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Koriam Urekit
Koriam Michael Urekit (c. 1916 – 3 December 1978) was a Papua New Guinean cargo cult leader and politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1964 until his death. Biography Urekit was born in Ablingi village in New Britain. A subsistence farmer, he helped establish and improve educational facilities in the Kandrian area. He married and had five children.''Members of the Third House of Assembly'', p29 He was involved in a local cargo cult, and was jailed for his activities. In 1962 Urekit was elected to New Britain District Advisory Council, also becoming an observer at the Legislative Council.David G. Bettison, Colin A. Hughes & Paul W. van der Veur (1965The Papua-New Guinea Elections 1964 In the first elections to the new House of Assembly in 1964, he was elected from the East New Britain Open constituency. After his election he established Pomio Kivung, another cargo cult. He was re-elected from the new Kandrian-Pomio Open cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Papua New Guinean General Election
General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 17 February and 16 March 1968.They all want to be in P-NG's new Assembly ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', January 1968, p25 Electoral system Constitutional developments prior to the elections saw the expanded from 64 members to 94. The number of members elected from general constituencies was increased from 44 to 69; the ten reserved constituencies (for non-indigenous candidates) were replaced by 15 regional constituencies in which candidates had to have at least at Intermed ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The National Parliament Of Papua New Guinea
The following are lists of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea by term: * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1972–1977 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1977–1982 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1982–1987 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1987–1992 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1992–1997 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1997–2002 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2002–2007 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2007–2012 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2012–2017 * Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 2017–2022 This is a list of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1972 to 2022, as elected at the 2017 election. Former MPs in 10th Parliament References {{DEFAULTSORT:Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The House Of Assembly Of Papua And New Guinea
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinean Farmers
Papua most commonly refers to: * New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean * Western New Guinea, the western half of the island of New Guinea, which is administered by Indonesia. ** Papua (province), an Indonesian province in the north coast of Western New Guinea * Papua New Guinea, a country occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea * Territory of Papua (1884–1949), a British/Australian-administered territory in southeastern New Guinea * Southern Region, Papua New Guinea, officially known as Papua Region up to 2011 Other uses * Papua Beach, on the south Atlantic island of South Georgia * Papua Island, off the north tip of the Antarctic Peninsula * , a British frigate in service in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945 See also * Papuan (other) * West Papua (other) * * Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Papua New Guinean Parliament Who Died In Office
The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea who died in office. House of Assembly (1964-1975) National Parliament (1975-present) References {{reflist Papua New Guinea National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinean Kina
The Kina (ISO 4217 currency code: ''PGK'', the currency symbol: ''K'') is the currency of Papua New Guinea. It is divided into 100 ''toea''. The name ''Kina'' is derived from Kuanua language of the Tolai region, referring to a callable pearl shell used widely for trading in both the Coastal and Highlands areas of the country. History The kina was introduced on 19 May 1975 and circulated along with the Australian dollar until 31 December 1975. The two currencies were equal in value (K1 = A$1). The next day, the dollar ceased to be legal tender in Papua New Guinea. The kina has been a historically stable currency; the economy has never experienced exorbitant rates of monetary inflation. During its early years, the kina experienced an appreciation relative to the Australian dollar, reaching a value of approximately A$1.30 in 1980. The kina reached a peak relative to the Australian dollar in 1986 (K1 = A$1.54). The kina remained stable until 1995, when the country started experi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Humphreys
Henry Charles Humphreys (died 1987) was an English-born Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the National Parliament in two spells between 1972 and his death. Biography Humphreys was born in Finchley in Middlesex.''Members of the Third House of Assembly'', p66 After gaining an intermediate certificate at school, he served in the Territorial Army between 1937 and 1945, before becoming part of the Control Commission in Allied-occupied Germany in 1946. In 1951 he emigrated to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, where he took on a plantation at Valupai near Talasea in 1953. He became a member of Talasea Local Government Council and West New Britain Advisory Council, as well as serving on the Education and Land boards of West New Britain. He married and had a son. A member of the Pangu Party, he contested the Talasea Open constituency in the 1972 elections and was elected to the House of Assembly, which was renamed the National Parliament at independenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Papua New Guinean General Election
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 18 June and 9 July 1977, the first since independence from Australia in 1975. The Pangu Party led by Prime Minister Michael Somare emerged as the largest in the National Parliament. Somare subsequently formed a coalition government with the People's Progress Party (PPP) and several independent MPs. Voter turnout was 60.3%. Background The usual four-year term of the House of Assembly was extended to five years shortly before independence, pushing back elections to the renamed National Parliament from 1976 to mid-1977. However, in June 1976 Prime Minister Michael Somare proposed holding early elections in November 1976. Although the proposal was approved by a vote of 45 to 40 in parliament, at least half of the 104 MPs were required to vote in favour for the motion to pass. Prior to the elections, the electoral system was changed from single transferable vote to first-past-the-post. Campaign Just under 900 candidates contested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Papua New Guinean General Election
General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 19 February and 11 March 1972. They saw the election of the country's first female MP, Josephine Abaijah. Electoral system The House of Assembly was expanded from 94 to 107 members, consisting of 100 elected members, four civil servants and three members nominated by members of the House to represent special interest groups. The 100 elected members were elected from 82 open constituencies and 18 regional constituencies, from each of which a single member was elected by single transferable vote. Voters could vote for a candidate in both their local open constituency and the regional constituency covering their area. Candidacy in the regional constituencies was limited to people who had received the Intermediate Certificate (or an equivalent) from school. Prior to the elections, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomio Kivung
The Pomio Kivung movement ("Meeting") is a millenarian movement sometimes called a cargo cult practiced among the villagers in the Baining and Pomio areas in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. History The movement merged two millenarian influences, one belonging to Michael Korima Urekit who had tried to start a movement in the Arawe area, and the other by Bernard Balatape who began a local movement feeding the dead at the Pomio of Kaiton. The movement was instrumental in electing Koriam to the House of Assembly as member for Kandrian-Pomio Open. Later the movement encompassed the Baining people when the electorate was redrawn to remove the Kandrian area and to include the Baining in the south Gazelle Peninsula. In the Baining area, around this time (prior to 1974 when he returned to Pomio), Kolman Kintape who was originally from Pomio was managing Warwick Plantation (near the villages of Sunam and Dadul). He was developing magic for making money multiply and ritual knowledge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Parliament Of Papua New Guinea
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975. The 111 members of parliament serve five-year terms, 89 of whom are chosen from single-member "open" electorates, which are sometimes referred to as "seats" but are officially known as constituencies. The remaining 22 are chosen from single-member provincial electorates: the 20 provinces, the autonomous province of Bougainville (North Solomons), and the National Capital District. Each provincial member becomes governor of their province unless they take a ministerial position, in which case the governorship passes to an open member of the province. From 1964 until 1977 an Optional Preferential Voting System was used. The first past the post system was used from 1977 until 2002. Electoral reforms introduced by former Prime Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |