David Pieter de Villiers Graaff Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, based on 12 World History Database records associated with South Africa.

12 records1913–19997 events2 places

Chronological biography

1913

Birth of David Pieter de Villiers Graaff8 December 1913

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

Birth of David Pieter de Villiers Graaff

1942

Battle of Tobruk1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Tobruk

Taken prisoner at the Battle of Tobruk

1947

Election1947

Politics / United Party

Unsuccesfully stands for election

1948

Election1948

Politics / United Party

Succesfully stands for election

Election1948

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

Victory in De Villiers constituency (Hottentots) was the only UP pickup in the election. Becomes a member of Parliament in 1948, the year his United Party was ousted from Government by the conservative National Party, which promised to enact a de jure system of apartheid

1951

Party Leader1951

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP · Cape Province

Appointed Party Leader for the United Party in the Cape

1956

Party Leader1956

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

Appointed Party Leader of the United Party

1961

Election1961

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

Only 1 of the 12 party members of the House of Assembly retain their seat

1977

Election1977

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

The United Party is dissolved and the New Republic Party is founded, of which Villiers Graaff briefly serves as interim leader before retiring

New Republic Party1977

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

The United Party is dissolved and the New Republic Party is founded, of which Villiers Graaff briefly serves as interim leader before retiring

Resignation of David Pieter de Villiers Graaff28 June 1977

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

Resigns as party leader. Resigns as opposition leader

1999

Death of David Pieter de Villiers Graaff4 October 1999

Politics / United Party · Party Leader of UP

Death of David Pieter de Villiers Graaff

Titles and roles

Party Leader of UP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.