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The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats

Date
19 Mar 1975
Updated
16 Mar 2020
Coloured Persons’ Representative Council

The second election to the Coloured Persons' R epresentative Council resulted in an absolute majority for the anti-apartheid Labour Party (LP). The LP won thirty-one of the fourty elective seats in the Council.. The leader, Sonny Leon, stated that his party's minimum demand was full equality with Whites as well as complete economic and political freedom. On the day of the elections the minister of Coloured Relations, Hennie Smit, gave notice of a Bill enabling him to exercise the powers and functions of the Council in certain circumstances.

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  1. 01SAHO, Labour Party, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 14 March 2013]
  2. 02Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

Last updated · 16 Mar 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012224

South African History Online (2011) 'The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012224 (Accessed: 10 August 2026).

South African History Online, The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012224, (accessed 10 August 2026).

"The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012224. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012224.

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