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. BiographySharma 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] References
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