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Coloured Persons Representative Council

Coloured Persons Representative Council

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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.

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Election results

30 September 1969:

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19 March 1975:

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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

  1. [1]
    The name is sometimes written as "Coloured Persons' Representative Council"; however the text of the Coloured Persons Representative Council Act, 1964, omits the apostrophe.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    The independent member joined the Federal Party immediately after the election.


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