Fiji Next Year
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General Elections In Fiji Next Year
A general election will be held in Fiji about the middle of 1966, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. D.
Macdonald, told the Legislative Council in October.
This election, if the White Paper on the new constitution is accepted, will be on the basis of universal adult suffrage.
It is estimated that about 182,500 will be eligible to enrol as voters. (There were 94,000 registered in 1963 when women voted for the first time).
The 1966 poll will shorten the life of the current council by two years. Unofficial members were elected in 1963 for five-year terms for the first time.