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1923 Fijian general election

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Electoral system
Results
Aftermath
References

General elections were held in Fiji in 1923.

Electoral system

The Legislative Council consisted of 12 official members (eleven civil servants and a British subject not holding public office), seven elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians.^[1] The Governor served as President of the Council.

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, 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
Eastern	Lau Province, Lomaiviti Province
Northern	Ba District, Colo North Province, Ra Province
Southern	Colo East Province, Kadavu Province, Naitasiri Province, Namosi Province, Rewa Province (except Suva), Serua Province, Tailevu Province
Suva	Suva Municipality
Vanua Levu and Taveuni}}	Bua Province, Cakaudrove Province, Macuata Province
Western	Colo West Province, Lautoka District, Nadi District, Nadroga Province

Results

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Notes
Eastern	John Maynard Hedstrom	82	78.1	Re-elected
	C.A. Brough	23	21.9
	Informal votes	1	–
Northern	Henry Lamb Kennedy	Unopposed		Elected
Southern	Alport Barker	96	55.8	Elected
	John Linn Hunt	76	44.2
	Informal votes	1	–
Suva	Henry Marks	273	39.0	Re-elected
	Henry Milne Scott	234	33.4	Re-elected
	George Frier Grahame	193	27.6
Vanua Levu & Taveuni	Arthur Hallam Roberts	92	49.2	Elected
	William Edmund Willoughby-Tottenham	90	48.1	Unseated
	J. McConnell	5	2.7
	Informal votes	4	–
Western	Percival William Faddy	94	59.1	Elected
	Charles Wimbledon Thomas	65	40.9	Unseated
	Informal votes	4	–
Source: Fiji Elections

Aftermath

Badri Maharaj was nominated as the member representing Indo-Fijians, but subsequently resigned and the position was left unfilled.^[2]

References

1. ^¹1923 Legislative Council Election Fiji Elections Archive
2. ^1923 Fiji Legislative Council elections Fiji Elections

3 : 1923 elections in Oceania|1923 in Fiji|Elections in Fiji

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