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'''Jeppes''' (known as '''Siemert''' for the 1915 general election and as '''Jeppe''' in its later years) was a constituency in the ] of ], which existed from ] to ]. It covered parts of the inner eastern suburbs of ], centred on the suburb of ]. Throughout its existence it elected one member to the ] and one to the ]. |
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'''Jeppes''' (known as '''Siemert''' for the 1915 general election and as '''Jeppe''' in its later years) was a constituency in the ] of ], which existed from ] to ]. It covered parts of the inner eastern suburbs of ], centred on the suburb of ]. Throughout its existence 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. In the ], and its predecessor the ], the vote was restricted to white men, and as such, elections in the Transvaal Province were held on a whites-only franchise from the beginning. The franchise was also restricted by property and education qualifications until the ], following the passage of the ] and the ]. From then on, the franchise was given to all white citizens aged 21 or over. Non-whites remained disenfranchised until the end of apartheid and the introduction of universal suffrage in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/soubg2.htm |title=EISA South Africa: Historical franchise arrangements |publisher=Eisa.org.za |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509080718/http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/soubg2.htm |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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When the ] was formed in 1910, the electoral qualifications in use in each pre-existing colony were kept in place. In the ], and its predecessor the ], the vote was restricted to white men, and as such, elections in the Transvaal Province were held on a whites-only franchise from the beginning. The franchise was also restricted by property and education qualifications until the ], following the passage of the ] and the ]. From then on, the franchise was given to all white citizens aged 21 or over. Non-whites remained disenfranchised until the end of apartheid and the introduction of universal suffrage in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/soubg2.htm |title=EISA South Africa: Historical franchise arrangements |publisher=Eisa.org.za |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509080718/http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/soubg2.htm |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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== History == |
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== History == |
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As a largely working-class seat, Jeppes was an early stronghold of the ]. At the ] in 1910, the seat was won by Labour party leader ], who moved to the newly-created seat of Bezuidenhout in 1915, and the rump Jeppes seat (renamed Siemert for this election only) was won by fellow Labour member ]. Sampson would hold the seat until 1933, when he was defeated by ] candidate Hjalmar Reitz, and starting from 1938 the seat would be held by the ] ]. Following Solomon’s retirement in 1958, the seat became marginal, falling to the ] in 1966 and again in 1977. The National candidate in 1977, ], defected to the ] on its foundation in 1982, but moved to the Overvaal constituency in 1987. That year, the Nationals won Jeppe back, and held it at ] in 1989. |
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As a largely working-class seat, Jeppes was an early stronghold of the ]. At the ] in 1910, the seat was won by Labour party leader ], who moved to the newly created seat of Bezuidenhout in 1915, and the rump Jeppes seat (renamed Siemert for this election only) was won by fellow Labour member ]. Sampson would hold the seat until 1933, when he was defeated by ] candidate Hjalmar Reitz, and starting from 1938 the seat would be held by the ] ]. Following Solomon's retirement in 1958, the seat became marginal, falling to the ] in 1966 and again in 1977. The National candidate in 1977, ], defected to the ] on its foundation in 1982, but moved to the Overvaal constituency in 1987. That year, the Nationals won Jeppe back, and held it at ] in 1989. |
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== Members == |
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== Members == |
Location of Jeppes within Johannesburg (1910)