1940 Fijian general election

none General elections were held in Fiji on 20 July 1940.Councillors elected in Fiji 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 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.1940 Legislative Council Election Fiji Elections Archive Voting for Europeans remained restricted to men aged 21 or over who had been born to European parents (or a European father and was able to read, speak and write English), who were British subjects and had been continuously resident in Fiji for 12 months, and who either owned at least £20 of freehold or leasehold property or had an annual income of at least £120. For Indo-Fijians, eligibility was also restricted to men aged 21 or over. They had to be a British subject or from British India, have lived continuously in the Fiji for at least two years, be able to read or write in English, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Urdu, and for the previous six months, have either owned property with an annual value of five years, had a net annual cash income of at least £75, or held a Government or municipal licence worth at least £5 annually. In both ethnic categories, civil servants were barred from voting. Results ConstituencyCandidateVotes%NotesEuropean membersEasternHarold Brockett Gibson9541.5Re-electedWilliam Edmund Willoughby-Tottenham6227.1William Carlisle Baker5624.5Patrick Costello167.0Northern and WesternHugh RaggUnopposedRe-electedSouthernAlport Barker32063.4Re-electedAmie Ragg18536.6Indo-Fijian membersEasternJ. B. Tularam12742.5Re-electedJafar Khan9230.8Sadhu Lal8026.8Northern and WesternB. D. Lakshman1,01069.3ElectedSadanand Maharaj44730.7SouthernVishnu Deo78368.1Re-electedK. B. Singh36631.9Source: Fiji Elections, Fiji Royal Gazette 1940 Nominated members EuropeansHenry King IrvingJohn TrotterFijiansG.W. LalabalavuLala SukunaGeorge ToganivaluGeorge TuisawauTiale VuiyasawaIndo-FijiansSaid HasanK. B. SinghSource: Fiji Royal Gazette 1940 References Fiji General Category:Elections in Fiji Fiji Fijian general election