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House of Delegates (South Africa)

Parliamentary house for the Indian section of the population


Parliamentary house for the Indian section of the population

FieldValue
nameHouse of Delegates
native_nameRaad van Afgevaardigdes
house_typeIndian representative house
established1984
preceded_bySouth African Indian Council
succeeded_byNational Assembly
disbanded1994
voting_system1First-past-the-post
last_election16 September 1989
meeting_placeMarks Building
Cape Town, Cape Province (until 1987)
New Assembly Building
Houses of Parliament, Cape Town

Cape Town, Cape Province (until 1987) New Assembly Building Houses of Parliament, Cape Town The House of Delegates () was a body in the Tricameral Parliament of South Africa which existed from 1984 to 1994. It was reserved for Indian South Africans. The body was elected twice; in 1984 and 1989. It was the second time in South Africa's history that Indians had ever had any sort of representation at the national level, the first being the South African Indian Council. It was originally to be called the Chamber of Deputies.

The first debating chamber of the House of Delegates was located in Marks Building, a building that was located across the road from Houses of Parliament, Cape Town. Upon its completion in 1987, the house was moved to a debating chamber on the floor above the new chamber designed for joint-sittings of the Tricameral Parliament. The executive arm of the House of Delegates was a Ministers' Council, led by a Chairman. The civil service that dealt with Indian "own affairs" (including education, health and welfare, local government, housing and agriculture) was called Administration: House of Delegates, and was based in Durban.

Elections

Electoral turnouts for elections to the House of Delegates were poor.

Election results:

ElectionDateTotal seatsNational People's PartySolidarityOthersIndep.
1984 election28 August 198440181714
1989 election6 September 198940816106

Leadership

The following served as Chairman of the Minister's Council of the House of Delegates:

  • Amichand Rajbansi (September 1984 – 31 December 1988)
  • Kassipershad Ramduth (1 January – 21 March 1989, acting)
  • Jayaram Narainsamy Reddy (21 March 1989 – February 1993)
  • Bhadra Ranchod (February 1993 – March 1994)

References

References

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  3. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SM1BAAAAYAAJ&q=%22House+of+Representatives%22+%22Coloured%22+%22old+Senate+chamber%22 ''Race Relations Survey''], South African Institute of Race Relations, page 130
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  7. Behrens, Gerd. (October 1989). "THE OTHER TWO HOUSES The first five years of the Houses of Representatives and Delegates". University of Cape Town.
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