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Revision as of 12:51, 26 June 2012
Coloured Persons Representative Council Verteenwoordigende Kleurlingraad | |
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| Leadership | |
Chairman of the Executive | 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 | 19 March 1975 |
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]
Notes & 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.
- ^ Saks, David Yoram (1991). The failure of the Coloured Persons' Representative Council and its constitutional repercussions, 1956–1985 (M.A.). Rhodes University. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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