30:
588:, further constitutional amendments were made in July 1936 that provided for an equal number of seats for Europeans, Fijians and Indo-Fijians in the Legislative Council, which was expanded from 25 to 31 members (with the Governor also sitting as President of the Council). The number of appointed civil servants was increased from 13 to 16, whilst there were five 'unofficial' members from each of the three main ethnic groups and the
1361:
603:
Voting for
Europeans remained 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 owned at least £20 of freehold
607:
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
567:
was extended until 1936 following the passing of a motion by the elected members to make the
Council an entirely appointed body due to concerns that Indo-Fijian voters would outnumber Europeans. The same concerns had led to the abolition of elections to Suva Municipal Council earlier in the year.
608:
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. A total of 2,813 Indo-Fijians were registered to vote.
595:
For
Europeans and Indo-Fijians, three of the five representatives were elected from single-member constituencies, with the other two appointed by the Governor. All five Fijian members were appointed from a list of ten candidates submitted by the
360:
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1315:
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484:
1506:
239:
511:
396:
992:
670:
383:
379:
365:
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1501:
1285:
1270:
1255:
1206:
1186:
1169:
234:
218:
604:
or leasehold property or had an annual income of at least £120. A total of 1,348 Europeans were registered to vote.
1134:
445:
114:
1342:
563:
The elections had originally been due in 1935, but in July 1936 the term of the
Legislative Council elected in
531:
72:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1541:
1536:
1531:
1526:
1521:
1516:
1511:
1496:
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1471:
1466:
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1436:
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1421:
1416:
1411:
1406:
1401:
1396:
1391:
1381:
619:
In the four contested constituencies, 2,363 of the 2,497 registered voters participated in the election, a
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294:
289:
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264:
259:
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353:
43:
1357:
430:
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102:
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The Great
Council of Chiefs submitted their list of ten candidates to the Governor in late 1936;
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322:
181:
654:
496:
435:
85:
1617:
1130:
1055:
555:
in July 1937, the first in which an equal number of
Europeans and Indo-Fijians were elected.
170:
165:
50:
1243:
8:
455:
401:
1373:
186:
145:
139:
78:
1365:
1026:
199:
68:
750:
589:
425:
420:
20:
1150:
1146:
1138:
1095:
1088:
1081:
1030:
1022:
1018:
1006:
391:
369:
97:
90:
491:
119:
1187:
End of
European Franchise in Fiji: One Way of Solving Indian Political Problem
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1034:
899:
835:
814:
620:
107:
577:
450:
1114:
1067:
1010:
915:
174:
1107:
978:
29:
734:
611:
In both ethnic categories, civil servants were barred from voting.
1133:
resigned from the
Council in December 1937, and was replaced by
1037:. Cakobau died shortly after being shortlisted by the Council.
1360:
552:
361:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
576:
Following the changes to the constitution that allowed
1604:
1256:Fijian Chiefs Would Hand Over Land to Government
1141:resigned shortly afterwards and was replaced by
1343:
532:
1350:
1336:
539:
525:
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818:
1605:
990:
895:
831:
730:
650:
1331:
1239:
1237:
1235:
1233:
1202:
1200:
1198:
592:sitting as President of the Council.
1628:1937 elections in the British Empire
1000:
671:William Edmund Willoughby-Tottenham
571:
13:
1230:
1195:
1153:was appointed as his replacement.
14:
1639:
1244:1937 Legislative Council Election
1222:New Constitution for Fiji Council
1359:
584:elections for the first time in
28:
1309:
551:General elections were held in
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1279:
1264:
1249:
1215:
1180:
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1:
1156:
558:
223:Post-independence elections
7:
10:
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653:
614:
1613:1937 elections in Oceania
1572:
1372:
1145:. Following the death of
1025:, G. Lala, E. Mataitini,
962:Registered voters/turnout
883:Registered voters/turnout
826:
798:Registered voters/turnout
718:Registered voters/turnout
645:
446:House of Representatives
115:Leader of the Opposition
1319:Pacific Islands Monthly
1304:Pacific Islands Monthly
1289:Pacific Islands Monthly
1274:Pacific Islands Monthly
1259:Pacific Islands Monthly
1225:Pacific Islands Monthly
1210:Pacific Islands Monthly
1190:Pacific Islands Monthly
1174:Pacific Islands Monthly
598:Great Council of Chiefs
480:Great Council of Chiefs
1271:"That Archaic Trinity"
1246:Fiji Elections Archive
655:Harold Brockett Gibson
380:Diplomatic missions of
1207:The Franchise in Fiji
1131:John Maynard Hedstrom
1056:John Maynard Hedstrom
1321:, December 1938, p33
1316:Ratu Tiale Vuiyasawa
1301:Ratu G.W. Lalabalavu
1276:, January 1938, p5–6
1261:, November 1936, p63
