Ethel Lency Vokia is a member of the

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, had been elected to the

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Parliament in 2019 as the representative of North East Guadalcanal constituency on the island of

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. However, he was subsequently found guilty of bribing voters and was dismissed from office. His wife ran as an Independent candidate in the

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to replace him and secured victory, defeating candidates who included the former prime minister,

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, who had been member of parliament for North East Guadalcanal from 2006 to 2019. Sikua had originally been responsible for the electoral petition alleging bribery, which led to Jamie Vokia's dismissal. Ethel Vokia became the fourth woman in the 50-member 2019-2024 parliament, joining

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and Lillian Maefai. Vokia's first act after being elected was to allocate funds earmarked for her constituency to the purchase of three boats with 30 hp engines. These were provided to the communities of Siara, Kerakoka, and Tivilae, to enable people to get their produce to local markets. She then resumed a housebuilding scheme initiated by her husband, which had ceased to operate after his dismissal. She also used constituency funds to pay the fees of 41 students at the Solomon Islands National University in the capital,

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. In the

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she was replaced by her husband who was elected as the sole

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MP.

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