Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Federation Party

Index Federation Party

The Federation Party was Fiji's first formal political party. [1]

31 relations: A. D. Patel, Alliance Party (Fiji), Apisai Tora, Bill of rights, By-election, C. A. Shah, Centre-left politics, Chief Minister of Fiji, Citizens Federation, Constitution, Electoral district, Ethnic group, Federalism, Fiji, Fijian general election, 1963, Fijians, Great Council of Chiefs, House of Representatives of Fiji, Indians in Fiji, Kamisese Mara, Lau Islands, London, Multiracial, National constituencies, National Democratic Party (Fiji, 1960s), National Federation Party, Responsible government, Sidiq Koya, Social democracy, United Kingdom, Western Division, Fiji.

A. D. Patel

Ambalal Dahyabhai Patel, better known as A.D. Patel (also sometimes referred to as AD) (1905–1969), was a Fiji Indian politician, farmers' leader and founder and leader of the National Federation Party.

New!!: Federation Party and A. D. Patel · See more »

Alliance Party (Fiji)

The Alliance Party, was the ruling political party in Fiji from 1966 to 1987.

New!!: Federation Party and Alliance Party (Fiji) · See more »

Apisai Tora

Mohammad Apisai Vuniyayawa Tora (born January 1934) is a former Fijian politician, soldier, and trade unionist.

New!!: Federation Party and Apisai Tora · See more »

Bill of rights

A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.

New!!: Federation Party and Bill of rights · See more »

By-election

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India), are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

New!!: Federation Party and By-election · See more »

C. A. Shah

Chirag Ali Shah was a Fiji Indian farmer and politician, who served in the Legislative Council both as a nominated and an elected member.

New!!: Federation Party and C. A. Shah · See more »

Centre-left politics

Centre-left politics or center-left politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-left politics, is an adherence to views leaning to the left-wing, but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other left-wing variants.

New!!: Federation Party and Centre-left politics · See more »

Chief Minister of Fiji

The office of Chief Minister of Fiji was established by the British colonial authorities on 20 September 1967, along with the Cabinet system of government.

New!!: Federation Party and Chief Minister of Fiji · See more »

Citizens Federation

The Citizens Federation was the political expression of a predominantly Indo-Fijian trade union movement, and was a forerunner of the present day National Federation Party.

New!!: Federation Party and Citizens Federation · See more »

Constitution

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.

New!!: Federation Party and Constitution · See more »

Electoral district

An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.

New!!: Federation Party and Electoral district · See more »

Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

New!!: Federation Party and Ethnic group · See more »

Federalism

Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system.

New!!: Federation Party and Federalism · See more »

Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

New!!: Federation Party and Fiji · See more »

Fijian general election, 1963

General elections were held in Fiji between 17 April and 4 May 1963.

New!!: Federation Party and Fijian general election, 1963 · See more »

Fijians

Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.

New!!: Federation Party and Fijians · See more »

Great Council of Chiefs

The Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian, ग्रेट काउंसिल ऑफ चीफ्स in Fiji Hindi) was a constitutional body in the Republic of the Fiji Islands from 1876 to March 2012.

New!!: Federation Party and Great Council of Chiefs · See more »

House of Representatives of Fiji

The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006.

New!!: Federation Party and House of Representatives of Fiji · See more »

Indians in Fiji

Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Federation Party and Indians in Fiji · See more »

Kamisese Mara

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE (6 May 1920 – 18 April 2004) is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji.

New!!: Federation Party and Kamisese Mara · See more »

Lau Islands

The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea.

New!!: Federation Party and Lau Islands · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Federation Party and London · See more »

Multiracial

Multiracial is defined as made up of or relating to people of many races.

New!!: Federation Party and Multiracial · See more »

National constituencies

National constituencies are a former feature of the Fijian electoral system.

New!!: Federation Party and National constituencies · See more »

National Democratic Party (Fiji, 1960s)

The National Democratic Party (NDP) was a Fijian political party formed in the early 1960s through a merger of Apisai Tora's Western Democratic Party with Isikeli Nadalo's Fijian National Party.

New!!: Federation Party and National Democratic Party (Fiji, 1960s) · See more »

National Federation Party

The National Federation Party is a Fijian political party founded by A.D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party.

New!!: Federation Party and National Federation Party · See more »

Responsible government

Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability, the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.

New!!: Federation Party and Responsible government · See more »

Sidiq Koya

Siddiq Moidin Koya (1924–1993) was a Fijian Indian politician, Statesman and Opposition leader.

New!!: Federation Party and Sidiq Koya · See more »

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.

New!!: Federation Party and Social democracy · See more »

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

New!!: Federation Party and United Kingdom · See more »

Western Division, Fiji

The Western Division of Fiji is one of Fiji's four divisions.

New!!: Federation Party and Western Division, Fiji · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_Party

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »