The Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South AfricaThe name is sometimes written as "Coloured Persons' Representative Council"; however the text of the Coloured Persons Representative Council Act, 1964, omits the apostrophe. was a partially elected council with limited legislative powers, intended to represent coloured South Africans during the apartheid era. It was first elected in 1969, re-elected in 1975, and permanently dissolved in 1980. In 1984 the House of Representatives was created to represent coloured voters in the Tricameral Parliament.
Election results 30 September 1969: Party Elected Appointed Total Labour Party 26 0 26 Federal Party 11 20 31 National Coloured Peoples' Party 1 0 1 Republican Party 1 0 1 Independent 1 0 1The independent member joined the Federal Party immediately after the election. Total 40 20 60
19 March 1975: Party Elected Appointed Total Labour Party 31 4 35 Federal Party 8 9 17 Social Democratic Party 0 1 1 Independent 1 6 7 Total 40 20 60
Laws enacted In the course of its existence the CPRC only passed a small number of laws: Law No. 1 of 1971: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Law, 1971 Law No. 1 of 1972: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Law, 1972 Law No. 1 of 1973: the Coloured Farmers Assistance Law, 1973 Law No. 1 of 1974: the Coloured Persons Social Pensions Law, 1974 Law No. 1 of 1977: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Law, 1977 Law No. 1 of 1979: the Rural Coloured Areas Law, 1979
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