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1958 Cook Islands General Election
General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 13 October 1958,Important Elections In The Cooks: A Scot Named Viri Vokotini ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1958, p31 the first under universal suffrage. Background Following the recommendations of the 1955 Belshaw-Stace Report, the 23-member Legislative Council of the Cook Islands, Legislative Council was replaced by a 27-member Parliament of the Cook Islands, Legislative Assembly.A Legislative Assembly Soon for Cooks''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1958, p139 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Islands
) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , languages_type = Spoken languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2016 census , demonym = Cook Islander , government_type = , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = 's Representative , leader_name2 = Sir Tom Marsters , leader_title3 = Prime Minister , leader_name3 = Mark Brown , leader_title4 = President of the House of Ariki , leader_name4 = Tou Travel Ariki , legislature = Parliament , sovereignty_type = Associated state of New Zealand , established_event1 = Self-governance , established_date1 = 4 August 1965 , estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ine Rutera
INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional Electoral, Mexico's public organization responsible for organizing federal elections * Shanghai International Energy Exchange People * Ine of Wessex ( – after 726), king of Wessex (688–726) * Ine Barlie (born 1965), Norwegian sport wrestler * Kusumoto Ine (1827–1903), Japanese physician * Ine Gevers (born 1960), Dutch curator and writer * Ine Hoem (born 1985), Norwegian jazz singer * Ine ter Laak-Spijk (1931–2002). Dutch athlete * Ine Lamers (born 1954), Dutch photographer and video installation artist * Ine Poppe (born 1960), Dutch artist, journalist and writer * Ine Schäffer (born 1923), Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the shot put * Ine Eriksen Søreide (born 1976), Norwegian politician * Ine Wannijn (born 1982), Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In The Cook Islands
The Cook Islands elects a legislature on a national level. The Parliament of the Cook Islands has 24 members, elected for a four-year term in single-seat constituencies. The Cook Islands has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties and it is extremely difficult for any other party to achieve electoral success. An election was held on 14 June 2018. The Cook Islands Party lost its majority, winning only 10 of 24 seats, but Prime Minister Henry Puna was able to put together a coalition by offering cabinet positions to the One Cook Islands Movement's George Angene and independents Robert Tapaitau and Rose Toki-Brown. Latest election By-elections See also * Electoral calendar * Electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Elections In Oceania
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Areora Ira
Areora is one of four traditional districts on the island of Mauke in the Cook Islands. It is in the south of the island, and is subdivided into three tapere A Tapere or Sub-District is a low level of traditional land subdivision on five of the Southern Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Atiu, and Mauke), comparable to the ahupua'a of the main Hawaiian Islands or to the kousapw of Pohnpei. .... References Districts of the Cook Islands Mauke {{CookIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Charles Brown
Dick Charles Brown (1905 – 6 May 1969) was a Cook Islands businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1958 and 1965, and became the territory's first Leader of Government Business in 1963. Biography Brown was born in Mangaia in 1905, one of the 18 children of George and Rakiki Brown.Tropicalities ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', January 1964, p15 He moved to Rarotonga at the age of 18 to work for A.B. Donald, before taking up planting and setting up his own store in Tupapa. He subsequently opened several other stores and enlarged his plantations. During |
Margaret Makea Karika Ariki
Dame Margaret Makea Karika Ariki (12 December 1919 – 22 September 2017), also known as Pauline Margaret Rakera George Karika and Pauline Margaret Rakera Taripo, was a Cook Islands ''ariki'' and holder of the ''Makea Karika Ariki'' title from 1949 to 2017. She was President of the House of Ariki from 1978 to 1980, and again from 1990 to 1992. She also served in the Legislative Assembly from 1958 to 1961. Biography The daughter of Pa George Karika, she was educated at St Joseph Primary School and at Avarua School before becoming a sales assistant at the Cook Islands Trading Company. Following the death of her elder sister in 1928, she became an aide to her grandmother, Karika Takau Ariki. In 1942 she married Ernest Teiho Taripo. Her father became ''Makea Karika Ariki'' in 1942, and she succeeded to the title following his death in May 1949. On succeeding to the title she was appointed to the Rarotonga Island Council, on which she served until self-government in 1965. As a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kau Mapu
Kau Mapu (died 20 November 1979) was a Cook Islands chief, civil servant and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1958 and 1965. Biography Mapu was descended from several Ariki families and held the title Tearikivao Putokotoko Pareraka Mataiapo.Kau Mapu ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1980, p73 He was a civil servant, working in the Public Works department. In he was elected to the new Legislative Assembly as a representative of Aitutaki Island Council. He was re-elected in |
European (Cook Islands Electorate)
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** Citizenship of the European Union ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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