| Intro | South African politician |
| A.K.A. | Daylin Gary Mitchell |
| Is | Politician |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Politics | Democratic Alliance |
Daylin Gary Mitchell (born 7 February 1986) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party, the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the Chairperson of the Conduct Committee and the Standing Committee on Transport and Public Works. He has been serving as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since September 2015. He previously served as the Chairperson of both the Standing Committee on the Premier and Constitutional Matters and the Petitions Committee.
Political career
Mitchell has served as a youth leader in the Democratic Alliance. He has also served as interim Youth Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the party’s Western Cape Metropolitan Region. He served as National Director for Provincial Growth and Guidance from 2013 to 2014 and was the Democratic Alliance Chief of Staff at the Provincial Parliament from 2014 to 2015.
Speaker Sharna Fernandez swore Mitchell in as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on 21 September 2015. At the age of 29, he became the youngest member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. In the Fifth Provincial Parliament, he served as Chairperson of both the Standing Committee on the Premier and Constitutional Matters and the Petitions Committee.
He was re-elected as a Member of the Provincial Parliament in May 2019. He was appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance caucus. In June 2019, the Western Cape Provincial Parliament elected Committee Chairpersons. Mitchell was elected Chairperson of both the Conduct Committee and the Standing Committee on Transport and Public Works.