Harilal Manilal Patel

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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Suva City Indian Communal Constituency
term_start= 1987
term_end= 1987
predecessor= Irene Jai Narayan
successor= Constitution abrogated
title2= Suva City Central Indian Constituency
term_start2= 1994
term_end2= 1999
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successor2= New Constitution
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birth_date= 1941
birth_place= Suva, Fiji
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party= National Federation Party
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profession= Lawyer
religion= Hindu
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Harilal Manilal Patel (born 1941) is a Fiji Indian lawyer who has also been a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.

He was born in Suva, Fiji and after completing his law degree from the University of Auckland in 1968, started working with K.C. Ramrakha and set up his own law firm in 1977. He has served as President of the Suva branch of the National Federation Party (NFP) was a member of the Suva City Council. He was a founding member of NFP Youth and unsuccessfully contested the 1977 general election as NFP-Flower Faction candidate.

For the 1987 general election, the NFP-Labour Coalition chose him as a candidate for the South City Communal Constituency which he won easily cite book |last=Howard |first=Michael |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Fiji: Race and politics in an island state |year=1991 |publisher= UBC Press|location=Vancouver |isbn= 0-7748-0368-1 | pages p.381] , but was a member of Parliament for a month when the military coup of 1987 put a temporary halt to his political career. In the 1994 elections, he stood as an NFP candidate for the Suva City Central Indian Constituency and won easily. [cite news|title= Fiji Times '94 General Election Scoreboard|url= |work= |publisher=Fiji Times |date= 28 February 1994|accessdate=2007-06-11 ]

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