Member of Legislative Council
Andrew Deoki had for a long time held ambitions of serving in the Legislative Council, and realised his dream when in 1956 he was nominated into the Council by the Governor. Following the retirement of Vishnu Deo from politics in 1959, Deoki won the Southern Indian Division on his own merit and was made a member of the Executive Council. He retained the seat in the 1963 election despite stiff opposition in a five-way contest, with less than 40% of the votes cast. Very early in his political career, he displayed political maturity when he realised, that being a Christian (who made up a tiny proportion of Fiji Indian community), he needed to maintain good relations with all sections of the Indian community, and consequently his nomination paper for the 1963 election was signed by two Hindus, a Muslim, a Gujarati, a South Indian and a Sikh. Although he contested the election as an independent, he received support from the Kisan Sangh's newspaper, the Kisan Mitra. He lost the Suva Indian Communal Seat to Irene Jai Narayan in 1966 election by 5,676 votes to 2,779 votes.
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