General elections were held in

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on 13 April 1954.United Nations Trusteeship Council 542nd Meeting
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''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1954, p18

Electoral system

The 26-member Legislative Assembly consisted of the

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, six civil servants, twelve Samoans appointed by the

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, two Fautua (Samoan chiefs) and five members directly elected by people with European status, most of whom were part-Samoan.

Results

European members

Samoan members

Two candidates for the

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seat, Tuatagaloa Leutele Te'o and Fonoti Ioane received the same number of votes. It was decided that as the incumbent Te'o should remain the representative for the constituency, whilst Ioane would be made the twelfth, non-constituency member.

Aftermath

In 1956 the Executive Council was reorganised and a

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introduced. To'omata Lilomaiava Tua was appointed Member for Agriculture, Tuatagaloa Leutele Te'o as Member for Education, Fonoti Ioane as Member for Health,

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as Member for Lands,

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as Member for Transport and Communications, and Harry Moors as Member for Works.Lauofo Meti (2002) ''Samoa: The Making of the Constitution'', p39

References

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