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1948 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Samoa, Western Samoa on 28 April 1948,Samoan Election: Vigorous New Party In The Field ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1948, p27 the first to the new Legislative Assembly of Samoa, Legislative Assembly. The United Citizens Party (Western Samoa), United Citizens Party won four of the five directly elected seats. Electoral system The new 26-member Legislative Assembly consisted of the List of colonial governors of Samoa, Administrator, six civil servants, eleven Samoans appointed by the Fono of Faipule, three Fautua (Samoan chiefs) and five members directly elected by people with European status, which included people of mixed European and Samoan descent.Campaign The European seat ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono and Apolima), and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital and largest city is Apia. The Lapita culture, Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Culture of Samoa, Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy with 11 Districts of Samoa, administrative divisions. It is a sovereign state and a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole
Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole (3 June 1905 – 5 April 1963) was a Western Samoan paramount chief. He held the royal title of Tupua Tamasese from 1929 to 1963, and O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) jointly with Malietoa Tanumafili II from 1962 until his death the following year. Biography He was born in Vaimoso in 1905, one of three sons of the paramount chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi I. He was educated at the Marist school in Apia.Tamasese: Architect of West Samoan Independence ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1963, pp. 41–47 In 1929, he was installed as Tupua Tamasese when his elder brother and Mau leader, |
Palauli
Palauli is a district and village of Samoa, with a population (2016 Census) of 9,300. It consists of two sections on the southern side of Savai'i. The capital is Vailoa which is also referred to as Vailoa i Palauli (Vailoa in Palauli district). Geological formations of lava tubes have created the Taga Blowholes on the coast of Taga village and attracts visitors and tourists. In recent years, the inland village of Sili has refused to let the government of Samoa build a hydroelectric power plant on traditional land due to conservation and cultural concerns. The paramount title of this district is Lilomaiava, which is conferred in Vailoa. As part of the selection process for the title-holder, Vailoa must consult Safotu village in the Gagaifomauga political district. Safotu is the northern base of the Lilomaiava title in Savai'i. Archaeology Extensive pre-historic settlements have been surveyed and studied in the Palauli district where the Pulemelei Mound is situated. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavea Lala
Lavea Lala was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1951. Biography Following the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1948, he was chosen to represent Gaga'ifomauga by the three ''Fautua'' (high chiefs).W. Samoa's New Assembly Now Taking Shape: Samoan Members Chosen ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1948, p49 However, he was not re-elected in . In 1960 he was elected to the |
Gagaʻifomauga
Gagaifomauga is a political district on the island of Savaii in Samoa. The district is situated on the northern side of the island with a population of 4,878 (2016 Census). Gagaifomauga district include the village communities of Aopo, Lefagaoali'i, Manase, Safune, Safotu, Samauga and Sasina. The main village in the district was traditionally Aopo. The Samoa Islands: Constitution, pedigrees and traditions by Augustin Krämer, p.72 Manase, Safotu, Sasina and Safune are situated by the sea. Samauga is upon a rocky foothill between Safotu and Safune while the Aopo settlement is inland. The village of Manase is a popular destination for visitors and tourists with beach fale accommodation. The main road circling Savai'i passes through th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuala Tulo
Tuala Tulo (died 4 October 1953) was a Western Samoan politician who served as a member of the Fono of Faipule, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly between 1936 and 1953. Biography Tulo was a member of the anti-colonial Mau movement. He was arrested and subsequently prosecuted for sedition in 1934, leading to a fine. When the Fono of Faipule was reconstituted in 1936, Tulo became a member of the legislature.The Hon. Tuala Tulo ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', December 1953, p126 He was subsequently nominated by the Fono to become a member of the Legislative Council, taking his seat on 16 December.Lauofo Meti (2002) ''Samoa: The Making of the Constitution'', National University of Samoa, p21 He was re-nominated following the |
Gagaʻemauga
Gagaemauga is a districts of Samoa, district on the island of Savaii in Samoa. The district is situated on the central north side of Savaii. The name 'Gagaemauga' literally means "near side of the mountain", meaning the eastern side of the mountain chain running through the centre of Savaii Island. The traditional centre of the district is Saleaula, where the district chiefs (fa'amatai, ''matai'') and orators meet at Vaituutuu malae. Like most villages in Samoa, the villages in Gagaemauga are situated by the sea although there are some settlements inland, including Patamea and Samalaeulu. George Pratt (missionary), Reverend George Pratt (1817–1894), a missionary with the London Missionary Society, lived in Matautu (1839–1879) and authored the first grammar and dictionary of the Samoan language, "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan Vocabulary", which was first printed in 1862 at the Samoa Mission Press. The village of Saleaula maintains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vui Manuʻa
Vui Manuʻa was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1954. Biography Following the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1948, he was chosen to represent Faʻasaleleaga by the three ''Fautua'' (high chiefs).W. Samoa's New Assembly Now Taking Shape: Samoan Members Chosen ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1948, p49 He was re-elected in , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faʻasaleleaga
Faasaleleaga is a district of Samoa situated on the eastern side of Savaii island. It has a population of 13,566 (2016 Census). The traditional capital is Safotulafai where district chiefs and orators meet at Fuifatu malae. Safotulafai was the main base of the 'Mau a Pule' resistance movement against colonial rule, International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania by Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Paul E Schellinger, Sharon La Boda, p. 726 which grew into the national and eventually Samoa's political independence in 1962. Safotulafai also has close traditional links with |
Fonoti Ioane
Fonoti Matautia Ioane (John) Brown (17 February 1901 – 9 October 1974) was a Western Samoan chief, businessman and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly in two spells between 1948 and 1957, and held the portfolios of Agriculture and Health. Biography Born in 1901, Ioane was educated at the Marist Brothers school between 1908 and 1913. He worked as a salesman for Burns Philp and Westbrook before setting up his own business. He owned a bakery in Matatufu, ran a successful plantation in Lotofaga and owned cattle, as well as setting up Samoa Traders and J.B. Fonoti.Mr Fonotio Matautia ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1974, p101 In the 1940s he was described as the only independent Samoan merchant in |
Atua (district)
Ātua is an ancient political district of Samoa, consisting of most of the eastern section of Upolu and the island Tutuila. Within Samoa's traditional polity, Ātua is ruled by the Tui Ātua together with the group of six senior orators of Lufilufi and 13 senior matai from throughout Ātua, comprising the Fale Ātua (or ''parliament'' of Atua). The ''fono'' (meeting) of Atua's rulers takes place in Lufilufi on the great malae of Lalogafu'afu'a. The paramount ''pāpā'' title and sovereign of Ātua is the ''Tui Ātua''. The title traces its lineage to Pili, son of Tagaloa-a-lagi. One of the first known Tui Atua was Tui Atua Leutelele'i'ite of Falefa, who according to oral tradition, is said to have been part ''aitu'' (God-like) and part ''tagata'' (human-like) and lived around 1170 CE. It is from his lifetime that the known pre-European history of Samoa associated with the Tui Ātua and its holders began. The current Tui Ātua is former Prime Minister, Head of State and tama-a-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiataua Soloa
Leiataua Soloa was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1951. Biography Soloa became the high chief of Manono Island,M.J. Marples & D.F. Bacon (1953) "Observation on yaws and certain skin diseases in Manono, Western Samoa", ''Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene'', Volume 47, Issue 2, pp141–147 and was given the chiefly title of ''Leiataua''. Following the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1948, he was chosen to represent Aiga-i-le-Tai by the three ''Fautua'' (high chiefs).W. Samoa's New Assembly Now Taking Shape: Samoan Members Chosen ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1948, p49 However, he was not re-elected in |
