House of Representatives (Coloured chamber)
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The House of Representatives (Coloured chamber) was the apartheid-era parliamentary chamber in South Africa designated for Coloured voters under the tricameral legislature system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of Representatives (Coloured chamber) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | parliamentary chamber ⓘ |
| appliesToDemographic | Coloured population in South Africa ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | instrument of apartheid policy ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | separate chamber within tricameral parliament ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | entrenching racial divisions in political representation ⓘ |
| electorate | Coloured voters ⓘ |
| establishedFor | representation of Coloured voters ⓘ |
| excludedFromElectorate |
Black African majority
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Indian population ⓘ white population ⓘ |
| governingIdeologyContext |
racial segregation
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white minority rule ⓘ |
| hasVotingSystem | parliamentary elections restricted by racial classification ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late apartheid era ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Afrikaans
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English ⓘ |
| legislativeSystem | tricameral legislature system ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Houses of Parliament, Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Parliament of South Africa
NERFINISHED
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apartheid constitutional framework ⓘ tricameral parliament of South Africa ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | apartheid ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide separate parliamentary representation for Coloured voters ⓘ |
| relatedChamber |
House of Assembly (white chamber)
NERFINISHED
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House of Delegates (Indian chamber) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | opposition by anti-apartheid movements ⓘ |
| votingRightsLimitedTo | Coloured persons classified under apartheid law ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
South African general election, 1987
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