New Hebrides Representative Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Disbanded | 1980 |
| Meeting place | |
| Vila | |
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.
- ^ 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.