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Coloured Persons Representative Council

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Established
  
1969

Disbanded
  
1980

Preceded by
  
Union Council for Coloured Affairs

Succeeded by
  
House of Representatives

Chairman of the Executive
  
Tom Swartz (1969–1975) Sonny Leon (1975) Alathea Jansen (1975–1980)

Seats
  
60 (40 elected, 20 nominated)

The Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Africa 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. In 1984 the House of Representatives was created to represent coloured voters in the Tricameral Parliament.

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Election results

30 September 1969:

19 March 1975:

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

    • References

    Coloured Persons Representative Council Wikipedia
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