The Legislative Council of Fiji was the colonial precursor to the present-day Parliament, which came into existence when Fiji became independent on 10...
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The salary of the speaker is FJ$150,000 annually. Politics of Fiji Legislative Council of Fiji before 1970 House of Representatives of Fiji from 1970 to...
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The Colony of Fiji was a Crown colony that existed from 1874 to 1970 in the territory of the present-day nation of Fiji. London declined its first opportunity...
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The number of Fiji Indians that could be elected to the Legislative Council was fixed over the years as follows: 1916 - 1929 - one nominated member. 1929...
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Sidiq Koya (category Indian members of the Legislative Council of Fiji)
25 April 1993) was a Fijian politician, Statesman and Opposition leader. He succeeded to the leadership of the mostly Indo-Fijian National Federation Party...
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independent of the United Kingdom in 1970, Fiji has had four constitutions, and the voting system has changed accordingly. The Legislative Council elected...
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Speaker. Although the Legislative Council still had few of the powers of the modern Parliament, it brought native Fijians and Indo-Fijians into the official...
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Irene Jai Narayan (category Indian members of the Legislative Council of Fiji)
the sole Indian female member of the Legislative Council. Irene Narayan was elected to the Dominion of Fiji's House of Representatives in the 1972, 1977...
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Penaia Ganilau (category I-Taukei Fijian members of the Legislative Council of Fiji)
nominated member of the Legislative Council in 1959 and subsequently returned to the civil service and became Deputy Secretary for Fijian Affairs in 1961...
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Tulsi Ram Sharma (category Indian members of the Legislative Council of Fiji)
first Indo-Fijian to qualify as a lawyer. He served one term as member of the Legislative Council and three terms as the President of Fiji Indian Football...
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