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New Hebrides Representative Assembly | |
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| Founded | 1975 |
| Disbanded | 1980 |
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The New Hebrides Representative Assembly was the unicameral legislature of the New Hebrides Condominium (present-day Vanuatu) 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 internally self-governing in January 1978 under an administration formed by George Kalsakau. The pro-independence Vanua'aku Pati (VP) had boycotted the November 1977 election and formed a competing Vanuaaku People's Provisional Government, which controlled most of the islands. The provisional government was suspended in May 1978 and a new government of national unity was formed in December 1978, drawing both from Assembly members and from the extraparliamentary Vanua'aku Pati.[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 | July 1976 | November 1977 | [5] |
| 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
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[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.
- ↑ Garae, Len (1 September 2019). "Farewell to Government Building | News | dailypost.vu". Archived from the original on 2019-09-01.
- 1 2 Macdonald-Milne, Brian; Thomas, Pamela (1994). "Yumi Stanap". editorips@usp.ac.fj.
- ↑ "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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