Coloured Persons Representative Council
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Coloured Persons Representative Council Verteenwoordigende Kleurlingraad |
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History | |
Established | 1969 |
Disbanded | 1980 |
Preceded by | Union Council for Coloured Affairs |
Succeeded by | House of Representatives |
Leadership | |
Chairman of the Executive
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Tom Swartz (1969–1975)
Sonny Leon (1975) Alathea Jansen (1975–1980) |
Seats | 60 (40 elected, 20 nominated) |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post with single-member divisions | |
Last election
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19 March 1975 |
Meeting place | |
Proteaville, Bellville, Cape Town |
The Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Africa[1] was a partially elected council with limited legislative powers, intended to represent coloured South Africans during the apartheid era. It was first elected in 1969, re-elected in 1975, and permanently dissolved in 1980.[2] In 1984 the House of Representatives was created to represent coloured voters in the Tricameral Parliament.
Election results
30 September 1969:
Party | Elected | Appointed | Total |
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Labour Party | 26 | 0 | 26 |
Federal Party | 11 | 20 | 31 |
National Coloured Peoples' Party | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Republican Party | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1[3] |
Total | 40 | 20 | 60 |
19 March 1975:
Party | Elected | Appointed | Total |
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Labour Party | 31 | 4 | 35 |
Federal Party | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Social Democratic Party | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Independent | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Total | 40 | 20 | 60 |
Laws enacted
In the course of its existence the CPRC only passed a small number of laws:
- Law No. 1 of 1971: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Law, 1971
- Law No. 1 of 1972: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Law, 1972
- Law No. 1 of 1973: the Coloured Farmers Assistance Law, 1973
- Law No. 1 of 1974: the Coloured Persons Social Pensions Law, 1974
- Law No. 1 of 1977: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Law, 1977
- Law No. 1 of 1979: the Rural Coloured Areas Law, 1979
Notes and references
- ↑ The name is sometimes written as "Coloured Persons' Representative Council"; however the text of the Coloured Persons Representative Council Act, 1964, omits the apostrophe.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The independent member joined the Federal Party immediately after the election.
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