1908 Fijian general election

General elections were held in Fiji on 23 March and 10 April 1908.[1]

Electoral system

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The Legislative Council consisted of ten civil servants, six elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians.[1] The six Europeans were elected from three constituencies; Levuka (one seat), Suva (two seats) and a "Planters" constituency covering the rest of the colony (three seats).[1] Voting was restricted to European men aged 21 or over who were British subjects and earned at least £120 a year or owned property with a yearly value of £20.[2]

Voting was held in Levuka and Suva on 23 March, and in the Planters constituency on 10 April.[1]

Results

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Notes
Levuka John Maynard Hedstrom 29 47.5 Elected
David Robbie 25 41.0 Unseated
F. Volk 7 11.5
Planters Leslie Edward Brown 159 24.3 Elected
Alfred Hancock Witherow 155 23.7 Elected
Adam Coubrough 152 23.2 Re-elected
James Burton Turner 148 22.6 Unseated
J. McConnell 40 6.1
Suva Henry Milne Scott 84 29.4 Elected
George Fox 72 25.2 Elected
Simeon Lewis Lazarus 70 24.5 Unseated
Henry Marks 60 21.0 Unseated
Source: Ali

Nominated members

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Position Member
Governor Everard im Thurn
Agent-General of Immigration Arthur Robert Coates
Attorney General Albert Ehrhardt
Chief Medical Officer George Lynch
Collector of Customs John Kenneth Murray Ross
Colonial Secretary Eyre Hutson
Commissioner, Colo North and East Adolph Joske
Commissioner of Lands Dyson Blair
Commissioner of Works William Charles Simmons
Inspector-General of Constabulary Islay McOwan
Native Commissioner William Sutherland
Fijian appointees Joni Madraiwiwi I
Kadavu Levu
Source: Fiji Blue Book,[3] Fiji Elections[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 1908 Legislative Council Election Fiji Elections Archive
  2. ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1907, p78
  3. ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1908, p85
  4. ^ 1908 Fiji Legislative Council elections Fiji Elections