House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives was the chamber of South Africa’s apartheid-era tricameral parliament designated to represent the Coloured population, operating from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Representatives canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct legislature
ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chamberNumberInParliament | one of three chambers ⓘ |
| coequalChamberWith |
House of Assembly (South Africa)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Delegates (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1994 ⓘ |
| electoralParticipation | characterized by low voter turnout among Coloured electorate ⓘ |
| electorate | Coloured voters in South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1994 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | own affairs of Coloured community as defined by apartheid law ⓘ |
| hasLowerHouse | no ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 80 ⓘ |
| hasUpperHouse | no ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late apartheid era ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyFor | Coloured population of South Africa ⓘ |
| legislativePower | limited legislative authority over so-called own affairs of Coloured population ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Parliament of South Africa buildings, Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Parliament of South Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
apartheid political system ⓘ tricameral parliament of South Africa ⓘ tricameral system excluding Black African majority ⓘ |
| politicalContext | designed to co-opt Coloured minority into apartheid constitutional framework ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | introduction of non-racial democratic constitution in South Africa ⓘ |
| replacedBy | National Assembly of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Coloured population ⓘ |
| seat | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1984 ⓘ |
| status | abolished ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | State President of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBuilding | Houses of Parliament, Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post voting ⓘ |
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