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
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
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[]

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