Herrenvolk democracies
This list does not include colonies or colonial empires, only nations with full self-government are included.
| Country | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth of Australia
|
1902–1965 |
Under the Commonwealth Franchise Act, Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, Africans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders (excluding those from New Zealand) were refused permission to vote. Such laws were gradually repealed until 1965, when the State of Queensland became the last territory to revoke its herrenvolk laws. |
Confederate States of America
|
1861–1865 | All black people were refused citizenship in the Confederacy, being considered slaves. |
Dominion of Canada
|
1867–1960 | Chinese Canadians given suffrage in 1947, followed by Aboriginal Canadians in 1960. |
Kingdom of France
|
987–1792 | 1792 Convention Assembly was elected by all voters regardless of race |
State of Israel
|
1948– | Israel has been described by some to be a herrenvolk regime as Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories are unable to vote in parliament, while Israeli people can |
Republic of Liberia
|
1847– |
Non-black people are excluded from running in office. |
Federal Republic of Nigeria
|
1967– | While no laws restrict voting rights to citizens, the Igbo people have been marginalized in politics since the Nigerian Civil War, with the last Igbo president being military officer Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1966. |
Republic of Poland
|
1925–1939 | Ukrainians were barred from running in certain government institutions, as were Jewish people. |
Rhodesia
|
1965–1980 | While black people were legally allowed to vote, they were significantly underrepresented with almost all the power going to the white European minority that had ruled the region for decades |
|
Republic of Rhodesia
| ||
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
|
The successor state gave blacks more representation, but still had white people disproportionately represented in parliament | |
Union of South Africa
|
1910–1994 |
From 1910 until the 1994 general election, people of Indian descent were refused to vote in elections, while coloured people were also banned from voting between 1951 and 1994. |
Republic of South Africa
| ||
Kingdom of Spain
|
1516–1869 | The Spanish Constitution of 1812 explicitly forbid people of African descent from voting despite all other groups being given suffrange, which wasn't repealed until 1869. |
United States of America
|
1776–1965 | Black people were not granted voting rights in the U.S. until the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment on February 3, 1870, and further laws against disenfranchisement were continually implemented and repealed until 1965. |
Herrenvolk democracies
This list does not include colonies or colonial empires, only nations with full self-government are included.
| Country | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
Commonwealth of Australia
|
1902–1965 |
Under the Commonwealth Franchise Act, Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, Africans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders (excluding those from New Zealand) were refused permission to vote. Such laws were gradually repealed until 1965, when the State of Queensland became the last territory to revoke its herrenvolk laws. |
|
Confederate States of America
|
1861–1865 | All black people were refused citizenship in the Confederacy, being considered slaves. |
|
Dominion of Canada
|
1867–1960 | Chinese Canadians given suffrage in 1947, followed by Aboriginal Canadians in 1960. |
|
Kingdom of France
|
987–1792 | 1792 Convention Assembly was elected by all voters regardless of race |
|
State of Israel
|
1948– | Israel has been described by some to be a herrenvolk regime as Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories are unable to vote in parliament, while Israeli people can |
|
Republic of Liberia
|
1847– |
Non-black people are excluded from running in office. |
|
Federal Republic of Nigeria
|
1967– | While no laws restrict voting rights to citizens, the Igbo people have been marginalized in politics since the Nigerian Civil War, with the last Igbo president being military officer Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1966. |
|
Republic of Poland
|
1925–1939 | Ukrainians were barred from running in certain government institutions, as were Jewish people. |
|
Rhodesia
|
1965–1980 | While black people were legally allowed to vote, they were significantly underrepresented with almost all the power going to the white European minority that had ruled the region for decades |
|
Republic of Rhodesia
| ||
|
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
|
The successor state gave blacks more representation, but still had white people disproportionately represented in parliament | |
|
Union of South Africa
|
1910–1994 |
From 1910 until the 1994 general election, people of Indian descent were refused to vote in elections, while coloured people were also banned from voting between 1951 and 1994. |
|
Republic of South Africa
| ||
|
Kingdom of Spain
|
1516–1869 | The Spanish Constitution of 1812 explicitly forbid people of African descent from voting despite all other groups being given suffrange, which wasn't repealed until 1869. |
|
United States of America
|
1776–1965 | Black people were not granted voting rights in the U.S. until the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment on February 3, 1870, and further laws against disenfranchisement were continually implemented and repealed until 1965. |