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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] |
Nahau Rooney
Nahau Rooney (born in 1945 on Manus Island – died 15 September 2020 in Port Moresby) was a Papua New Guinean politician. From 1977 to 1987 she was a member of the newly founded post-independence National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Early years and private life Rooney was born in central Manus and grew up in M'bunai, a village on the coast of Manus, where she also attended elementary school in the early 1950s. After finishing Manus High School, she studied at Madang Teachers College. An Australian government scholarship enabled her to continue her studies in Melbourne. After completing her university education, she taught English and Home economics at Manus High School. There she met her future husband, the Australian Wes Rooney, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pita Lus
Sir Pita Lus (16 September 1935 – 1 October 2021) was an outspoken Papua New Guinean politician who played an important role in the country's independence in 1975 and is credited with having persuaded Michael Somare, the country's first prime minister, to run for parliament. Early life Pita Lus was born on 16 September 1935 in Lehinga (or Lahinga) village in the Maprik District of what is now the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He did not learn to read and write until he was 24. His father died in prison in Rabaul after being convicted of the murder of a white labour recruiter who was trying to take away the brother of Lus. In 1949, he left home and went to Rabaul and, later, Kavieng in search of work on plantations, being employed as a cook and a labourer. After a brief return to Maprik, he went to Manus Island in 1952, where he found a job as a labourer working for the Royal Australian Navy. There he became a spokesman for the labourers in a strike against t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tei Abal
Sir Tei Abal (1932? – 1994) was a member of the parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 1964 and 1982, during which time he both served as a government minister in several positions and was leader of the opposition. He was known as an unsuccessful advocate of slowing down the process of PNG's Independence, because he considered that the population from the Highlands areas, of which he was one, were unready for independence. Early life Tei Abal was born, around 1932, near Laiagam, in what was then the Western Highlands of the Territory of New Guinea. He was the only son of Abal Monape, a leader of the Temanga clan. His mother died during his childhood, apparently because of devastating frosts that left the Laiagam valley without food. The hunger led father and son to leave home and travel through the Lai Valley in search of food. Abal witnessed his father being murdered by local tribesmen, and subsequently suffered considerable destitution. A couple from Wapenamanda event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The National Parliament Of Papua New Guinea
This is a list of speakers of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea:' {, class="wikitable" ! Legislature ! Name ! Period , - , 1st House of Assembly , Horace Niall , June 8, 1964 – June 3, 1968 , - , 2nd House of Assembly , John Guise , June 4, 1968 – April 20, 1972 , - , rowspan="2", 3rd House of Assembly , Perry Kwan , April 20, 1972 – June 22, 1972 , - , rowspan="2", Sir Barry Holloway , June 23, 1972 – September 16, 1975 , - , rowspan="2", 1st National Parliament , September 16, 1975 – August 9, 1977 , - , Sir Kingsford Dibela , August 9, 1977 – March 14, 1980 , - , 2nd National Parliament , Sevese Oipi Morea , March 14, 1980 – August 1, 1982 , - , rowspan="3", 3rd National Parliament , Sir Dennis Young , August 2, 1982 – October 26, 1982 , - , Timothy Bonga , November 8, 1982 – November 21, 1985 , - , Brown Sinamoi , November 21, 1985 – August 4, 1987 , - , rowspan="2", 4th National Parliament , Akoka Doi , August 5, 1987 – November 25, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsford Dibela
Sir Kingsford Dibela (16 March 1932 – 22 March 2002) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the third governor-general of Papua New Guinea from 1983 to 1989. He was also the second Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea This is a list of speakers of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea:' {, class="wikitable" ! Legislature ! Name ! Period , - , 1st House of Assembly , Horace Niall , June 8, 1964 – June 3, 1968 , - , 2nd House of Assembly , John Guise , ... from 9 August 1977 to 14 March 1980. Born in the Dogura area of mainland Milne Bay Province, he was a member of the Wedau people. He was employed as a primary school teacher beginning in 1949 until his election to the presidency of the Weraura Local Government Council in 1963. He was first elected to Parliament in 1975, and served as Speaker of that body from 1977 through 1980. He was named governor-general of Papua New Guinea on 1 March 1983, and served in that position until his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Guise (Papua New Guinean Politician)
