David Tome is a

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politician. Described as a "former agriculturist turned teacher", he was an

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candidate for the Baegu/Asifola constituency in the August 2010 general election, and finished second of fourteen candidates, with 16.3% of the vote; he was defeated by the incumbent, independent MP

Toswel Kaua Toswel Kaua (born 28 August 1947 in Lau, Malaita Province; died 15 November 2010 in HoniaraBiography

. Kaua died three months later, and Tome won the resulting by-election in March 2011, with 21.4% of the vote. On 8 February 2012, Prime Minister

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appointed him Minister for Provincial Government. (His predecessor, Walter Folatalu, was reshuffled as Minister for Communication and Civil Aviation, replacing Andrew Hanaria who had lost his seat upon being found to have bribed voters.) On 1 March, Tome was reshuffled to the position of Minister for Police, National Security and Correctional Services, left vacant by Clay Forau who had been promoted Minister for Foreign Affairs. On 22 October, Tome was reshuffled to the position of Minister for Agriculture."Ministers Fired and Replaced"
''Solomon Times'', 23 October 2012

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David Tome
National Parliament of Solomon Islands. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tome, David Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands People from Malaita Province Government ministers of the Solomon Islands Living people Year of birth missing (living people)