014.

Education[]

After Matriculating from Parktown Boys' High School, Davidson went to the University of the Witwatersrand where he studied law. He has recently completed a Master of Law at the University of Stellenbosch.^[1]

Politics[]

Davidson joined the Progressive Party in 1969. He served as Johannesburg city councillor from 1982 to 1994. Davidson served in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 1999 and was first elected to parliament in 1999.^[2] In May 2007 he became the chief whip of the party in parliament,^[3] taking over from Douglas Gibson. Davidson held the position until he lost it to Watty Watson in 2011. He also served on the portfolio committee on finance, representing the constituency of Linden, Johannesburg.

References[]

^ "DA Biography".
^ "Who's who SA". Archived from the original on 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
^ SA Parliament

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IFP	M Buthelezi E Buthelezi SA Buthelezi Cebekhulu M Hlengwa M Hlengwa Luthuli Majozi Msimang Ngcobo Singh Sithole Van der Merwe
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ACDP	Meshoe Sukers Swart Thring
UDM	Holomisa Kwankwa
ATM	Zungula Marawu
Good	De Lille Herron
NFP	Emam Sibisi
AIC	Galo Jafta
COPE	Lekota Madisha
PAC	Nyhontso
Al Jama-ah	Hendricks
Party leaders in italics

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NCOP	(ANC) Faith Mazibuko (ANC) Sicelo Shiceka (ANC) (ANC) Sherry Chen (DA) (IFP)

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