Volksraad (Orange Free State)

The Volksraad of the Orange Free State (Afrikaans: Volksraad van die Oranje-Vrystaat) was the unicameral parliament of the Orange Free State, and the supreme authority of the country.

The Volksraad had 57 members representing major town and districts in the republic. The members, elected for four years, half of them retiring every second year, had to be of European blood, over twenty-five years old, resident in the republic for at least one year, possessed real estate of the value of £200, and never convicted a crime. Burghers were able to vote. The districts represented by members of the Volksraad were Bloemfontein, Fauresmith, Caledon River, Winburg, Harrismith, Kroonstad, Boshof, Bethulie, Philippolis and Jacobsdal.

The Volksraad met once a year in ordinary session in Bloemfontein. The Volksraad met in Kroonstad in 1900, during the Second Boer War.