John Trotter (Fijian politician)

After graduating from Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Trotter moved to Tonga in 1913 to set up the Tonga Agricultural College.^[1][2] The following year he went to France to fight in World War I, returning to Tonga in 1918 to become manager of the Haʻapai branch of Burns Philp.^[1]

In 1933 Trotter moved to Levuka in Fiji, before relocating to Suva three years later, where he became general manager of Burns Philp in the territory.^[1] In 1938 he was appointed to the Legislative Council to replace John Maynard Hedstrom,^[3] remaining a member for six years.^[1]

Trotter retired from Burns Philp in June 1953 and moved to New Zealand.^[2] He died in Auckland in July 1954 at the age of 66, leaving a widow and two daughters.^[1]