Michael Shackleton

Michael Stephen Shackleton is a South African politician who served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from May 2019 to April 2022. Prior to serving in the provincial legislature, he was a Tshwane councillor and a Member of the National Assembly. Formerly a member of the Democratic Alliance, he resigned from the party on 28 April 2022 and joined ActionSA.

Background Shackleton is from Centurion in Pretoria. His father died from cancer in 2001 just before he started high school and his mother died of heart failure in 2008, while he was at university. He developed a stutter after the death of his parents.

Political career In 2008 Shackleton joined the Democratic Alliance's student organisation at the University of Pretoria.

For the 2019 elections, Shackleton was the 20th candidate on the DA's provincial list for the Gauteng Provincial Legislature election. He was also 81st on the DA's national list and 24th on the party's regional list for the National Assembly election. At the election, he won a seat in the provincial legislature. He served as the DA's Shadow MEC for Community Safety. He was also a member of the Public Accounts committee and the Community Safety portfolio committee. The DA won the by-election on 4 May.