at the 1981 general election. Mulder himself lost by 922 votes in the constituency of Randfontein, where he had won in the 1977 election with a majority of 7,763. After the founding of the Conservative Party, in which he participated, Mulder was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1987 general election, at the age of 62. By then suffering from terminal cancer, he died on 12 January 1988 before he was able to take his seat. His two sons, Pieter and Corné, became Conservative Party MPs in 1988. Corné still serve in Parliament as a member of Freedom Front Plus. References 1925 births 1988 deaths People from Bela-Bela Local Municipality Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent National Party (South Africa) politicians Conservative Party (South Africa) politicians Ministers of Home Affairs of South Africa Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa)