Legislative elections were held in

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on 15 April 1962. The result was a victory for the

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, which retained its majority in the Assembly.

Background

The Assembly elected in

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was dissolved by the Governor Laurent Elisée Péchoux on 9 March after the Caledonian Union (which held a majority of seats) refused to approve the High Commissioner's agenda.

Results

The Caledonian Union retained the 18 seats it won in the 1958 elections. The Entente, an alliance of the

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and some Caledonian Union dissidents won nine seats, whilst the Caledonian Rally was reduced to only three seats.

Elected members

Aftermath

The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 26 April. Antoine Griscelli was elected as

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), Caledonian Rally three (Berge,

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and Claude Parazols) and the Entente two ( Georges Chatenay and Thomas Hagen). This represented a loss of one seat for the Caledonian Union ( Kamandji Ouamambare) and gain of one seat for the Caledonian Rally (Berge and Parazols, replacing Albert Rapadzi). Gaston Belouma resigned from the Assembly on 26 October and was replaced by Thène Fonguimoin Boahoumé-Arhou, who was next on the party's list. Théophile Wakolo Pouyé resigned on 4 December the same year and was replaced by Austien Dalap Touyada. Maurice Lenormand resigned on 21 March 1964 and was replaced by Henri Teambouéon. Antoine Griscelli died on 22 November 1966 and Paul Katrei on 10 April 1967. Neither were replaced.

References

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