Coloured Persons Representative Council
The Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Africa 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. In 1984 the House of Representatives was created to represent coloured voters in the Tricameral Parliament.
Election results
30 September 1969:Party | Elected | Appointed | Total |
Labour Party | 26 | 0 | 26 |
Federal Party | 11 | 20 | 31 |
National Coloured Peoples' Party | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Republican Party | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 40 | 20 | 60 |
19 March 1975:
Party | Elected | Appointed | Total |
Labour Party | 31 | 4 | 35 |
Federal Party | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Social Democratic Party | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Independent | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Total | 40 | 20 | 60 |
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