1946–47 New Caledonian legislative election explained

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 22 December 1946 and 5 January 1947 to elect the 19 elected members of the General Council.^[1]

The elections saw the left-wing members elected in 1945 largely replaced by members representing business and the mining industry.^[2]

The new Council elected Henri Lafleur as the territory's representative to the French Council of the Republic.^[3]

Elected members

The 19 elected members were:^[4]

• Henri Bonneaud
• Bourgarde
• Bussy
• Cuer
• David
• Duplat
• Féré
• Legrand
• Legras
• Loucheron
• Mary
• Mariotti
• Henri Lafleur
• Pannetier
• Parazols
• de Saint Quentin
• Robert
• Talon
• Varin

Notes and References

1. Jean Le Borgne (2005) Nouvelle-Calédonie: 1945-1968 - La confiance trahie, Editions L'Harmattan, p20
2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-316193141/view?partId=nla.obj-316217221#page/n50/mode/1up/search/caledonian N. Caledonian Council Considers Native Welfare and Industry
3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-316193141/view?partId=nla.obj-316216388#page/n48/mode/1up/ The General Council of New Caledonia
4. Le Borgne, p23