Germiston District (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)
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| Germiston District | |
|---|---|
| Germiston-Distrik | |
| Former constituency for the South African House of Assembly | |
 Location of Germiston District within the Witwatersrand (1981) | |
| Province | Transvaal |
| Electorate | 23,644 (1989) |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1943 |
| Abolished | 1994 |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Last MHA | J. F. Bosman (NP) |
| Created from | Germiston North Germiston South |
| Replaced by | Gauteng |
Germiston District (Afrikaans: Germiston-Distrik) was a constituency in the Transvaal Province of South Africa, which existed from 1943 to 1994. It covered a part of the East Rand surrounding the town of Germiston. Throughout its existence it elected one member to the House of Assembly and one to the Transvaal Provincial Council.
When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, the electoral qualifications in use in each pre-existing colony were kept in place. In the Transvaal Colony, and its predecessor the South African Republic, the vote was restricted to white men, and as such, elections in the Transvaal Province were held on a whites-only franchise from the beginning. The franchise was also restricted by property and education qualifications until the 1933 general election, following the passage of the Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930 and the Franchise Laws Amendment Act, 1931. From then on, the franchise was given to all white citizens aged 21 or over. Non-whites remained disenfranchised until the end of apartheid and the introduction of universal suffrage in 1994.[1]