| Brink et al. (1953) |
Act No. 46 of 1946, section 8, as amended by Act 55 of 1952; Acts 12 of 1936 and 23 of 1949 |
1936-1952 |
Defines which voters' lists are 'current' or 'valid' and excludes the Native Representative and South West Africa seats from the 150. |
| Brink et al. (1953) |
South Africa Act, 1909, sections 32, 38-42 and 71, as amended by Act No. 55 of 1952 |
1909-1952 |
Provides the legal quota rule, the 15% load/unload discretion and the five factors the Commission must weigh. |
| Charney (1984) |
1983 constitution and constitutional referendum (November 1983) |
1983 |
The structure of the new constitution is analysed to show how it preserves white and NP control. |
| Christopher (1983a) |
South Africa Act 1909 and Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 1961; Constitution Amendment Act 1965; Constitution and Elections Amendment Act 1973 (Select Committee Report SG 5-1973) |
1909-1973 |
Establishes the legal criteria, quotas, deviation margins, Special Electoral Divisions and the pegging of House size and provincial seats. |
| Christopher (1983b) |
Constitution Amendment Act of 1965 |
1965 |
Instructed Commissioners to create Special Electoral Divisions with up to 30 per cent unloading. |
| Christopher (1983b) |
Constitution and Elections Amendment Act of 1973 and Report of the Select Committee on the Constitution and Elections Amendment Bill, SG 5-1973 |
1973 |
Shows that parliament pegged the House size and provincial seat allocation, leaving the Transvaal under-represented in 1980. |
| Christopher (1983b) |
South Africa Act 1909 (as published by Transvaal, TG 14-1910) and the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 1961 |
1909-1961 |
Establishes the legal basis, criteria and apportionment rules governing delimitation. |
| Christopher (2009a) |
Population Registration Act of 1950; Nationality and Flag Act of 1927; 1956 constitutional amendment; South Africa Act 1909 |
1909-1956 |
Legislative context for racial classification, nationality and the franchise that shaped census design. |
| Cillié et al. (1980) |
Alteration of Provincial Boundaries Act, No. 36 of 1978 |
1978 |
Establishes the transfer of Griqualand East and named polling districts to Natal, forcing abolition of the Griqualand East division. |
| Cillié et al. (1980) |
Electoral Act, No. 45 of 1979, section 11(4A)/(4B), and Electoral Amendment Act, No. 89 of 1980 |
1979-1980 |
Determines registration of South African citizens resident in 'independent' homelands in the division of the nearest magistrate's office. |
| Cillié et al. (1980) |
Proclamation 27 of 1974 (polling districts as published 22 February 1974) |
1974 |
Provides the polling district framework to which the Surveyors-General's boundary descriptions refer. |
| Cillié et al. (1980) |
Proclamations R. 202 (31 August 1977) and R. 248 (30 September 1977) on Walvis Bay |
1977 |
Returns Walvis Bay to administration by the Cape Province, which creates the problem of placing its voters (decided as Green Point). |
| Cillié et al. (1980) |
Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961 (Act 32 of 1961), sections 40, 42, 43, 44, as amended (incl. Act 79 of 1973 and Third Amendment Act 1980) |
1961-1980 |
Sets the 165-seat allocation, the quota formula based on white voters, the ±15% (70% for large divisions) tolerance and the factors the Commission must weigh. |
| Cornell (1960) |
South Africa Act of 1909 and the 'entrenched clause'; Supreme Court/Appellate Division judgments on the Separate Representation of Voters Act |
1909-1956 |
Traces the constitutional conflict over Cape Coloured voting rights, court rulings and the Government's responses. |
| Delimitation Commission (1932) |
South Africa Act, 1909 (sections 34, 39, 41, 42, 71) |
1909 |
Sets the statutory rules (quota, fifteen per cent margin, density consideration, quinquennial redistribution) governing the delimitation. |
| Delimitation Commission and P. M. Cilliers (Chairman) (1974) |
Constitution Act, section 40 as substituted by section 81 of the Constitution and Elections Amendment Act, 1973 (Act 79 of 1973) |
1973 |
Fixes the House of Assembly at 165 members and allocates seats per province (Cape 55, Natal 20, OFS 14, Transvaal 76). |
| Engel (1999) |
Electoral and constitutional legislation (South Africa Act 1909; Acts of 1930, 1931, 1936, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1968, 1972, 1979, 1983) |
1909–1983 |
Establishes the evolution of franchise extension for Europeans and restriction of non-European rights. |
| Laurence et al. (1913) |
Cape Act No. 39 of 1906 and Proclamations 160, 162, 194, 207-222 of 1911 and 252 of 1912 (new fiscal divisions and field cornetcies) |
1906-1912 |
Documents the boundary changes of fiscal divisions, field cornetcies and municipalities that complicated redrawing Cape constituencies. |
| Laurence et al. (1913) |
South Africa Act, 1909, sections 32-34, 38-43 and 71 |
1909 |
Supplies the quota formula, the 15 per cent margin and the mandate to delimit constituencies. |
| Potgieter et al. (1966) |
Previous delimitation commissions' reports for South West Africa (Walvis Bay/islands) and South-West Africa Affairs Amendment Act 1949 |
1949-1965 |
Sets the legal basis for assigning the Lüderitz islands (17 voters) to Green Point and recommending an amendment. |
| Potgieter et al. (1966) |
Republic of South Africa Constitution Act No. 32 of 1961, ss. 42-44, as amended by Act No. 85 of 1965 |
1961-1965 |
Supplies the legal rules: 160 divisions, Republic-wide quota, 15% loading/unloading limit, seven factors, and the 10,000 sq mile proviso. |
| Potgieter et al. (1966) |
Separate Representation of Voters Act No. 46 of 1951, s. 6, as amended |
1951-1965 |
Mandates delimiting four Coloured House of Assembly and two Provincial Council divisions on the Coloured voters' list within a 15% margin. |
| Price (1953) |
South Africa Act (incl. Section 40 and amendments on delimitation) |
1909, amended before 1953 |
Defines the delimitation procedure and the 15% loading/unloading power underlying the rural over-representation argument. |
| Price (1953) |
South West Africa Representation legislation and 1950 SWA elections |
1949-1950 |
Explains the six new Nationalist seats from SWA that increased the Government's working majority. |
| Walton and Hofmeyr (1912) |
South Africa Act 1909 and Draft Constitution (precis) |
1909 |
Reproduced in the appendix; the outcome of the debates. |