Maureen Thelma Watson
Maureen Thelma Watson (née Eastwood; 15 Septemba 1925 - 29 Ọgọst 1994) bụ onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Rhodesian.
Onye obodo Bulawayo, ọ bụ nwunye na-akwado atụmatụ ezinụlọ tupu ọ banye na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. N'ịbụ onye a họpụtara na Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly na 1958, ọ bụ nwanyị nke abụọ a họpụtara na nzuko omeiwu. A họpụtara ya ọzọ na 1962 mana ọ họrọghị ịzọ ọkwa ọzọ na 1965. Onye so na United Federal Party, ma mesịakwa Rhodesia Party, ọ bụ onye na-emeru ihe n'ókè nke megidere atụmatụ mgbanwe nke Rhodesian Front.
Ndụ mbụ na ezinụlọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Maureen Thelma Eastwood mụrụ na 15 Septemba 1925 na Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. [1] [2] Ndị mụrụ ya bụ Elizabeth “Bessie” (née Dempsey), onye obodo Johannesburg, na William Hives Eastwood, amụrụ na England. Nna ya bụ onye ọchụnta ego na onye otu ndị omebe iwu nke jere ozi dị ka onye minista na-ahụ maka nchekwa nchekwa ahụike, agụmakwụkwọ na ụgbọ njem na Federation of Rhodesia na Nyasaland.[3][4][5][6] Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Eveline na Bulawayo na Kingsmead College na Johannesburg, South Africa.[1]
Na 10 Nọvemba 1945, ọ lụrụ Robert France Watson, onye South Africa nke na-arụ ọrụ na Rhodesian Railways.[1][2] Ọ ghọrọ onye na-elekọta ụlọ ma ha nwere otu nwa nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị abụọ.[1][2]
ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ime ihe ike
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Tupu ọ banye na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, Watson bụ onye na-akwado igbochi ọmụmụ na osote onyeisi oche nke Bulawayo Family Planning Association . [3] N'afọ 1955, njikọ ahụ meghere ụlọ ọgwụ mbụ maka ndị ọcha na Bulawayo na Margaret Roe Child Welfare Centre.[3]
Na ntuli aka nke afọ 1958, a họpụtara Watson, onye United Federal Party, ka ọ bụrụ onye omeiwu nke Southern Rhodesian, na-anọchite anya mpaghara Hillside.[1][4] Ọ meriri na agba nke mbụ n'aka onye nọ n'ọkwa Dominion Party bụ Jack Graham Pain, na-etinye onye nke abụọ n'ime mmadụ atọ.[4] Ọ gara megide Pain na ọnụ ọgụgụ nke abụọ, merie na 52% nke votu.[4] Nke a mere ka ọ bụrụ nwanyị nke abụọ a họpụtara na Nzukọ Ndị Omeiwu (nke mbụ, Tawsie Jollie, a họpụtara ya na 1923).[5][6] A họpụtara Watson ọzọ na 1962 na 56% nke votu, na-emeri onye na-azọ ọkwa Rhodesian Front William Redpath Kinleyside.[4] Ka o sina dị, United Federal Party nke Watson tụfuru ike na ntuli aka ahụ na Rhodesian Front, bụ ndị nwetara ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu nke oche 35, ma e jiri ya tụnyere UFP 29.
Na nzuko omeiwu, Watson megidere ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na ebumnuche nchekwa nke Rhodesian Front, bụ nke ndị ọcha hibere na 1962 bụ ndị megidere mgbanwe ọ bụla na ọchịchị ndị isi ojii na Rhodesia. N'afọ 1961, ọ kpọrọ oku ka e tinye iwu mmanya n'otu n'otu n'agbanyeghị agbụrụ.[1] Ọ gakwara n'ihu n'ịkwado maka mgbochi ịmụ nwa na nnwere onwe nke ụmụ nwanyị. N'afọ 1963, ọ megidere iwu nke machibidoro "nwaafọ ọ bụla" ka ya na "nwanyị ọcha ma ọ bụ nwa agbọghọ dị ọcha nwee mmekọahụ."[2] Watson, bụ naanị nwanyị MP, mere mkpesa na "Iwu a [bụ] omume nna na-akwadoghị nke ndị omeiwu nwoke na-akwado megide ụmụ nwanyị Europe nke mba a.. "[7][7]
Mgbe United Federal Party gbasara na 1963, Watson sonyeere Rhodesia Party, nke Roy Welensky na ndị ọzọ na-emegide atụmatụ Rhodesian Front na ohere UDI guzobere. N'afọ 1964, Watson kwupụtara na ya agaghị agba ọsọ ọzọ n'afọ 1965. [8] Na ngwụcha afọ 1960, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na bọọdụ nke National Free Library of Rhodesia . [9]
Maureen Watson nwụrụ na Bulawayo na 29 August 1994, mgbe ọ dị afọ 68. [citation needed]
Akụkọ banyere ntuli aka
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Party | Jack Graham Pain | 637 | 46.3 | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. | Maureen Thelma Watson | 510 | 37.0 | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. | Albert John Lister Lewis | 230 | 16.7 | ||
| Majority | 127 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,377 | 76.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. | Maureen Thelma Watson | 701 | 52.0 | +15 | |
| Dominion Party | Jack Graham Pain | 646 | 48.0 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 55 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,347 | 74.8 | −1.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. | Maureen Thelma Watson | 822 | 55.7 | +3.7 | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/R' not found. | William Redpath Kinleyside | 653 | 44.3 | ||
| Majority | 169 | 11.4 | +7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,475 | 82.2 | +7.4 | ||
Edemsibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- 1 2 3 4 (1959) Who's who of Southern Africa (in en). Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content. - 1 2 (1972) Who's who of Southern Africa (in en). Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited, 1306.
- 1 2 (1956) International Planned Parenthood News (in en).
- 1 2 3 4 Science (1963). Source Book Series (in en).
- ↑ (1999) Woman Plus (in en). ZWRCN, 31.
- ↑ (1976) Profiles of Rhodesia's Women (in en). National Federation of Business and Professional Women of Rhodesia, 15. ISBN 9780797401679.
- 1 2 Franck (1963). Southern Rhodesian nationalism in the East Central African conflict (in en). American Society of African Culture, 26.
- ↑ (1964) East Africa and Rhodesia (in en). Africana., 522.
- ↑ Library (1968). Annual Report of the Board of the National Free Library of Rhodesia for the Year Ended ... (in en). Government Printer.