An electoral college in the Mt Hagen district

Abstract

An electoral college in the Mt Hagen district. Prior to the opening of the reconstituted Legislative Council on 10th April, 1961, members of 39 Local Government Councils chose 220 representatives while 33 electoral groups of advanced peoples selected 144 representatives to form electoral colleges of 364 members. By a simple majority vote of this number in six electorates, six representatives of the native people were elected to seats in the Legislative Council. Ultimately Council members will be elected by universal vote, but because of geographical and social difficulties and the nature and scope of the native electoral consciousness, the method of election at present is that of electoral colleges.