John Clifford Moodey was born on 22 November 1958 and is a South African politician who is currently serving a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on behlaf of ActionSA.
18 Facts About John Moodey
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John Moodey previously served as the Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng from 2007 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2020.
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John Moodey was the party's Shadow MEC for Community Safety.
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John Clifford Moodey was born on 22 November 1958 in Doornfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg.
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John Moodey became an activist while he was still in school.
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John Moodey was previously a trade unionist and served on the executive of the Combined Employers Union.
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John Moodey joined the Democratic Party in 1998, which became the Democratic Alliance in 2000.
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John Moodey was elected to the Johannesburg City Council in 2000 as the ward councillor for Florida.
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John Moodey became chairperson of the DA caucus in 2001 and soon deputy chairperson of the party in Gauteng South in 2002.
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John Moodey became Provincial Chairperson of the DA in 2004.
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John Moodey was elected Provincial Leader of the party in 2007, succeeding Ian Davidson to become the party's first black leader in Gauteng.
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At the DA's October 2009 provincial conference, in a bid to secure re-election, John Moodey's campaign sent out SMS's displaying false information.
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John Moodey was endorsed by Semple and DA Federal Youth Leader Makashule Gana.
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In November 2014, John Moodey was re-elected for another term after he defeated MPL Refiloe Nt'sekhe.
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John Moodey secured another term in November 2017 after he defeated Ghaleb Cachalia.
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In February 2020, John Moodey announced that he would be retiring as provincial leader ahead of the party's upcoming provincial conference to be held later on in the year.
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On 24 February 2020, he announced that he would run for DA Federal Leader at the party's Federal Congress, which was scheduled to be held in May The elective conference was postponed to October 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak and John Moodey temporarily suspended all campaign activities.
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On 2 September 2020, John Moodey resigned from the Democratic Alliance, citing race and an internal disciplinary proceeding.