1979 New Caledonian legislative election
Early legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 1 July 1979 after the Government Council was dismissed by the French government and the High Commissioner dissolved the Assembly elected in 1977.[1]
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Background
In March 1979 the Government Council of New Caledonia – controlled by the pro-independence Caledonian Union – was dismissed by the French government after failing to vote in favour of a ten-year plan for the territory. High Commissioner Claude Charbonniaud given executive power.[2]
A 10% electoral threshold was introduced for the elections, which was reported by Pacific Islands Monthly to mainly affect the prospects of indigenous and pro-independence parties.[2] As a result, the pro-independence Caledonian Union, Caledonian Socialist Party, Melanesian Progressive Union, Party of Kanak Liberation and United Front of Kanak Liberation formed the Independence Front.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rally for Caledonia | 20,153 | 40.24 | 15 | +3 |
| Independence Front | 17,241 | 34.43 | 14 | –2 |
| Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | 8,925 | 17.82 | 7 | New |
| Caledonian Socialist Federation | 1,345 | 2.69 | 0 | New |
| Caledonian and Metropolitan Popular Rally | 1,020 | 2.04 | 0 | New |
| Union of Wallisians and Futunians in Caledonia | 560 | 1.12 | 0 | New |
| Caledonian Democrat Rally | 544 | 1.09 | 0 | New |
| Union for French Democracy | 294 | 0.59 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 442 | – | – | – |
| Total | 50,524 | 100 | 36 | +1 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 68,279 | 74.00 | – | – |
| Source: Juridoc | ||||
Elected members
| Constituency | Member | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| East (7 seats) | François Burck | Independence Front (UC) | |
| Yves de Villelongue | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| André Gopea | Independence Front (UPM) | Re-elected | |
| Éloi Machoro | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| Auguste Parawi-Reybas | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Francis Poadouy | Independence Front (PALIKA) | ||
| Jean-Marie Tjibaou | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| Islands (5 seats) | Nidoïsh Naisseline | Independence Front (PALIKA) | Re-elected |
| Dick Ukeiwé | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Yann Céléné Uregeï | Independence Front (FULK) | Re-elected | |
| Édouard Wapaé | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| Yeiwéné Yeiwéné | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| South (17 seats) | Christian Boissery | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | |
| Stanley Camerlynck | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UNC in East) | |
| Marie-Paule Charles | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Lionel Cherrier | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | ||
| André Caillard | Rally for Caledonia | ||
| René de Saint-Quentin | Rally for Caledonia | ||
| Georges Faure | Rally for Caledonia | ||
| Melito Finau | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | ||
| Max Frouin | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously MLC) | |
| Jacques Lefleur | Rally for Caledonia | ||
| Jean Lèques | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected (previously MLC) | |
| Roger Laroque | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Petelo Manuofiua | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Gérald Meyer | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | ||
| Jacques Mouren | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Rock Pidjot | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| Jacques Violette | Independence Front (PSC) | Re-elected | |
| West (7 seats) | Jean-Pierre Aïfa | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UNC) |
| Jean Delouvrier | Rally for Caledonia | Re-elected | |
| Justin Guillemard | Rally for Caledonia | ||
| Gaston Morlet | Federation for a New Society in Caledonia | Re-elected (previously UD | |
| Gabriel Païta | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| Maurice Lenormand | Independence Front (UC) | Re-elected | |
| Paul Napoarea | Independence Front (UC) | ||
| Source: Congress | |||
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gollark: In any case, if you have a planned system and some new need comes up... what do you do, spend weeks updating the models and rerunning them? That is not really quick enough.
gollark: If you want to factor in each individual location's needs in some giant model, you'll run into issues like:- people lying- it would be horrifically complex
gollark: Information flow: imagine some farmer, due to some detail of their climate/environment, needs extra wood or something. But the central planning models just say "each farmer needs 100 units of wood for farming 10 units of pig"; what are they meant to do?
gollark: The incentives problems: central planners aren't really as affected by how well they do their jobs as, say, someone managing a firm, and you probably lack a way to motivate people "on the ground" as it were.
References
- New Caledonia votes Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1979, p7
- Caledonia: HiCom rules Pacific Islands Monthly May 1979, p37
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