Sir John Douglas Guise (29 August 1914 – 7 February 1991) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the first governor-general of Papua New Guinea after the country's independence from Australia in 1975. Prior to the independence itself, Guise was a vocal advocate for a peaceful secession from Australia. He was born in Gedulalara village, near Dogura, and was educated there at the mission school of a church in Milne Bay District. His grandfather was Reginald Guise, an English adventurer who reached Papua in the 1880s, settled as a trader and married locally. He served in the Department of Native Affairs during the 1950s, and became the president of the Port Moresby Mixed Race Association in 1958. In the 1961 elections for the Legislative Council, he was elected in the Eastern Papua constituency. In 1964 he was elected to the new House of Assembly, and went on to serve as Speaker from 1968 to 1972. Guise served as Governor-General of Papua New Guinea for two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party (Papua New Guinea)
The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was formed in September 1969 by Thomas Kavali, Sabumei Kofikai and Siwi Kurondo when the three MPs broke away from the Compass Party. It was formally launched on 14 November 1969. (Kofikai later rejoined the Compass Party). Paul Pora and later Iambakey Okuk were also prominent members. At the 2002 election, the party won 3 of 109 seats. The party won 1 out of 109 seats in the 2007 General Elections. It was led into the 2012 election by Simon Sanangke from outside parliament; however, the party won no seats. It is currently led by MP Kerenga Kua, who assumed the leadership in 2016 after his resignation from the National Alliance Party. As of May 2019, the party has 2 seats in the National Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PNG Country Party
The Papua New Guinea Country Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in 1974. History The party was founded by Sinake Giregire in March 1974 in advance of Papua New Guinean independence, drawing members largely from the United Party. The party's policy was largely based on agricultural, resource and other economic development. The conservative Australian Country Party reportedly agreed to provide assistance to the new party. It was involved in the Nationalist Pressure Group in debates surrounding the formation of the Constitution of Papua New Guinea. Giregire was defeated by John Guise in a bid to become the first Governor-General of Papua New Guinea in 1975, but the party successfully nominated Tore Lokoloko as the second Governor-General in 1977. Giregire lost his seat at the 1977 election. Giregire revived the party for the 2002 election after years of inactivity, with ex-politicians Albert Mokai, Mackenzie Dauge, James Ibras and Bionte Heruo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Party (Papua New Guinea)
The United Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. As of May 2019, it has one seat in the National Parliament and is led by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Rimbink Pato. History There were attempts from 1964 to 1968 to form political parties. A meeting was held in Port Moresby and a Territory Country Party, organized along the lines of the Australian Country Party, was formed in 1967. The connection between Australian Country Party and political parties in PNG was through the Compass Party (later United Party). Despite talks and media release, the Compass Party was formed in Minj in 1967 by certain expatriate and indigenous Members of the House of Assembly who were aligned with the farmers and planters association, the Highlands Farmers & Settlers Association Incorporated (HFSA). Members of HFSA in Parliament were Ian Downs, Highlands Special (President of HFSA), John Watts (WH Regional), Mike Casey (Kainantu), Sinake Giregire (Goroka) (first indigenous member of HFSA). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangu Pati
The Pangu Pati, also known as the Pangu Party or Papua and Niugini Union Pati, is a political party in Papua New Guinea. As of September 2019, the party had 23 of 111 seats in the National Parliament. History The party was founded in June 1967 by (in particular) Michael Somare, Albert Maori Kiki, Lucas Waka, Barry Holloway and Cecil Abel, "PANGU" standing for "Papua New Guinea Union." The initial interim executive was Somare, Joseph Nombri, Oala Oala-Rarua and Vin ToBaining, while it had nine members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea: Nicholas Brokam, Holloway, Wegra Kenu, Siwi Kurondo, Paul Lapun, Pita Lus, Paliau Maloat, James Meanggarum and Tony Voutas. Somare later served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea as the leader of the Pangu Party from 1972 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1985. In 1985, Paias Wingti led a faction of the party to split with Somare, and Wingti won a no confidence vote against Somare, succeeding him as prime minister. In 1988, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
