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1966 Fijian General Election
General elections were held in Fiji between 26 September and 8 October 1966,Militant Indians active as Fiji goes to the polls ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1966, p9 the last before independence in 1970 and the first held under .1966 Fiji Legislative Council elections Fiji Elections The result was a victory for the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts: either in the capital city of Suva; or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi—where tourism is the major local industry; or in Lautoka, where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant. The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipate Sikivou
Alipate Vuate Sikivou (died 5 September 1970) was a Fijian politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council from 1966 until his death in 1970. Biography The younger brother of politician Semesa Sikivou, Alipate entered the civil service in 1945. He joined the Territorial Forces in 1948, before fully enlisting in the army in 1951. In 1952 he began a tour of duty in Malaya as part of the Malayan Emergency.Mr. Alipate Sikivou ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1970, p139 After being discharged from the army, he became clerk of the Native Lands Commission and later executive officer of the Fijian Affairs Board. In the 1966 general elections he cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Kermode
Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Raghnall'', a name likewise derived from ''Rögnvaldr''. The latter name is composed of the Old Norse elements ''regin'' ("advice", "decision") and ''valdr'' ("ruler"). ''Ronald'' was originally used in England and Scotland, where Scandinavian influences were once substantial, although now the name is common throughout the English-speaking world. A short form of ''Ronald'' is ''Ron''. Pet forms of ''Ronald'' include ''Roni'' and ''Ronnie''. ''Ronalda'' and ''Rhonda'' are feminine forms of ''Ronald''. ''Rhona'', a modern name apparently only dating back to the late nineteenth century, may have originated as a feminine form of ''Ronald''. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 230, 408; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Rhona. The names '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Yee
Hon Wing William Yee (born 18 July 1928) was a Fijian engineer and politician. He was the first Chinese Fijian to be elected to the Legislative Council. Biography Yee was born in Zhongshan in China, before moving to Fiji as a child. He attended the Marist Brothers High School in Suva and St Bede's College in Canterbury. He then studied engineering at the University of Auckland, and was the first Fijian Chinese to earn a degree in the subject. Political career The 1966 general elections were the first in which Chinese Fijians were able to vote. Yee was an Alliance Party candidate in the three-seat General constituency of Suva, and was elected by a margin of 90 votes. In the 1972 elections he was re-elected in the Suva/Central General constituency of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stinson (Fijian Politician)
Charles Stinson (1800–1878) was a two-time member of the New Hampshire legislature. Life Stinson, a military captain, was from Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was the father of four children, Jane, Letitia, Susan, and Mary. Mary was the wife of Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ... industrialist Charles Alfred Pillsbury. Charles Pillsbury was influential in naming a street after the Stinson family in Stinson Boulevard, Minneapolis. References People from Goffstown, New Hampshire 1800 births Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1878 deaths 19th-century American politicians {{NewHampshire-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falvey
Sir John Neil Falvey, K.B.E., Q.C. was a New Zealand-born lawyer, who served as Attorney General of Fiji from 1970 to 1977. Previously, he had served as legal adviser to the Fijian Affairs Board. Early political career Falvey served as a member of the Legislative Council of Fiji in the 1960s. In January 1963, Falvey signed what became known as the Wakaya letter, a document drawn up by the Great Council of Chiefs, which asserted the principle of ethnic Fijian paramountcy. This became the basic negotiating document of the Alliance Party (supported predominantly by ethnic Fijians and by Europeans) in the 1960s. Following the 1963 elections, the first-ever held by universal suffrage, Governor Sir Derek Jakeway introduced the member system as a first step towards responsible government, which followed four years later. Three members of the Legislative Council ( Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Dr A. D. Patel, and Falvey himself) were made members of the Executive Council of Fij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Archibald
Frederick George Archibald (died 1979) was a Fijian planter and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council in two spells between 1947 and 1966. Biography A part-European, Archibald was born into a family of planters in Vanua Levu.Fred Archibald ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1979 He ran a small copra plantation in the area. In the 1947 Legislative Council elections he contested the Eastern constituency and defeated incumbent MLC |
Harold Brockett Gibson
Harold Brockett Gibson (died 31 May 1975) was a New Zealand-born Fijian solicitor and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives in three spells between 1937 and 1972. He also represented Fiji in the lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games. Biography Gibson was born in New Zealand and qualified a lawyer in 1919.Deaths of Islands People ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', July 1975, pp72–73 He moved to Fiji in 1926 and settled in , where he worked as a solicitor. He was also involved in business, and served as a director of Eastern Hotels and the Labasa Electricity Company. Gibson represented Fiji in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
