Shiromaniam Madhavan

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name= Shiromaniam Madhavan


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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Labasa Indian Constituency
term_start= 1992
term_end= 1994
predecessor= New Constitution
successor= Shree Ramlu
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birth_date= 1944
birth_place= Labasa, Fiji
death_date= 29 June 1994
death_place= Fiji
party= National Federation Party, Alliance Party, Fiji Labour Party
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religion= Christian
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Shiromaniam Madhavan (1944 - 29 June 1994), son of a founding member of the National Federation Party (NFP), was a Fiji Indian politician who served in the Labasa Town Council and the House of Representatives. He contested numerous elections for different political parties.

He was born in Labasa, Fiji and was the son of the well known Vanua Levu politician, James Madhavan, who served in the Legislative Council of Fiji for a long time. He was a founder of the Air Pacific Employees' Association in the 1960s, serving as its Secretary and President. He had been active in politics since 1963 and was elected to the Labasa Town Council in 1973 and elected mayor in 1978. In 1982 he was again elected to the council as an independent.

He was nominated to the Senate, by the Leader of the Opposition, in 1974. In the September 1977 election, he supported the Dove Faction of the NFP led by Sidiq Koya. In the 1987 general election, he stood as an Alliance candidate for the Labasa/Bua Indian Communal Constituency which he lost by a large margin to his NFP-Labour Coalition opponent. 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.384]

Madhavan then joined the Fiji Labour Party and won the Labasa Indian Constituency in the 1992 general election. [cite web |url=http://lawakibeqa.tripod.com/achievements.htm|title=Achievements of FLP |accessdate=2007-06-20 |format= |work=] He lost this seat in the 1994 general election to his NFP opponent. He died on 29 June 1994 after a long illness. [cite web |url=http://lawakibeqa.tripod.com/history.htm |title=FLP History |accessdate=2007-06-20 |format= |work= ]

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