Amie Ragg | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Council |
Constituency: | Southern (European) |
Term Start: | 1944 |
Term End: | 1950 |
Predecessor: | Alport Barker |
Successor: | Alport Barker |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1878 |
Death Place: | Suva, Fiji |
Profession: | Engineer, civil servant |
Amie Augustus Ragg (7 October 1878 – 5 September 1957) was a Fijian engineer, civil servant and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1944 and 1950.
Ragg was born in Fiji and initially worked as a marine engineer before becoming a mechanical engineer.[1] In 1901 he married Florence Fretheway; the couple had three children, two sons and one daughter.[1] In middle age he joined the Department of Public Works, and after studying for the AMICE certification, he rose to become director of the department.[1] He retired in 1938,[2] and was awarded the Imperial Service Order the following year.[3]
Ragg contested the Southern seat in the 1940 Legislative Council elections, but was beaten by the incumbent Alport Barker.[4] However, in the 1944 elections he unseated Barker, becoming an MLC alongside his younger brother Hugh. He was re-elected in 1947, but lost to Barker in the 1950 elections.
He died in September 1957 at the age of 78.[1]