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:
PartyElectedAppointedTotal
Labour Party26026
Federal Party112031
National Coloured Peoples' Party101
Republican Party101
Independent101
Total402060

19 March 1975:
PartyElectedAppointedTotal
Labour Party31435
Federal Party8917
Social Democratic Party011
Independent167
Total402060

Laws enacted

In the course of its existence the CPRC only passed a small number of laws: