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| successor1 = [[Sikota Wina]] | | successor1 = [[Sikota Wina]] | ||
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'''Ester Banda''' was a [[Zambia]]n politician. She served as a member of the [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]] for [[Roan | '''Ester Banda''' was a [[Zambia]]n [[politician]]. She served as a member of the [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]] for [[Roan constituency|Roan]] from 1964 to 1968 and was jointly one of the first elected female members of parliament in Zambia. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
A member of the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP), Banda was appointed Under-Secretary of the Women's Brigade, having rallied support for the party in [[Ndola]].<ref>''Interdesciplinary Conference on Gender and Colonialism'', University of the Western Cape, 1997, Volume 2, p106</ref> | A member of the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP), Banda was appointed Under-Secretary of the Women's Brigade, having rallied support for the party in [[Ndola]].<ref>''Interdesciplinary Conference on Gender and Colonialism'', University of the Western Cape, 1997, Volume 2, p106</ref> | ||
In the [[1964 Northern Rhodesian general election|January 1964 general elections]], Banda contested the [[Roan | In the [[1964 Northern Rhodesian general election|January 1964 general elections]], Banda contested the [[Roan constituency|Roan]] constituency as the UNIP candidate, and was elected to the Legislative Council, one of the three women elected alongside [[Margret Mbeba]] and [[Nakatindi Yeta Nganga]].<ref>Mbuyo Nalumango and Monde Sifuniso (1998) ''Woman power in politics'', Zambia Women Writers Association, p48</ref> At independence later in 1964, the Legislative Council became the National Assembly. She lost her seat in the [[1968 Zambian general election|1968 elections]] and later served as a district governor and UNIP's provincial secretary in [[Copperbelt Province]].<ref>''Official verbatim report of the debates of the second session of the second National Assembly'', Volume 2, Issue 2, Part 1, p2185</ref><ref>''Sub-Saharan Africa Report'', Issues 2457–2463, p22</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Ester Banda | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1964–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Hendrick Liebenberg |
| Succeeded by | Sikota Wina |
| Constituency | Roan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | UNIP |
Ester Banda was a Zambian politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly for Roan from 1964 to 1968 and was jointly one of the first elected female members of parliament in Zambia.
Biography
A member of the United National Independence Party (UNIP), Banda was appointed Under-Secretary of the Women's Brigade, having rallied support for the party in Ndola.[1]
In the January 1964 general elections, Banda contested the Roan constituency as the UNIP candidate, and was elected to the Legislative Council, one of the three women elected alongside Margret Mbeba and Nakatindi Yeta Nganga.[2] At independence later in 1964, the Legislative Council became the National Assembly. She lost her seat in the 1968 elections and later served as a district governor and UNIP's provincial secretary in Copperbelt Province.[3][4]
References
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- ↑ Interdesciplinary Conference on Gender and Colonialism, University of the Western Cape, 1997, Volume 2, p106
- ↑ Mbuyo Nalumango and Monde Sifuniso (1998) Woman power in politics, Zambia Women Writers Association, p48
- ↑ Official verbatim report of the debates of the second session of the second National Assembly, Volume 2, Issue 2, Part 1, p2185
- ↑ Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 2457–2463, p22
