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'''Albany''' was a constituency in the ] of ], which existed from ] to ]. It was named after the ], which covered parts of today’s ] province, and its main population centre was Grahamstown (today known as ]). Throughout this time it elected one member to the ] and one to the ]. |
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'''Albany''' was a constituency in the ] of ], which existed from ] to ]. It was named after the ], which covered parts of today's ] province, and its main population centre was Grahamstown (today known as ]). Throughout this time it elected one member to the ] and one to the ]. |
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== Franchise notes == |
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== Franchise notes == |
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When the ] was formed in 1910, the electoral qualifications in use in each pre-existing colony were kept in place. The Cape Colony had implemented a “colour-blind” franchise known as the ], which included all adult literate men owning more than £75 worth of property (]), and this initially remained in effect after the colony became the Cape Province. As of 1908, 22,784 out of 152,221 electors in the Cape Colony were “] or ]”. Eligibility to serve in Parliament and the Provincial Council, however, was restricted to whites from 1910 onward. |
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When the ] was formed in 1910, the electoral qualifications in use in each pre-existing colony were kept in place. The Cape Colony had implemented a “colour-blind” franchise known as the ], which included all adult literate men owning more than £75 worth of property (]), and this initially remained in effect after the colony became the Cape Province. As of 1908, 22,784 out of 152,221 electors in the Cape Colony were “] or ]”. Eligibility to serve in Parliament and the Provincial Council, however, was restricted to whites from 1910 onward. |
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== History == |
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== History == |
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The seat was a stronghold for the ] and its predecessors, who held the seat from its creation until the party’s collapse in the 1970s. Its first MP was ], leader of the ], who won it unopposed in ], and uncontested elections were the norm throughout the seat’s early existence – the ] contested it in 1915 and the ] in 1953, but other than that the seat was only contested by independents for the first fifty years of its existence. |
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The seat was a stronghold for the ] and its predecessors, who held the seat from its creation until the party's collapse in the 1970s. Its first MP was ], leader of the ], who won it unopposed in ], and uncontested elections were the norm throughout the seat's early existence – the ] contested it in 1915 and the ] in 1953, but other than that the seat was only contested by independents for the first fifty years of its existence. |
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Starting from 1966, the National Party began contesting Albany regularly, but the UP maintained enough of a hold on the seat that it only ever became marginal. ], Albany’s final MP, first won the seat in 1981, initially representing the ] and later joining the ]. He was defeated by the National Party's J. H. van de Vyver in 1987, but returned in 1989. In this, the last election held under apartheid and with a first-past-the-post electoral system, it was the only rural seat in the Cape to be won by the DP. |
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Starting from 1966, the National Party began contesting Albany regularly, but the UP maintained enough of a hold on the seat that it only ever became marginal. ], Albany's final MP, first won the seat in 1981, initially representing the ] and later joining the ]. He was defeated by the National Party's J. H. van de Vyver in 1987, but returned in 1989. In this, the last election held under apartheid and with a first-past-the-post electoral system, it was the only rural seat in the Cape to be won by the DP. |
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== Members == |
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== Members == |
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Starting from 1966, the National Party began contesting Albany regularly, but the UP maintained enough of a hold on the seat that it only ever became marginal. Errol Moorcroft, Albany's final MP, first won the seat in 1981, initially representing the Progressive Federal Party and later joining the Democratic Party. He was defeated by the National Party's J. H. van de Vyver in 1987, but returned in 1989. In this, the last election held under apartheid and with a first-past-the-post electoral system, it was the only rural seat in the Cape to be won by the DP.
Location of Albany within South Africa (1981)