House of Representatives (South Africa)
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 | |
| Part of a series on |
| Apartheid |
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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.
The House of Representatives met in the former Senate chamber in the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town. 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.