Chandra Prakash Sharma

Chandra Prakash Sharma (died 1979) was an Indo-Fijian civil servant and politician. He briefly served as a member of the House of Representatives in 1977.

Chandra Prakash Sharma
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1977
Preceded byVijay Parmanandam
Succeeded byVijay Parmanandam
ConstituencySuva Rural
Personal details
Died1979
Melbourne, Australia
Political partyNational Federation Party

Biography

Sharma studied at the University of Otago until he was deported,[1] later qualifying as a chartered accountant and joined the civil service,[2] where he became chief accountant at the Treasury.[1] In the early 1970s he was seconded from the Ministry of Finance to the Savings Bank of Fiji.[3] He also served as president of the Fiji Public Servants' Association.[4]

A member of the National Federation Party, he contested the Suva Rural seat in the March 1977 elections and defeated incumbent (and former NFP member) Vijay Parmanandam and Vijay R. Singh.[2] However, following the party's split later in the year, he did not run for re-election in the September 1977 elections.[1]

He died in Melbourne in 1979.[5] His son Neil later also served as an MP.[1]

gollark: Also making it as convenient/friction-free as possible.
gollark: Probably both work to some extent for different people.
gollark: It's not really "motivated" as much as "don't hate it enough to go through the social awkwardness of going through the process of switching options", though.
gollark: I can't get motivated to exercise without being required to by school (since I picked "fitness" as one of my sports options), since it's one of those things I probably should do but don't like doing.
gollark: that moment when you actually do regular exercise at home(other people do, I mean)

References
  1. HISTORY NOTE: 'Celebrating my maiden speech in the Fijian Parliament: September 2014'; Dr Neil Sharma, former FF Health Minister, reminded us Fiji Leaks, 13 September 2017
  2. Ahmed Ali (1980)Plantation to Politics: Studies on Fiji Indians, p221
  3. Journal of the House of Representatives and of the Senate: Meetings of 1973
  4. Report of the Public Service Commission for the Period 1970, p28
  5. C.P. Sharma Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1979, p99
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