House of Representatives Raad van Verteënwoordigers | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Established | 1984 |
Disbanded | 1994 |
Preceded by | Coloured Persons' Representative Council |
Succeeded by | National 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]