The New Hebrides Representative Assembly was a unicameral legislature in New Hebrides Condominium from 1975 to 1980. It was the first elected legislative arm in the condominium.
New Hebrides Representative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Disbanded | 1980 |
| Meeting place | |
| Vila | |
The Representative Assembly replaced the unelected advisory council. It had initially 42 members,[1] and the 1975 elections with universal suffrage allowed Melanesians to participate for the first time. In addition to the members elected by universal suffrage also other interest groups elected members.[2] The first meeting of the assembly took place in July 1976.[3] The British and the French resident commissioners had override veto power over assembly decisions.
New Hebrides became an internally self-governing in January 1978.[4] The Parliament of Vanuatu took over all functions of the Representative Assembly upon Vanuatu's independence in July 1980.
Chairmen of the Assembly
edit| Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gérard Leymang[5] | July 1976 | November 1977 | |
| Maxime Carlot Korman | November 1977 | December 1978 | [6] |
| George Kalsakau | December 1978 | 1979 | [7] |
| Fred Timakata | November 1979[8] | 1980 | Resigned[6] |
| Maxime Carlot Korman | 1980 | July 1980 | Became Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu |
Elections
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1977). "National Basic Intelligence Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency.
- ^ Bernard Hours. "Custom and Politics in the New Hebrides" (PDF).
- ^ "New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1976.
- ^ Jupp, James; Sawer, Marian (1979). "New Hebrides 1978-79: Self-Government by Whom and for Whom?". The Journal of Pacific History. 14 (4): 208–220. doi:10.1080/00223347908572377. JSTOR 25168391.208-220&rft.date=1979&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/00223347908572377&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25168391#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Jupp&rft.aufirst=James&rft.au=Sawer, Marian&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25168391&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:New Hebrides Representative Assembly" class="Z3988">
- ^ Garae, Len (1 September 2019). "Farewell to Government Building | News | dailypost.vu". Archived from the original on 2019-09-01.
- ^ a b Macdonald-Milne, Brian; Thomas, Pamela (1994). "Yumi Stanap". [email protected].
- ^ "Who's who in Oceania". Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus. 1980.
- ^ "Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM". Pacific Publications. 1981.
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