| 词条 | Hugh Ragg |
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| name = Hugh Ragg | image = | office = Member of the Legislative Council for Northern | term_start = 1926 | term_end = 1937 | office2 = Member of the Legislative Council for Northern and Western (European) | term_start2 = 1937 | term_end2 = 1947 | office3 = Nominated member of the Legislative Council | term_start3 = 1947 | term_end3 = 1950 | birth_date = 1882 | birth_place = Fiji | death_date = 24 May 1963 | death_place = | party = | profession = Businessman }} Sir Hugh Hall Ragg (1882 – 24 May 1963)[1] was a Fijian businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1926 and 1950. BiographyBorn in Fiji into an old European settler family in 1882, Ragg was educated at the Marist Brothers School in Suva.[1][1] He worked in business for much of his life, working for firms including Brodziak & Co and Brown & Joske, before setting up his own company, H.H Ragg & Co, which he sold to Morris Hedstrom.[2][1][1] He owned several racehorses and served as secretary of the Ba Amateur Turf Club.[2] His first wife, Emma Dora Petrie, with whom he had eight children, died in the 1918 flu epidemic. He subsequently married Adrienne McMillan in 1920.[3] In his mid-50s he bought a hotel in Lautoka and established the Northern Hotels company.[2] Working with his son David, the company built hotels in Ba, Nadi, Rakiraki and Sigatoka during the 1950s.[2] Their Korolevu Beach Hotel, built in 1953, was the first resort in Fiji.[2] He was knighted in the 1947 New Year Honours.[2] Political careerRagg contested the Northern constituency in the 1926 Legislative Council elections, unseating the incumbent Henry Lamb Kennedy. He was returned unopposed in the 1929 and 1932 elections. When the number of elected European seats was reduced from six to three prior to the 1937 elections, he ran in the Northern and Western seat against fellow incumbent John Percy Bayly, winning by 54 votes. Ragg was returned unopposed again in 1940 and defeated Bayly for a second time in the 1944 elections. Ragg did not contest the 1947 elections, but was instead chosen as one of the two nominated European members for another term. During his time in the Legislative Council, he also served in the Executive Council.[2] In addition, he was a member of the Town Boards of both Ba and Lautoka.[2] References1. ^1 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-316192657/view?partId=nla.obj-316198323#page/n10/mode/1up/ New Year Honours in South Pacific] Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1947, p9 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ragg, Hugh}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stewart Firth & Daryl Tarte (2001) 20th Century Fiji: People who shaped this nation, USP Solutions, pp77–78 3. ^1 2 3 [https://www.fijitimes.com/the-legacy-of-sir-hugh-ragg/ The legacy of Sir Hugh Ragg] The Fiji Times, 20 April 2015 6 : 1882 births|People educated at Marist Brothers High School (Fiji)|Fijian businesspeople|Members of the Legislative Council of Fiji|Members of the Executive Council of Fiji|1963 deaths |
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