page_title: 1854 Cape Colony parliamentary election
hierarchical_section_title: 1854 Cape Colony parliamentary election
caption_attribution_description: English: The first opening of the Cape Parliament. 1854. Presided over by Governor Grey.
context_page_description: The first election for the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope were held in 1854. There were no clear party lines, however many representatives for Eastern electoral districts subscribed to a common programme which emphasised separation from the Cape Colony or moving the seat of colonial government eastward, a vagrancy law, or increasing the property qualification part of the franchise.
context_section_description: The first election for the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope were held in 1854. There were no clear party lines, however many representatives for Eastern electoral districts subscribed to a common programme which emphasised separation from the Cape Colony or moving the seat of colonial government eastward, a vagrancy law, or increasing the property qualification part of the franchise (which would have reduced the number of non-Whites able to vote).
caption: The opening of the first Cape Parliament by Governor Sir George Grey, at the Tuynhuys.
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