Advisory Council
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Wider net for New Hebrides Advisory Council
The first meeting of the new, enlarged New Hebrides Ad visory Council was to sit in Vila on October 1, following elections
throughout the widely-spread
islands of the condominium in July and August to select rep resentatives from the eight new electoral districts.
It was decided last year (P/M, Feb. p. 35) to increase the overall members of the council from 26 to 30, by adding four new private members.
The real significance of the new council is that nearly 60 per cent, of the private members have been elected; previously only 40 per cent, were elected and the rest nominated.
The views and feelings of all Islanders throughout the condo minium are expected to be better heard with eight, instead of four, elected Hebrideans from the eight new electorates.
14 elected
October’s meeting was to be at tended by six official members (number unchanged), 10 nominated members (three British, three French, and four Hebridean) and 14 elected members (three British, three French and eight Hebridean).
There are six official members— the two Resident Commissioners, (Messrs. C. H. Allan and J.
Mouridian), the British Assistant Resident Commissioner and the French Chancelier, the condominium Treasurer and the Superintendent of Public Works.
Nominated members are the Venerable D. A. Rawcliffe, Messrs.
R. U. Paul and Roy Gubbay (British representatives). Father Verlingue and Messrs. Jean Chauveau and Jacques Russet (French), Father Gerard Leymang, Dr. Mak a u Kalsakau, Mrs. Madeline Kalchichi and Mr. Michel Noel (New Hebridean).
The six private members, elected by the Chamber of Commerce, are; Messrs. P. Lutgen, J. Ratard, P.
Delacroix, G. Seagoe, W. Hamlym- Harris and James Burton.
The elected New Hebridean mem bers from the eight new electoral districts are: Messrs. lolu Abbil (Tanna), Tom Tipolomata (Epi and Shepherd Groups), George Kalkoa (Efate, Emau, Nguna and Mataso), William Mete (Aniwa, Futuna, Aneityum and Erromanga), Michael Ala (Aoba, Banks and Torres Islands), Frank Kenneth (Malekula), Michael Liliu (Pentecost) and Pastor Titus Path (Santo).
Alternate nominated members who can attend council meetings in place of absent full nominated members, have been invited to accept appoint ment. They are: Miss Alison Todd, Reverend S. J. Cooper and Mr. G.
Svenne (British), Mrs. Marguerite Colardeau, Mr. Edmond Gauchet and Mr. Yves Tanguy (French), Messrs. Lop Kissel, Andre Carlot, George Tor and Mark Melin.
Of the nominated members, Messrs.
Rawcliffe and Paul of the British trio had served on the previous coun cil, Mr. Rawcliffe as an alternate member. The French members are all new to council, as are the Hebridean members, except Father Leymang.
Mrs. Kalchichi is the second Hebridean woman to be a member.
Mrs. Agnes Terei, of Santo, was first (PIM y Jan., 1966, p. 11).