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or leasehold property or had an annual income of at least £120. 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 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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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
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consisted of 32 members, including 16 'official' members who were civil servants, fifteen 'unofficial' members (five
Europeans, five Fijians and five
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Special provision for overseas voting was set up for Fijian civil servants and military personnel serving outside the territory.
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was due to end in 1943, but was extended by a year by the
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on 29 July 1944. The term of the
Legislative Council elected in
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Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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446:House of Representatives
115:Leader of the Opposition
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931:Pacific Islands Monthly
916:Pacific Islands Monthly
892:Pacific Islands Monthly
825:William Granger Johnson
585:Great Council of Chiefs
480:Great Council of Chiefs
950:Fiji Elections Archive
631:Harold Brockett Gibson
380:Diplomatic missions of
918:, September 1944, p9
746:Northern and Western
708:Indo-Fijian members
643:Northern and Western
569:Legislative Council
475:Legislative Council
414:Former and informal
146:Naiqama Lalabalavu
79:Wiliame Katonivere
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851:George Toganivalu
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219:Political parties
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315:Local government
207:Electoral system
103:Attorney-General
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1262:1944 in Fiji
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573:Indo-Fijians
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44:Constitution
884:K. B. Singh
844:Lala Sukuna
790:Re-elected
750:A. D. Patel
656:Re-elected
638:Re-elected
575:), and the
402:Visa policy
175:Kamal Kumar
134:Legislative
1251:Categories
1151:1977 (Sep)
1146:1977 (Mar)
1036:1871 (Sep)
900:References
812:Europeans
783:Vishnu Deo
608:Candidate
187:High Court
140:Parliament
787:Unopposed
774:Unseated
741:Unseated
703:Unseated
679:Amie Ragg
647:Hugh Ragg
635:Unopposed
200:Elections
160:Judiciary
144:Speaker:
69:President
63:Executive
890:Source:
831:Fijians
795:Source:
779:Southern
759:Elected
726:Elected
688:Elected
675:Southern
577:Governor
485:Chairman
466:National
461:Communal
426:Governor
421:Monarchy
392:Passport
366:Minister
240:Sep 1977
235:Mar 1977
713:Eastern
627:Eastern
598:Results
384:in Fiji
321:Recent
98:Cabinet
51:History
617:Notes
611:Votes
492:Senate
212:Voting
754:1,841
1236:2005
1231:2002
1226:1972
1207:Next
1201:2022
1196:2018
1191:2014
1186:2006
1181:2001
1176:1999
1171:1994
1166:1992
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1156:1982
1141:1972
1136:1966
1131:1963
1126:1959
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1111:1950
1106:1947
1101:1944
1096:1940
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1086:1932
1081:1929
1076:1926
1071:1923
1066:1920
1061:1917
1056:1914
1051:1911
1046:1908
1041:1905
1026:1870
567:The
557:1940
553:Fiji
456:Open
336:2005
331:2002
296:Next
290:2022
285:2018
280:2014
275:2006
270:2001
265:1999
260:1994
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250:1987
245:1982
230:1972
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