This was for the third Union Parliament.
It was based mainly on the Irish law passed by the Union Parliament.
Longford was one of the original 28 Irish representative peers elected to the 1st Union Parliament on 2 August 1800.
The general election, for 156 seats in the 12th Union Parliament, was the first in South African history when only voters classified as white took part.
The Union Parliament was prohibited from changing the arrangements for the Senate during its first ten years.
In 1910 Marks was nominated as senator in the first Union Parliament, an office he held until his death.
Coorg had two MPs in the Union Parliament then, besides having a state legislative body.
The Union Parliament has never been put into effect.
This was the second Union Parliament.
The Union Parliament had to legislate to provide funds, to avoid the collapse of the provincial public service.