Chris Wyngaard

Chris Wyngaard
Member of the National Assembly
In office May 1994 – June 1999
Personal details
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	Democratic Party (since 1999) New National Party (1997–99) National Party (until 1997)

Christiaan Allen Wyngaard is a South African politician who represented the National Party (NP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999,^[1] having gained election in the 1994 general election.^[2]

Ahead of the 1999 general election, Wyngaard was listed 32nd on the party list of the New National Party (NNP), the NP's successor party, in the Western Cape. Wyngaard, along with Glen Carelse and Pauline Cupido, reportedly complained to the party leadership about their low ranking on the list.^[3] Several weeks later, in January 1999, he and the others announced that they would resign from the NNP to join the Democratic Party (DP).^[4] However, Wyngaard was not re-elected under the DP banner when the general election took place.^[5]

References

1. "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
2. "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
3. "NNP defectors head for DP". The Mail & Guardian. 15 January 1999. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
4. "Virgin custom in Mpuma". The Mail & Guardian. 18 January 1999. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
5. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.