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Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore (26 November 1829 – 30 January 1912) was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator.
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Attorney General of Fiji
Fiji's chief governmental legal officer is the Attorney General. The office is usually held by the Minister for Justice, although they are distinct offices.
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Badri Maharaj
Badri Maharaj was an Indo-Fijian farmer, politician, and philanthropist.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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British subject
The term British subject has had a number of different legal meanings over time.
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Cabinet of Fiji
Fiji has the Westminster system — executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.
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Chief Justice of Fiji
The Chief Justice is Fiji's highest judicial officer.
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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.
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Chief Secretary (British Empire)
Chief Secretary was the title of a senior civil servant in various colonies of the British Empire.
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Communal constituencies
Communal constituencies were the most durable feature of the Fijian electoral system.
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Ethnic groups in Europe
The Indigenous peoples of Europe are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various indigenous groups that reside in the nations of Europe.
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Executive Council of Fiji
The colonial Governors of Fiji relied on the Executive Council for advice on proposals for legislation which, after being discussed in the Executive Council meetings, came before the Legislative Council in the form of bills.
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Fijian general election, 1972
General elections were held in Fiji between 15 and 29 April 1972, the first since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.
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Fijians
Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.
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General electors
"General Electors" is the term formerly used in Fiji to identify citizens of voting age who belonged, in most cases, to ethnic minorities.
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Governor of Fiji
Fiji was a British Crown Colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent Dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987.
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Grandfather clause
A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases.
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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.
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Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong and subsequently, the 14th Governor of New South Wales, the first Governor of Fiji, and the 8th Governor of New Zealand.
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House of Representatives of Fiji
The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006.
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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.
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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.
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Lala Sukuna
Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman.
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Literacy
Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.
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National constituencies
National constituencies are a former feature of the Fijian electoral system.
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Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders or Pasifikas are the peoples of the Pacific Islands.
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Parliament of Fiji
The Parliament of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of the Fiji.
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Poll tax
A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual.
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Residency (domicile)
Residency is the act of establishing or maintaining a residence in a given place.
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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.
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Short and long titles
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines.
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Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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Westminster system
The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Fiji
