Natal Provincial Council
The Natal Provincial Council was the provincial council of Natal Province in South Africa. It was created by the South Africa Act 1909, with effect from the formation of the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910. The Provincial Council continued to exist until 1986, at which point its functions were transferred to a strengthened executive authority appointed by the State President. The province itself was disbanded in 1994, when the provinces were reconstructed. Election system and terms The Provincial Council was composed of members elected, by the first past the post electoral system, Originally provinces with fewer than 25 single member electoral divisions, used for the House of Assembly elections (like Natal), were divided into 25 provincial seats. However under the Constitution and Elections Amendment Act 1973, provinces with at least 20 House of Assembly seats (like Natal at the time) used the same electoral divisions for both bodies. Originally the term of the Provincial Co ...
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Provincial Council (South Africa)
The provincial councils were the legislatures of the four original provinces of South Africa. They were created at the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, and abolished in 1986 when they were replaced by a strengthened executive appointed by the State President. The four provincial councils were the Cape Provincial Council, the Natal Provincial Council, the Transvaal Provincial Council and the Orange Free State Provincial Council. History The Union of South Africa was created in 1910 in terms of the South Africa Act 1909. Four British coloniesCape Colony, Transvaal Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colonybecame provinces of the new country, and the colonies' parliaments were abolished and most of their powers transferred to the new Parliament of the Union. The provincial councils were created to legislate on those matters which the South Africa Act allocated to the provinces. When South Africa became a republic in 1961, the Constitution of 1961 preserved the pr ...
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