New Hebrides Representative Assembly Explained

New Hebrides Representative Assembly
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Foundation:1975
Disbanded:1980
House Type:Unicameral

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.

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

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Gérard Leymang[5] July 1976November 1977
Maxime Carlot KormanNovember 1977December 1978[6]
George KalsakauDecember 19781979[7]
Fred TimakataNovember 1979[8] 1980Resigned
Maxime Carlot Korman1980July 1980Became Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu

Elections

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agency . United States Central Intelligence . National Basic Intelligence Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency . en . 1977.
  2. Web site: Custom and Politics in the New Hebrides. Bernard Hours.
  3. Web site: New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review . Ministry of Foreign Affairs . en . 1976.
  4. Jupp . James . Sawer . Marian . New Hebrides 1978-79: Self-Government by Whom and for Whom? . The Journal of Pacific History . 208–220 . 1979. 14 . 4 . 10.1080/00223347908572377 . 25168391 .
  5. Web site: Garae . Len . Farewell to Government Building News dailypost.vu . 1 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901172844/https://dailypost.vu/news/farewell-to-government-building/article_79bd050d-adf8-5f05-b1ca-2249e5f0f17c.html . 2019-09-01 .
  6. Web site: Macdonald-Milne . Brian . Thomas . Pamela . Yumi Stanap . editorips@usp.ac.fj . en . 1994.
  7. Web site: Who's who in Oceania . Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus . en . 1980.
  8. Web site: Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM. . Pacific Publications . en . 1981.