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March 1986 Urban Council and Regional Council elections produced broadly similar members those produced by the
Electoral Colleges, that is largely social workers and A basic dimension of this problem is
considerable alteration of the
educationalists.
arithmetical: short of District Board Electoral College boundaries, the choice is to have the present 10 seats, or none at all; and the latter choice would mean abolishing a type of representation only introduced in 1985, which may seem dramatic and unsettling.
20.
These possible options appear in tabular form as
follows:
1985
1988
COMPONENT
PRESENT POSITION
(A)
(B)
(C) (D)
Functional
12
16
16
16
16
Official
10
14
14
14
14
Electoral Colleges
12
12
12
12
2
Appointed
22
22
22
12
22
Directly elected
0
0
10
10
10
56
(a) no directly members added;
64
74
64
64
(b) 10 directly elected members
no reductions;
added;
(c) 10 directly elected members added;
appointed members reduced by 10;
(d) 10 directly elected members added; Electoral College members reduced
by 10;
(In all options for 1988, four functional and four official members are added by way of illustration.)
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