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    Sydney Herbert Wilson

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    Sydney Herbert Wilson
    Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
    In office
    1947–1950
    Personal details
    Born1886
    Levuka, Fiji
    DiedNovember 1971 (aged 85)
    Savusavu, Fiji

    Sydney Herbert Wilson MBE (1886 – November 1971) was a Fijian planter and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1947 and 1950.

    Biography[edit]

    Born in Levuka, Wilson was a planter in the Savusavu area, where he had two plantations named Naseva and Oneva.[1] He became president of the local Planter's club,[1] and was elected chairman of the Union of Copra Producers in 1947.[2]

    Later in the same year he was appointed to the Legislative Council as one of the two European nominated members,[3] serving until 1950.

    Wilson was made an MBE in the 1951 Birthday Honours.[4] He died in Savusavu in November 1971 at the age of 85.[1]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c Mr. S.H. Wilson Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1971, p112
    2. ^ Union of Copra Producers Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1947, p9
    3. ^ Legislative Council Appointments In Fiji Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1947
    4. ^ Fiji Birthday Honours Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1951, p23
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