1143:Glanville Lalabalavu
896:Northern and Western
827:Indo-Fijian members
731:Northern and Western
1291:, February 1938, p9
582:Legislative Council
475:Legislative Council
414:Former and informal
1227:, August 1936, p58
1192:, August 1935, p41
146:Naiqama Lalabalavu
79:Wiliame Katonivere
1623:Elections in Fiji
1600:
1599:
1374:General elections
1366:Elections in Fiji
1306:, March 1938, p58
1177:, August 1935, p9
1128:
1127:
1049:Henry King Irving
1027:George Toganivalu
1001:Nominated members
998:
997:
851:Channa Bhai Patel
646:European members
549:
548:
441:Executive Council
397:Visa requirements
354:Foreign relations
219:Political parties
1635:
1364:
1363:
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1307:
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1292:
1286:Mr. John Trotter
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1219:
1213:
1212:, July 1935, p53
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1149:in August 1938,
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1039:
751:John Percy Bayly
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572:Electoral system
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534:
527:
431:Governor-General
315:Local government
207:Electoral system
103:Attorney-General
32:
21:Politics of Fiji
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15:
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1601:
1596:
1574:Local elections
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1216:
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1196:
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1181:
1168:
1164:
1159:
1151:Tiale Vuiyasawa
1147:Penijamini Veli
1139:Deve Toganivalu
1096:Penijamini Veli
1089:George Tuisawau
1082:Deve Toganivalu
1031:Penijamini Veli
1023:Deve Toganivalu
1019:Tiale Vuiyasawa
1007:George Tuisawau
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512:Other countries
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370:Sitiveni Rabuka
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323:local elections
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91:Sitiveni Rabuka
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1170:Fiji Franchise
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1075:Isireli Tawake
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86:Prime Minister
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1120:
1119:
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900:Chattur Singh
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839:
837:
836:J. B. Tularam
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815:Alport Barker
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629:Constituency
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627:
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622:
621:voter turnout
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171:Chief Justice
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166:Supreme Court
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108:Siromi Turaga
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18:
17:
1618:1937 in Fiji
1562:
1446:
1318:
1311:
1303:
1296:
1288:
1281:
1273:
1266:
1258:
1251:
1224:
1217:
1209:
1189:
1182:
1172:
1165:
1135:John Trotter
1129:
1035:Popi Cakobau
1004:
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864:
789:
784:
779:
709:
704:
699:
618:
610:
606:
602:
594:
578:Indo-Fijians
575:
562:
550:
295:
44:Constitution
1115:K. B. Singh
1068:Lala Sukuna
1011:Lala Sukuna
916:A. D. Patel
822:Re-elected
745:Re-elected
580:to vote in
402:Visa policy
175:Kamal Kumar
134:Legislative
1607:Categories
1507:1977 (Sep)
1502:1977 (Mar)
1392:1871 (Sep)
1157:References
1108:Said Hasan
1043:Europeans
979:Vishnu Deo
632:Candidate
623:of 94.6%.
559:Background
187:High Court
140:Parliament
983:Unopposed
819:Unopposed
761:Unseated
735:Hugh Ragg
681:Unseated
200:Elections
160:Judiciary
144:Speaker:
69:President
63:Executive
1121:Source:
1062:Fijians
991:Source:
986:Elected
975:Southern
910:Elected
846:Elected
811:Southern
665:Elected
590:Governor
485:Chairman
466:National
461:Communal
426:Governor
421:Monarchy
392:Passport
366:Minister
240:Sep 1977
235:Mar 1977
832:Eastern
651:Eastern
615:Results
384:in Fiji
321:Recent
98:Cabinet
51:History
641:Notes
635:Votes
492:Senate
212:Voting
965:1,408
949:1,388
944:Total
865:Total
780:Total
700:Total
1592:2005
1587:2002
1582:1972
1563:Next
1557:2022
1552:2018
1547:2014
1542:2006
1537:2001
1532:1999
1527:1994
1522:1992
1517:1987
1512:1982
1497:1972
1492:1966
1487:1963
1482:1959
1477:1956
1472:1953
1467:1950
1462:1947
1457:1944
1452:1940
1447:1937
1442:1932
1437:1929
1432:1926
1427:1923
1422:1920
1417:1917
1412:1914
1407:1911
1402:1908
1397:1905
1382:1870
1033:and
968:98.6
923:49.2
907:50.8
889:90.9
857:47.2
843:52.8
804:90.7
758:44.1
742:55.9
724:86.3
678:44.8
662:55.2
586:1929
565:1932
553:Fiji
456:Open
336:2005
331:2002
296:Next
290:2022
285:2018
280:2014
275:2006
270:2001
265:1999
260:1994
255:1992
250:1987
245:1982
230:1972
73:list
1123:PIM
954:100
920:651
904:671
886:275
875:100
870:250
854:118
840:132
801:507
790:100
785:460
755:201
739:255
721:307
710:100
705:265
675:116
659:143
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1232:^
1197:^
1137:.
1029:,
1021:,
1017:,
1013:,
1009:,
933:66
638:%
600:.
382:/
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1344:t
1337:v
936:–
772:–
769:4
692:–
689:6
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