House of Representatives (South Africa)

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House of Representatives

Raad van Verteënwoordigers
Type
Type
History
Established1984
Disbanded1994
Preceded byColoured Persons' Representative Council
Succeeded byNational Assembly
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
6 September 1989
Meeting place
Houses of Parliament
Cape Town
Cape Province, South Africa
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The House of Representatives (Afrikaans: Raad van Verteënwoordigers) was an 80-seat body in the Tricameral Parliament of South Africa which existed from 1984-1994. It was reserved for Coloured South Africans. The body was elected twice; in 1984 and 1989. Electoral turnouts for the House of Representatives were poor.[1]

The House of Representatives met in the former Senate chamber in the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town. [2] The executive arm of the House of Representatives was a Ministers' Council, led by a Chairman. The civil service that dealt with Coloured "own affairs" (including education, health and welfare, local government, housing and agriculture) was called the Administration: House of Representatives, and was based in Cape Town.[3][4]


Results[]

In 1984, the House was dominated by the Labour Party, which won 76 of the 80 seats.

In 1989, the Labour Party lost support but still maintained a majority of seats with 69. Other parties represented included the Democratic Reform Party, , and 2 independents. The 1989 house was almost entirely dominated by men, with only 1 female elected.[5]

Election Date Total seats Labour Party Others Indep.
1984 election 22 August 1984 80 76 3 1
1989 election 6 September 1989 80 69 9 2

Chairman of the Ministers' Council[]

References[]

  1. ^ AF Press Clips. Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 1984. pp. 7–.
  2. ^ Race Relations Survey, South African Institute of Race Relations, page 130
  3. ^ Behrens, Gerd (October 1989). THE OTHER TWO HOUSES The first five years of the Houses of Representatives and Delegates (PDF) (PhD). Cape Town: University of Cape Town. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2020.
  4. ^ Willem Johannes Schurink (1992). Victimization: Nature and Trends. HSRC Press. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-0-7969-1258-9.
  5. ^ "SOUTH AFRICA: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 1989". www.ipu.org. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  6. ^ "South Africa".
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