Gareth Morgan (politician)

Gareth Morgan
MP
Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Assumed office
2007
Leader Helen Zille
Preceded by Rafeek Shah
Shadow Minister of Health
In office
2006–2007
Leader Tony Leon and Helen Zille
Preceded by Dianne Kohler Barnard
Shadow Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
In office
2005–2006
Leader Tony Leon
Preceded by Mike Ellis
Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition
In office
2004–2005
Leader Tony Leon
Member of Parliament
for West Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
6 May 2009
Personal details
Born (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977
Nationality South African
Political party Democratic Alliance
Alma mater University of Natal and Oxford University
Website The Backbencher

Gareth Morgan (born 22 March 1977) is a South African politician and a former member of parliament with the opposition Democratic Alliance. He is a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and previously worked as South Africa's Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs.[1] He was South Africa's first carbon neutral Member of Parliament.[2] He resigned from office in January 2013 to pursue a career in consulting.[3]

Education

Morgan matriculated from Westville Boys' High School in 1994 and completed a B.Com and political science honours degree at the University of Natal. He joined the Democratic Alliance's predecessor, the Democratic Party, in 1995—as a student activist. In 1999 he became the party's media officer in KwaZulu-Natal.[1] After a brief stint as a high school teacher, Morgan read for a PPE degree and an M.Sc in Environmental Change and Management at Oxford—on a Rhodes Scholarship.[4]

Member of Parliament

Upon his return to South Africa, Morgan was elected to the National Assembly on the DA's KwaZulu-Natal list. He was initially appointed Parliamentary Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition—a position he occupied for 14 months.[1] He subsequently was appointed spokesperson on Environmental Affairs. In July 2006 he became health spokesperson, before returning to the Environmental Affairs portfolio. Ahead of the 2009 General Elections he appeared second on the party's KwaZulu-Natal list and was re-elected.[1] He is currently Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs.[1]

Constituency

Morgan served as Democratic Alliance MP for the Abaqulusi constituency in northern KwaZulu-Natal between 2004 and 2006. Between 2006 and 2008 he served the South Durban constituency, and from 2009 to January 2013 he served as constituency MP for Durban West.[1]

Memberships

Morgan is a member of Globe International's G8+5 Climate Dialogue.[4]

He is also a fellow of the Emerging Leaders' Programme run by the Southern Africa Centre for Leadership and Public Values, and a member of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry's environmental committee. He is also a facilitator of the DA's Young Leaders' Programme.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gareth Morgan MP".
  2. "Meet Gareth Morgan".
  3. "DA's Morgan takes a break from politics".
  4. 1 2 "Gareth Morgan : MSc 2002/2003".

Offices held

Political offices
Preceded by
Rafeek Shah
South African Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
2007 - 2012
Succeeded by
Marti Wenger
Preceded by
Dianne Kohler Barnard
South African Shadow Minister of Health
2006 – 2007
Succeeded by
Mike Waters
Preceded by
Mike Ellis
South African Shadow Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
2004 – 2006
Succeeded by
Rafeek Shah
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