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1944 Fijian General Election
General elections were held in Fiji on 29 July 1944. The term of the Legislative Council elected in 1940 was due to end in 1943, but was extended by a year by the Governor. Electoral system The Legislative Council consisted of 32 members, including 16 'official' members who were civil servants, fifteen 'unofficial' members (five Europeans, five Fijians and five Indo-Fijians), and the Governor sitting as President of the Council. For Europeans and Indo-Fijians, three of the five representatives were elected from single-member constituencies, with the other two appointed by the Governor. All five Fijian members were appointed from a list of ten candidates submitted by the Great Council of Chiefs The Great Council of Chiefs ''(Bose Levu Vakaturaga'' in Fijian) was a constitutional body in Fiji from 1876 to March 2012. In April 2007, the council was suspended, due to an unworkable relationship with Frank Bainimarama, leader of an "interi .... [...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] |
Jasper Garnett
Jasper Adrian Garnett (1889 – 23 October 1951) was a Fijian farmer. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1944 and 1947. Born in Fiji in 1889,''Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's who'', Pacific Publications, 1968, p575 he became a farmer in Tailevu.J.A. Garnett ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1951, p123 He chaired the Rewa Co-operative Dairy and was a freemason. In 1944 he was nominated by the Governor to become a member of the Legislative Council, serving until 1947. He died in Suva
Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and ser ...
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1944 In Fiji
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Elections In Oceania
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiale Vuiyasawa
Ratu Tiale Wimbledon Thomas Vuiyasawa (died March 1981) was a Fijian chief, civil servant and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council and Senate. Biography Vuiyasawa was born into a chiefly family, the second son of Joni Madraiwiwi I and Litiana Maopa after Lala Sukuna, and the uncle of future Prime Minister Kamisese Mara.Ratu Tiale Wimbledon Thomas Vuiyasawa ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1981, p81 He attended school in before completing his education at Wesley College in Melbourne. In 1916 he enlisted in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tuisawau
Ratu George Cokanauto Tuisawau (18 August 1901 – 14 September 1961) was a Fijian chief and politician. He was Roko Tui of Rewa from 1936 until 1961, and spent two decades as a member of the Legislative Council. Biography Tuisawau was on 18 August 1901 in Rewa to Lutunauga Bativuaka Tuisawau and Adi Teimumu Vuikaba. He was educated at the Queen Victoria School.''Who's who in New Zealand 1951'', p234 In 1921 he started working as a clerk and interpreter, before being moving to Levuka in 1925. In 1926 he married Asenaca, with whom he had two daughters, He later married Flora Black, with whom he had a son, and Miliakere Lewavaro, with whom he had another daughter.Roko Tui Dreketi World of Royalty In 1928 he moved to Ba, and later in the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Toganivalu
Ratu George Toganivalu (died 17 June 1951) was a Fijian chief and politician. He was Roko Tui of Bua and Ba, and a member of the Legislative Council between 1940 and 1951. Biography During World War I he joined the Māori Battalion and served in France.Death of Fijian leader ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', July 1951, p21 When he returned to Fiji he joined the civil service, becoming Native Assistant Commissioner in Bua. He was subsequently appointed Roko Tui of the province in 1928, succeeding his father Deve.Timothy J. MacNaught (1982 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lala Sukuna
Ratu Sir Josefa Lalabalavu Vanayaliyali Sukuna (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman. He is regarded as the forerunner of the Modern Fiji, post-independence leadership of Fiji. He did more than anybody to lay the groundwork for self-government by fostering the development of modern institutions in Fiji, and although he died a dozen years before independence from the United Kingdom was achieved in 1970, his vision set the course that Fiji was to follow in the years to come. Lineage Sukuna was born into a chiefly family on Bau (island), Bau, off the island of Viti Levu, the largest island in the Fiji archipelago. His father, Joni Madraiwiwi I, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, was the son of the Bau Island, Bauan noble and rebel leader Mara Kapaiwai, Ratu Mara Kapaiwai. After joining the Audit Office as a clerk at an early age, Ratu Madraiwiwi had steadily worked his way up through the civil service, establishing connections along the way th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Cakobau
Ratu Sir Edward Tuivanuavou Tugi Cakobau (21 December 1908 – 25 June 1973) was a Fijian chief, soldier, politician and cricketer. He was a member of the Fijian legislature from 1944 until his death, also serving as Minister for Commerce, Industry and Labour and Deputy Prime Minister. During the 1940s he made two appearances for the Fiji national cricket team. Biography Cakobau was born in December 1908, the son of King George Tupou II of Tonga and his mistress Adi Litia Cakobau, who was a granddaughter of Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the first King of Fiji. He was a half-brother of Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga. He was educated at Wanganui Technical College between 1923 to 1928, and then Auckland Technical College. Whilst in New Zealand, he played a single first-class match for Auckland in the 1930–31 Plunket Shield and later made two first-class appearances for Fiji in 1948 against Otago and Auckland. He later attended Wadham College, Oxford to study colonial administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Granger Johnson
William Granger Johnson (28 July 1900 – 1978) was a Fijian businessman and politician, serving as a nominated member of the Legislative Council in two spells during the 1940s and 1950s. Biography Granger was born in Suva in 1900, the only son of Australian Blance (née Wadeson) and Canadian William Henry "Tavua" Johnson.Prince of Fiji commerce ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1953, pp78–80 Growing up, he was given the nickname ''Tui'' (chief), becoming known as Tui Johnson. He married Val, with whom he had five children, and also joined the Fiji Defence Force, becoming a lieutenant. In 1930 he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnu Deo
Pt. Vishnu Deo (Hindi: विष्णु देव) OBE (17 July 1900 – 7 May 1968) was the first Fiji born and bred leader of the Indo-Fijians. From his initial election to the Legislative Council in 1929 to his retirement in 1959, he remained the most powerful Indo-Fijians political leader in Fiji. He was a staunch supporter of Arya Samaj in Fiji and also the editor of the first successful Hindi-language newspaper to be published in Fiji. Early life Pandit Vishnu Deo was born on 17 July 1900. He attended Marist Brothers School and had a keen intellect, becoming a fluent debater in both English and Hindi. He joined the immigration department as a clerk in 1918, taught at a school established by M. N. Naidu in Lautoka in the early 1920s, and started his own importing and exporting agency in 1927. In 1922, he had assisted the Raju Commission which had been sent to Fiji to make enquiries into the plight of the Indian community. Vishnu Deo also founded a number of social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Fijian General Election
General elections were held in Fiji on 20 July 1940. ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', August 1940, p6 Electoral system The Legislative Council consisted of 32 members, including 16 'official' members who were civil servants, fifteen 'unofficial' members (five Europeans, five Fijians and five ), and the sitting as President of the Council. For Europeans and Indo-Fijian ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
