Coloured Persons Representative Council

Coloured Persons Representative Council Verteenwoordigende Kleurlingraad
History
Established	1969
Disbanded	1980
Preceded by	Union Council for Coloured Affairs
Succeeded by	House of Representatives
Leadership
Chairman of the Executive	Tom Swartz (1969–1975) Sonny Leon (1975) Alathea Jansen (1975–1980)
Seats	60 (40 elected, 20 nominated)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post with single-member divisions
Last election	19 March 1975
Meeting place
Proteaville, Bellville, Cape Town

The Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Africa ^[1] 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. ^[2] 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 [3]
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

Notes and references

1. The name is sometimes written as "Coloured Persons' Representative Council"; however the text of the Coloured Persons Representative Council Act, 1964, omits the apostrophe.
2. Saks, David Yoram (1991). The failure of the Coloured Persons' Representative Council and its constitutional repercussions, 1956–1985 (M.A.). Rhodes University. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
3. The independent member joined the Federal Party immediately after the election.