1917 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election

Elections to the Volksraad were held in the Dutch East Indies on 16 October 1917.[1] The result was a victory for the Dutch Indies Freethinkers Association, who defeated the Protestant Christian Ethical Party and the Catholic Indian Catholic Party.[2]

Background

The Volksraad was created by a law passed on 16 December 1916 in order to further the possibility of self-government.[3] It had a total of 38 members, half of which were to be elected and half appointed.[4] Seats were also assigned to ethnic groups, with 20 for the Dutch population (nine elected, eleven appointed), 15 for the native population (ten elected, five appointed) and three for the Chinese population (all of which were appointed).[4]

Results

Grouping Seats
Moderate right-wing12
Moderate left-wing10
Left-wing8
Right-wing8
Total38
Source: Schmutzer[4]

Volksraad members

The subsequent membership of the Volksraad included:[5]

Position Member Notes
PresidentJacob Christiaan Koningsberger
Appointed membersSchumannIndependent
Carel Victor GerritsenDe Javasche Bank
H. s'JacobBatavia merchant
Karel Albert Rudolf BosschaManager of tea plantation in Parahyangan
KettnerHead representative of plantations, Sumatra East Coast
StibbeGovernment resident (official)
Van der JagtAssistant resident
WhitlauAssistant resident
LabbertonTheosophist, Indiƫ Weerbaar propagandist and Home Ruler
A.L. WaworoentoeRepresentative of the people of Manado
AtmodironoJavanese
A. KamilMuslim
Sastro WidjonoJavanese
Radjiman WediodiningratJavanese, former leader of Budi Utomo
Achmad DjajadiningratRegent of Serang
Koesoemo OetojoRegent of Djapara
Koesoemo JoesoRegent of Patjitan, formerly an official
Abdoel MoeisMuslim, member of Sarekat Islam
Abdoel RifaiMuslim, member of the Insulinde party
Elected membersMajor Pabst
Josef Ignaz Julius Maria SchmutzerRoman Catholic, leader of the Indian Catholic Party
BergmeijerAnti-revolutionary "christian"
O. van VoorhoutHead of an iron firm
KoningHead representative of the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij
BirnieAdministrator of a tobacco estate in Besoeki
StokvisInspector of Secondary Education
Hok Hoei KanChinese
Lim PatChinese. "Major" of Chinese miners in Bangka Island
SoeseliseRepresentative of the Ambonese
Frits LaohRepresentative of the Manadoese
Charles Guillaume CramerMember of the Indies Social Democratic Association
J.J.E. TeeuwenMember of the Insulinde party
Tjipto MangoenkoesoemoMember of the Insulinde party
PrangwedonoHead of Mangkoenegoro
Tengkoe Mohammad TajibMuslim, representative of Aceh
Muhammad IsmailMuslim, representative of the Arabs
DwidjosewojoJavanese
Oemar Said TjokroaminotoMuslim, President of Sarekat Islam

References

  1. Karel Steenbrink (2007) The spectacular growth of a self confident minority, 1903 - 1942 KITLV Press, p44
  2. Geert Arend van Klinken (2003) Minorities, modernity and the emerging nation: Christians in Indonesia, a biographical approach KITLV Press, p37
  3. Eduard J. M. Schmutzer (1977) Dutch colonial policy and the search for identity in Indonesia 1920-1931 Brill Archive, p57
  4. Schmutzer, p68
  5. Military Report on the Netherlands' Possessions in the East Indies 1919 p41-42
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