1923 Fijian general election
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General elections were held in Fiji in 1923.
Electoral system[]
The Legislative Council consisted of 12 official members (eleven civil servants and a British subject not holding public office), seven elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians.[1] The Governor served as President of the council.
The Europeans were elected from six constituencies; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Suva, Vanua Levu & Taveuni and Western. Voting was restricted to men aged 21 or over who had been born to European parents (or a European father and was able to read, speak and write English) who were British subjects and had been continuously resident in Fiji for 12 months, owning at least £20 of freehold or leasehold property or having an annual income of at least £120, and were not on the public payroll.[1]
Constituency | Geographical area |
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Eastern | Lau Province, Lomaiviti Province |
Northern | Ba District, , Ra Province |
Southern | , Kadavu Province, Naitasiri Province, Namosi Province, Rewa Province (except Suva), Serua Province, Tailevu Province |
Suva | Suva Municipality |
Vanua Levu and Taveuni | Bua Province, Cakaudrove Province, Macuata Province |
Western | , Lautoka District, Nadi District, Nadroga Province |
Results[]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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Eastern | John Maynard Hedstrom | 82 | 78.1 | Re-elected |
C.A. Brough | 23 | 21.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1 | – | ||
Northern | Henry Lamb Kennedy | Unopposed | Elected | |
Southern | Alport Barker | 96 | 55.8 | Elected |
John Linn Hunt | 76 | 44.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1 | – | ||
Suva | Henry Marks | 273 | 39.0 | Re-elected |
Henry Milne Scott | 234 | 33.4 | Re-elected | |
George Frier Grahame | 193 | 27.6 | ||
Vanua Levu & Taveuni | 92 | 49.2 | Elected | |
William Edmund Willoughby-Tottenham | 90 | 48.1 | Unseated | |
J. McConnell | 5 | 2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | – | ||
Western | 94 | 59.1 | Elected | |
Charles Wimbledon Thomas | 65 | 40.9 | Unseated | |
Informal votes | 4 | – | ||
Source: Fiji Elections |
Aftermath[]
Badri Maharaj was nominated as the member representing Indo-Fijians, but subsequently resigned and the position was left unfilled.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 1923 Legislative Council Election Fiji Elections Archive
- ^ 1923 Fiji Legislative Council elections Fiji Elections
- 1923 elections in Oceania
- 1923 in Fiji
- Elections in Fiji
- 1923 elections in the British Empire