David Pieter de Villiers Graaff1947
Unsuccesfully stands for election
South Africa · Politics / United Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Unsuccesfully stands for election
Smuts and the United Party lost the 1948 election to the National Party. It was never to hold power again
Succesfully stands for election
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
In the 1953 election the United Party under Strauss lost seven seats, while their opponents the National Party gained twenty-five more seats and a majority in Parliament. Following the election, the United Party suffered two splits, creating the Liberal Party and the Union Federal Party
Only 1 of the 12 party members of the House of Assembly retain their seat
The United Party is dissolved and the New Republic Party is founded, of which Villiers Graaff briefly serves as interim leader before retiring
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