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2012 Titikaveka By-election
A by-election was held in the Cook Islands electorate of Titikaveka on 21 June 2012. The by-election was precipitated by the death of sitting MP Robert Wigmore on 13 April 2012. The election was contested by three candidates, two of whom were siblings. It was won by the Democratic party's Selina Napa Selina Matenga-Napa (born 17 October 1964) is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party. She is the daughter of former MP Dr Teariki Matenga. Early life .... Aftermath On 5 July, Teariki Matenga challenged the result, questioning the eligibility of 20 voters. The petition was withdrawn in August. References {{reflist By-elections in the Cook Islands 2012 elections in Oceania 2012 in the Cook Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titikaveka (electorate)
Titikaveka is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. The electorate was created in 1981, when the ''Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981'' adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Tikioki, Akapuao, Te Puna, Titikaveka, Kauare, Arakuo, Turoa, Totokoitu, Avaavaroa, and Vaimaanga on the island of Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a .... Members of Parliament References {{Electorates of the Cook Islands Rarotonga Cook Islands electorates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selina Napa
Selina Matenga-Napa (born 17 October 1964) is a Cook Islands politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party. She is the daughter of former MP Dr Teariki Matenga. Early life and sporting career Napa was born on Mangaia and educated at Titikaveka School and Tereora College. She has a long involvement in Netball, playing at a village level as a child before being part of the Cook Islands national netball team at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games. She played for the Cook Islands throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including at the 1987 World Netball Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and the 1989 World Games in Germany. Eventually she rose to be team captain. She later played for and coached the Titikaveka Pearls, and was part of the selection panel for the Cook Islands women's national cricket team. Political career Napa worked for the Business Trade and Investment board, and then as campaign manager for Titikav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selina Napa Speaking 2013 (3x4 Crop)
Selina () is a feminine given name, considered either a variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion, or a spelling variation of the name Celina, which is derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. This spelling variant had begun to be used in the United Kingdom by the 1600s. People * Selina Büchel (born 1991), Swiss middle-distance runner * Selina Chow (born 1945), Hong Kong politician and broadcaster * Selina Cooper (1864–1946), English suffragist * Selina Foote (born 1985), New Zealand artist * Selina Gasparin (born 1984), Swiss biathlete * Selina Griffiths (born 1969), British actress * Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1707–1791), English Christian revivalist, Methodist * Selina Hastings (Lady Selina Shirley Hastings, born 1945), British biographer and journalist * Selina Hornibrook (born 1978), Australian netball player * Selina Hossain (born 1947), Bangladeshi novelist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms Member of Congress, congressman/congresswoman or Deputy (legislator), deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian (other), parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wigmore
Robert George Wigmore (8 September 1949 – 13 April 2012) was leader of the Cook Islands Democratic Party from 2010 - 2012, and Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 2009 - 2010. He served as a Minister in the Cabinets of Robert Woonton and Jim Marurai. Early life Wigmore was born on Rarotonga. He was educated in Titikaveka, and worked as a farmer, running Wigmore Farms and the Wigmore Superstore, the largest supplier of supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Cook Islands. He served as president of the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce, and in 1985 he was elected President of the Cook Islands Producers Federation. Political career Wigmore was first elected to Parliament as a Democratic Party candidate for the seat of Titikaveka at the 1999 election. He served as an under-secretary to Prime Minister Robert Woonton before being appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture in November 2002. At the 2004 election he apparently won his seat on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Islands
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Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
The Democratic Party (also known for a time as the Democratic Alliance Party) is a political party in the Cook Islands. As a result of the 2018 Cook Islands election, it is currently the largest party in the Cook Islands Parliament. Early years The Democratic Party was founded by Tom Davis in 1971, in opposition to the Cook Islands Party (CIP) of Albert Henry. In the 1972 election, it won eight seats, breaking the two-thirds majority of the CIP. In 1978, it won power, with Davis becoming Prime Minister. It became one of the two primary parties of the Cook Islands, alternating in power with the CIP. Davis served as prime minister of the Cook Islands from 1978 to 1987, with a brief interruption in 1983 when the Cook Islands briefly returned to power. The Democratic Party remained in power until 1989. In the late 1990s, the party experienced a split, with the majority of the party renamed as the Democratic Alliance Party. A breakaway faction led by Norman George was named the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By-elections In The Cook Islands
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumbent dying or resigning, or when the incumbent becomes ineligible to continue in office (because of a recall, election or appointment to a prohibited dual mandate, criminal conviction, or failure to maintain a minimum attendance), or when an election is invalidated by voting irregularities. In some cases a vacancy may be filled without a by-election or the office may be left vacant. Origins The procedure for filling a vacant seat in the House of Commons of England was developed during the Reformation Parliament of the 16th century by Thomas Cromwell; previously a seat had remained empty upon the death of a member. Cromwell de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Elections In Oceania
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
