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.
Biography Sharma studied at the University of Otago until he was deported, later qualifying as a chartered accountant and joined the civil service,Ahmed Ali (1980)Plantation to Politics: Studies on Fiji Indians, p221 where he became chief accountant at the Treasury. In the early 1970s he was seconded from the Ministry of Finance to the Savings Bank of Fiji.Journal of the House of Representatives and of the Senate: Meetings of 1973 He also served as president of the Fiji Public Servants' Association.Report of the Public Service Commission for the Period 1970, p28
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. However, following the party's split later in the year, he did not run for re-election in the September 1977 elections.
He died in Melbourne in 1979.C.P. Sharma Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1979, p99 His son Neil later also served as an MP.HISTORY NOTE: 'Celebrating my maiden speech in the Fijian Parliament: September 2014'; Dr Neil Sharma, former FF Health Minister, reminded us Fiji Leaks, 13 September 2017
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