Mary Metcalfe
Mary Metcalfe | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Agriculture, Conservation and Environment and Land Affairs | |
| In office June 1999 – April 2004 | |
| Premier | Mbhazima Shilowa |
| Preceded by | Nomvula Mokonyane (for Agriculture, Conservation and Environment) |
| Succeeded by | Khabisi Mosunkutu (for Agriculture, Conservation and the Environment) |
| Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Education | |
| In office 1994 – June 1999 | |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ignatius Jacobs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Ellen Poole 9 November 1954 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Mary Metcalfe (née Poole; born 9 November 1954) is a South African politician, educator, and academic who served in the Executive Council of Gauteng from 1994 to 2004. A member of the African National Congress, she was Gauteng's inaugural Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 1994 to 1999 and then became MEC for Agriculture, Conservation and Environment and Land Affairs from 1999 to 2004. She also served as Deputy Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 2004. In 2021, she was appointed to the National Planning Commission.