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Volksraad (Orange Free State)

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Abolished legislature of the Orange Free State

Volksraad van die Oranje-Vrystaat
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Type
Type
History
Established1854
Disbanded31 May 1902
Structure
Seats57[1]
Length of term
4 years
Meeting place
Bloemfontein

TheVolksraad of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans:Volksraad van die Oranje-Vrystaat) was theunicameralparliament of theOrange Free State. It was the supreme authority of Orange Free State.[2]

Volksraad had 52-57 members representing major town and districts in the republic.[3] The members had to be ofEuropean blood, over twenty-five years old, resident in the republic for at least one year, possessed real estate of the value of £200, and never convicted of crime.[2][3] The districts represented by members of Volksraad wereBloemfontein,Fauresmith,Caledon River,Winburg,Harrismith,Kroonstad,Boshof,Bethulie,Philippolis andJacobsdal.[4]

The members were elected for four years, half of them retiring every second year.[2]Burghers were able to vote.

The Volksraad met once a year in ordinary session[2] inBloemfontein. DuringSecond Boer War, Volksraad met inKroonstad in 1900.[3]

Parliament House of the Orange Free State

Chairmen

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The chairman of the Volksraad (Voorzitter van den Volksraad) was elected annually.[5]

ChairmanTook officeLeft officeNotes
Josias Philip HoffmanMarch 1854June 1854[6]
Henry HalseJune 1854?[7]
Gert Petrus Visser1855[8]?
Lodewyk Jacobus Papenfus?-18571857-?[9]
Esaias Reynier Snijman?-18591859-?[10]
J. N. Uijs?-18601860-?[11]
Gert Petrus Visser?-1861[12]1863-?[13]
Esaias Reynier Snijman?-18641864-?[13]
Gert Petrus Visser?-18651865-?[14]
Hendrik Oostewald Dreyer?-18661866[2]
Gerhardus Johannes du Toit1866?[15]
Gert Petrus Visser?-18671875-?[16]
Tobias de Villiers?-18761876-?[3]
Gert Petrus Visser?-18771879[17][3]
Tobias de Villiers1879[17]1884[17][3]
John G. Fraser1884[17]1896[18]
Christiaan Willem Hendrik Van Der Post1896[19]1897[20]
Cornelius Hermanus Wessels1897[21]1899-?[3]
Johan Godfried LuytJune 1900June 1900Last chairman[22]

References

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  1. ^Martin, Frederick; Keltie, Sir John Scott; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Epstein, Mortimer; Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry; Paxton, John; Hunter (Librarian), Brian; Turner, Barry (1894)."The Statesman's Year-book 1894". Palgrave.
  2. ^abcdeMcCall Theal, George (1908).History of South Africa Since September 1795(PDF). Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 24 July 2023. Retrieved24 July 2023.
  3. ^abcdefgEales, Marjory.An Annotated Guide to the Pre-Union Government Publications of the Orange Free State 1854-1910(PDF).
  4. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1866.
  5. ^"Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History 1795 – 1910 – Boererate".boere.co.za.
  6. ^"Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 - Archontology.org".www.archontology.org.
  7. ^Collins, W. W. (1907)."Free Statia" or Reminiscences of a Lifetime in the Orange Free State. Bloemfontein, O.R.C.
  8. ^Lloyd, Angela Read (2002)."Bridging the Divide: The Story of a Boer-British Family". Jonathan Ball.
  9. ^Muller, Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas (1907)."Oude tijden in den Oranje-Vrijstaat" (in Dutch). Brill Archive.
  10. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1859.
  11. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1871.
  12. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1861.
  13. ^ab"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1864.
  14. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1865.
  15. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1866.
  16. ^"Notulen der verrichtingen van de Hoog-Edelen Volksraad" (in Dutch). 1867.
  17. ^abcdBoon, Martin James (1885)."The History of the Orange Free State". W. Reeves.
  18. ^Parliament of South Africa (1911)."Who's who in the Union of Parliament: Portraits and Biographies of the Members of the Two Houses of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa". Cape Times Limited.
  19. ^Oordt, Johan Frederik Van (1899)."Onder de vierkleur: Een verhaal uit den tijd van den Jameson-inval" (in Dutch). Hollandsch-afrikaansche uitgevers-maatschappij v/h. J. Dusseau.
  20. ^Scholtz, Gert Daniel (1936)."Die konstitusie en die staatsinstellings van die Oranje-vry-staat, 1854-1902 ..." (in Afrikaans). N. v. Swets & Zeitlinger.
  21. ^Beaufort, Willem H. de (1993)."Dagboeken en aantekeningen van Willem Hendrik de Beaufort, 1874-1918" (in Dutch). Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis.
  22. ^"Who's who of Southern Africa". K. Donaldson. 1911.
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