Vernon Shearer was a South African politician.

Career

Durban Point Durban Point was a constituency that elected one member to the Parliament of South Africa. Members * Vernon Shearer (1938–1958) * Vause Raw Wyatt Vause Raw, DMS (21 September 1921 – 13 March 2001) was a conservative opposition South Afr ...

. He later served as

Mayor of Durban Below is a list of mayors of Durban, South Africa. In 2000 Durban became the seat of the newly created eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. 1854-1910 * , 1854–1856 (Includes portraits of mayors) * Edward Snell, 1856, 1867–69 * Savery Pinsen ...

after leaving parliament. Two of his grandsons, Robin Smith and Chris Smith played cricket for England.

References

External links

* https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43176526.pdf : the

1961 South African general election General elections were held in South Africa on 18 October 1961. They were the first general elections after South Africa became a republic following the 1960 South African referendum. The National Party under Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd won a maj ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shearer, Vernon 20th-century South African politicians Mayors of Durban Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa) People from Durban Independent politicians