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1946 Gold Coast general election

General elections were held in the Gold Coast in June 1946.[1] Constitutional amendments on 29 March 1946 enabled the colony to be the first in Africa to have a majority of black members in its legislature;[2] of the Legislative Council's 32 members, 21 were black, including all 18 elected members.[3] The first meeting of the Legislative Council was on 23 July 1946.[3]

  1. ^ British Gold Coast/Togoland (1946-1957) Archived 2014-08-28 at the Wayback Machine University of Central Arkansas
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference T1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "The King's Message To Gold Coast", The Times, 24 July 1946, p3, issue 50511

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Wahl zum Gesetzgebenden Rat der Goldküste 1946 German

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