New Hebrides Representative Assembly

The New Hebrides Condominium 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 Condominium Representative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded1975
Disbanded1980
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] Parliament of Vanuatu took over all functions of the Representative Assembly upon Vanuatu's independence in July 1980.

Chairmen of the Assembly
Name Took office Left office Notes
? July 1976 November 1977
Maxime Carlot Korman November 1977 December 1978 [5]
George Kalsakau December 1978 1979 [6]
Fred Timakata November 1979[7] 1980 Resigned[5]
Maxime Carlot Korman 1980 July 1980 Became Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu

Elections

See also

References
  1. Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1977). "National Basic Intelligence Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency.
  2. Bernard Hours. "Custom and Politics in the New Hebrides" (PDF).
  3. "New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1976.
  4. Jupp, James; Sawer, Marian (1979). "New Hebrides 1978-79: Self-Government by Whom and for Whom?". The Journal of Pacific History. pp. 208–220.
  5. Macdonald-Milne, Brian; Thomas, Pamela (1994). "Yumi Stanap". editorips@usp.ac.fj.
  6. "Who's who in Oceania". Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus. 1980.
  7. "Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM". Pacific Publications. 1981.


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