The New Hebrides Representative Assembly was a unicameral legislature in
New Hebrides
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three th ...
Condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...
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, 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.
The first meeting of the assembly took place in July 1976. The British and the French resident commissioners had override veto power over assembly decisions.
New Hebrides became an internally self-governing in January 1978.
The
Parliament of Vanuatu
The Parliament of Vanuatu (; ) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu.
It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from France and the United Kingdom.
The functioning of Parlia ...
took over all functions of the Representative Assembly upon Vanuatu's independence in July 1980.
Chairmen of the Assembly
Elections
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1975 New Hebridean general election
General elections were held for the first time in the New Hebrides on 10 November 1975.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p834 The result was a victory for the New Hebrides ...
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1977 New Hebridean general election
Early general elections were held in the New Hebrides on 29 November 1977 following the dissolution of the Representative Assembly elected in 1975 due to the Vanua'aku Pati blocking its work in order to protest the inclusion of members elected by ...
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1979 New Hebridean general election
General elections were held in the New Hebrides on 14 November 1979 for the seats in Representative Assembly, the last before independence the following year. The result was a victory for the Vanua'aku Pati, which won 25 of the 39 seats, with its ...
See also
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New Hebrides Condominium
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three th ...
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Parliament of Vanuatu
The Parliament of Vanuatu (; ) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu.
It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from France and the United Kingdom.
The functioning of Parlia ...
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List of legislatures by country
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References
New Hebrides
New Hebrides
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three th ...
New Hebrides
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three th ...
1975 establishments in the New Hebrides
1980 disestablishments in Oceania
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