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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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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 candidates submitted by the
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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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in August 1950. Voting took place in most locations on 26 August, and in the
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by eleven votes, whilst in the
Eastern Indian constituency
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Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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resigned from the
Council in 1952 and was replaced by
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603:In the Eastern European constituency,
1003:Fijian Members of Legislative Council
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14:
991:1940 Legislative Council Election
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551:General elections were held in
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1362:August 1950 events in Oceania
1033:Fiji Royal Gazette: Year 1950
223:Post-independence elections
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619:by a margin of 368 votes.
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446:House of Representatives
115:Leader of the Opposition
1048:Pacific Islands Monthly
1021:Pacific Islands Monthly
1006:Pacific Islands Monthly
974:Pacific Islands Monthly
839:Pacific Islands Monthly
607:defeated the incumbent
589:Great Council of Chiefs
480:Great Council of Chiefs
993:Fiji Elections Archive
651:Harold Brockett Gibson
605:Harold Brockett Gibson
380:Diplomatic missions of
936:, Fiji Royal Gazette
1050:, February 1952, p57
1045:Ratu Tiale Vuiyasawa
1023:, September 1950, p7
774:Northern and Western
739:Indo-Fijian members
678:Northern and Western
573:Legislative Council
475:Legislative Council
414:Former and informal
1008:, August 1950, p86
976:, August 1950, p14
146:Naiqama Lalabalavu
79:Wiliame Katonivere
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893:George Toganivalu
847:Nominated members
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642:European members
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441:Executive Council
397:Visa requirements
354:Foreign relations
219:Political parties
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778:Tulsi Ram Sharma
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567:Electoral system
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315:Local government
207:Electoral system
103:Attorney-General
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21:Politics of Fiji
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44:Constitution
825:Hari Charan
820:Re-elected
793:A. D. Patel
756:Re-elected
689:Re-elected
579:), and the
402:Visa policy
175:Kamal Kumar
134:Legislative
1336:Categories
1236:1977 (Sep)
1231:1977 (Mar)
1121:1871 (Sep)
958:References
926:Ben Jannif
854:Europeans
811:Vishnu Deo
628:Candidate
187:High Court
140:Parliament
943:Aftermath
802:Unseated
722:Unseated
713:Amie Ragg
686:Unopposed
673:Unseated
200:Elections
160:Judiciary
144:Speaker:
69:President
63:Executive
932:Source:
873:Fijians
837:Source:
807:Southern
787:Elected
707:Elected
694:Southern
659:Elected
581:Governor
485:Chairman
466:National
461:Communal
426:Governor
421:Monarchy
392:Passport
366:Minister
240:Sep 1977
235:Mar 1977
744:Eastern
647:Eastern
599:Results
384:in Fiji
321:Recent
98:Cabinet
51:History
1035:, p243
637:Notes
631:Votes
492:Senate
212:Voting
828:1,446
815:1,681
797:1,858
782:2,340
615:beat
1321:2005
1316:2002
1311:1972
1292:Next
1286:2022
1281:2018
1276:2014
1271:2006
1266:2001
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1256:1994
1251:1992
1246:1987
1241:1982
1226:1972
1221:1966
1216:1963
1211:1959
1206:1956
1201:1953
1196:1950
1191:1947
1186:1944
1181:1940
1176:1937
1171:1932
1166:1929
1161:1926
1156:1923
1151:1920
1146:1917
1141:1914
1136:1911
1131:1908
1126:1905
1111:1870
571:The
559:and
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
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