Cape and Natal redistribution of seats reports
Literature › Primary sources
|
|
| Kind |
commission or official report |
| Producer |
Cape and Natal governments |
| Coverage |
1883-1907 |
| Works using it |
2 |
Debates
Works using this source
| Work |
As cited |
Period |
How used |
| Christopher (1983a) |
Colonial redistribution reports: Cape Comparative statistics 1883 (G.108-1883), Cape Redistribution of Seats Commission 1897-8 (G.8-1898), Natal Redistribution Commission 1907 |
1883-1907 |
Shows precedent for delimitation criteria and for rural overrepresentation or unloading in the colonies. |
| Christopher (1983b) |
Cape of Good Hope 1883 Comparative statistics on representation and Report of the Redistribution of Seats Commission 1897-8 (G.8-1898) |
1883-1898 |
Shows colonial criteria for constituency delimitation and recognition that rural areas required over-representation. |
| Christopher (1983b) |
Report of the Parliamentary Redistribution and Electoral Reform Commission, 1907 (Natal Government Gazette No. 3627) |
1907 |
Evidence that the principle of rural unloading was accepted in Natal before Union. |