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March 1986 Urban Council and Regional Council elections produced mainly social workers and educationalists. A basic dimension of this problem is arithmetical: short of
considerable alteration of the District Board Electoral College boundaries, the choice is
to have the present 10
latter choice would mean
seats, or none at all; and the
abolishing a type of representation only introduced in 1985.
20. There are several possible variations. Some appear in the table below:
COMPONENT
1985
1988
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
О
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
members and four
official
functional
members are added
constituency
by way
of
illustration.)
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