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Ragg announced that he would not run for re-election. However, he was chosen as one of the two nominated
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between 1945 and 1954, and was also member of the Town Boards of both Ba and
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to become a Member of the
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in 1882, the third son of Hugh Hall Ragg. He was educated at the
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356:Sir Hugh Ragg Dies In Suva
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187:Profession
259:in Fiji.
212:Biography
143:1947–1950
139:In office
90:1937–1947
86:In office
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43:In office
23:Hugh Ragg
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