Coloured Persons Representative Council Verteenwoordigende Kleurlingraad | |
|---|---|
| History | |
| Established | 1969 |
| Disbanded | 1980 |
| Preceded by | Union Council for Coloured Affairs |
| Succeeded by | House of Representatives |
| 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 |
| 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.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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