583:. The number of appointed members was increased from 12 to 13, with all 13 now required to be civil servants (previously one of the appointed members had been from outside the civil service). The number of elected members was increased from seven to nine, with the number of European elected members reduced from seven to six (elected from five constituencies, reduced from six with the removal of Suva), and three elected seats created for Indo-Fijians. The number of appointed Fijian members was increased from two to three; they were appointed from a list of between four and six potential candidates presented to the
30:
571:, the Governor noted that he "did not consider it necessary to provide for the representation of the Indians and Pacific Islanders because they had shown themselves open to corruption at the municipal elections." Subsequently, the community lost its right to vote in local elections in 1912. In 1916 provision was made for an Indo-Fijian member of the Legislative Council, but they were appointed by the Governor rather than elected.
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For Indo-Fijians, eligibility was also restricted to men aged 21 or over. They had to be a
British subject or from British India, have lived continuously in the Fiji for at least two years, be able to read or write in English, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Urdu, and for the previous
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Voter eligibility remained unchanged for
Europeans, being 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, and who either
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Legislative Council was opened, Deo put forward a resolution for a common electoral roll on 5 November 1929. After it was defeated, the three Indo-Fijian members walked out of the Council. After missing three sittings, they were deemed to have forfeited their seats and by-elections were
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six months, have either owned property with an annual value of five years, had a net annual cash income of at least £75, or held a
Government or municipal licence worth at least £5 annually.
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Indo-Fijians had previously been able to vote in municipal elections, but when elections to the
Legislative Council were introduced in
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Three sitting members of the
Council contested the two seats in the redrawn Southern constituency;
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630:). Marks was unseated after 18 years on the Council, finishing 125 votes behind Barker.
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A Politics of Virtue: Hinduism, Sexuality, and
Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji
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Constitutional amendments made on 1 May 1929 changed the composition of the
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Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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who had represented the old
Southern constituency, and
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1072:, University of Chicago Press, p76
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1107:1926 Legislative Council Election
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847:Percival William Faddy
559:were allowed to vote.
380:Diplomatic missions of
662:John Maynard Hedstrom
925:Northern and Western
884:James Ramchandar Rao
875:Indo-Fijian members
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475:Legislative Council
414:Former and informal
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79:Wiliame Katonivere
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768:Re-elected
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620:Henry Marks
402:Visa policy
175:Kamal Kumar
134:Legislative
1432:Categories
1332:1977 (Sep)
1327:1977 (Mar)
1217:1871 (Sep)
1048:References
974:Vishnu Deo
639:Candidate
563:Background
187:High Court
140:Parliament
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69:President
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426:Governor
421:Monarchy
392:Passport
366:Minister
240:Sep 1977
235:Mar 1977
1068:(1991)
880:Eastern
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658:Eastern
606:Results
587:by the
384:in Fiji
321:Recent
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51:History
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642:Votes
492:Senate
212:Voting
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1388:Next
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296:Next
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