| 释义 |
- Electoral system
- Results Appointed members
- Aftermath
- References
{{Politics of Fiji}}General elections were held in Fiji in July, August and September 1920.[1]Electoral systemThe Legislative Council consisted of 12 official members (eleven civil servants and a British subject not holding public office),[1] seven elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians. The Governor served as President of the Council.[1] The Europeans were elected from six constituencies; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Suva, Vanua Levu & Taveuni and Western. Voting was 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, either owning at least £20 of freehold or leasehold property or having an annual income of at least £120, and were not on the public payroll.[1] | Constituency | Geographical area | Election date | | Eastern | Lau Province, Lomaiviti Province | 30 July[1] | | Northern | Ba District, Colo North Province, Ra Province | {{nowrap|6 September}} | | Southern | Colo East Province, Kadavu Province, Naitasiri Province, Namosi Province, Rewa Province (except Suva), Serua Province, Tailevu Province | 2 September | | Suva | Suva Municipality | 21 August | | Vanua Levu and Taveuni}} | Bua Province, Cakaudrove Province, Macuata Province | 2 September | | Western | Colo West Province, Lautoka District, Nadi District, Nadroga Province | 3 September |
Results| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes | | Eastern | John Maynard Hedstrom | Unopposed | Re-elected | | Northern | Frederick Clapcott | 60 | 58.3 | Re-elected | | L. Davidson | 42 | 40.8 | | N.S. Chalmers | 1 | 1.0 | | Southern | Francis Riemenschneider | 80 | 55.9 | Elected | | Robert Crompton | 63 | 44.1 | Unseated | | Informal votes | 1 | – | | Suva | Henry Milne Scott | 242 | 36.3 | Re-elected | | Henry Marks | 194 | 29.1 | Re-elected | | S.H. Ellis | 123 | 18.5 | | James Burton Turner | 107 | 16.1 | | Vanua Levu & Taveuni | Herbert Valentine Tarte | 62 | 45.9 | Elected | | W.C. Fisher | 38 | 28.1 | | E. Duncan | 35 | 25.9 | | Informal votes | 3 | – | | Western | Charles Wimbledon Thomas | 63 | 56.3 | Elected | | John Percy Bayly | 49 | 43.8 | | Informal votes | 4 | – | | Source: [https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/132074/2/b10151060_Ali_Ahmed.pdf Ali] |
Appointed membersThe nominated members were appointed on 15 October; one of the Fijian posts was left unfilled.[1] | Position | Member | | Governor (President) | Cecil Hunter-Rodwell | | Agent-General of Immigration | Percy Robert Backhouse | | Attorney General | Alfred Karney Young | | Chief Medical Officer | George Cecil Strathairn | | Colonial Postmaster | Herbert Paul St. Julian | | Colonial Secretary | Thomas Edward Fell | | Commissioner of Lands | Dyson Blair | | Commissioner of Works | Henry Berry Lees | | District Commissioner, Rewa | Richard Rutledge Kane | | Receiver General | William Henry Brabant | | Secretary for Native Affairs | Douglas Ray Stewart | | Superintendent of Agriculture | Charles Henry Knowles | | Representing Indo-Fijians | Badri Maharaj | | Fijian member | Joni Antonio Rabici | | Source: Fiji Blue Book[2] |
AftermathA by-election was held for the Vanua Levu and Taveuni seat on 4 October 1922, which was won by William Edmund Willoughby-Tottenham.[3] References1. ^1 1920 Legislative Council Election Fiji Elections Archive
2. ^1 2 3 4 Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1920, p87
3. ^Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1922, p83
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