Kammala wannan jumlar: George Speight ya fito ne daga Naivicula, kimanin kilomita goma daga Korovou a lardin Tailevu. Shi ɗan Sam Speight ne (wani lokacin ana kiransa Savenaca Tokainavo), wani manomi mai wadataccen ƙabilar Fiji da asalin Turai. Tsohon Speight tsohon soja ne wanda ya yi aiki a cikin nasara
Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Malay. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin backbencher a cikin gwamnatocin Rabuka a cikin shekarun 1990. A lokacin da dansa ya yi yunkurin juyin mulkinsa a 2000, duk da haka, Sam Speight ya kasance dan adawa na Majalisar, Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei ya rasa iko ga Jam'iyyar Labour ta Indo-Fijian ta Mahendra Chaudhry a zaben 1999.