1908 Fijian general election
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General elections were held in Fiji on 23 March and 10 April 1908.[1]
Electoral system[]
The Legislative Council consisted of ten civil servants, six elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians.[1] The six Europeans were elected from three constituencies; Levuka (one seat), Suva (two seats) and a "Planters" constituency covering the rest of the colony (three seats).[1] Voting was restricted to European men aged 21 or over who were British subjects and earned at least £120 a year or owned property with a yearly value of £20.[2]
Voting was held in Levuka and Suva on 23 March, and in the Planters constituency on 10 April.[1]
Results[]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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Levuka | John Maynard Hedstrom | 29 | 47.5 | Elected |
David Robbie | 25 | 41.0 | Unseated | |
F. Volk | 7 | 11.5 | ||
Planters | 159 | 24.3 | Elected | |
Alfred Hancock Witherow | 155 | 23.7 | Elected | |
152 | 23.2 | Re-elected | ||
148 | 22.6 | Unseated | ||
J. McConnell | 40 | 6.1 | ||
Suva | Henry Milne Scott | 84 | 29.4 | Elected |
72 | 25.2 | Elected | ||
70 | 24.5 | Unseated | ||
Henry Marks | 60 | 21.0 | Unseated | |
Source: Ali |
Nominated members[]
Position | Member |
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Governor | Everard im Thurn |
Agent-General of Immigration | Arthur Robert Coates |
Attorney General | Albert Ehrhardt |
Chief Medical Officer | George Lynch |
Collector of Customs | John Kenneth Murray Ross |
Colonial Secretary | Eyre Hutson |
Commissioner, Colo North and East | Adolph Joske |
Commissioner of Lands | Dyson Blair |
Commissioner of Works | William Charles Simmons |
Inspector-General of Constabulary | Islay McOwan |
Native Commissioner | William Sutherland |
Fijian appointees | Joni Madraiwiwi I |
Source: Fiji Blue Book,[3] Fiji Elections[4] |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d 1908 Legislative Council Election Fiji Elections Archive
- ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1907, p78
- ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1908, p85
- ^ 1908 Fiji Legislative Council elections Fiji Elections
Categories:
- 1908 elections in Oceania
- 1908 in Fiji
- Elections in Fiji
- 1908 elections in the British Empire