2016 Pitcairnese Mayoral Election

	2016 Pitcairnese Mayoral Election Mayoral elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ... on 9 November 2016. Shawn Christian was re-elected as mayor, defeating Simon Young.Peter Clegg (2018"Pitcairn in review: Issues and events, 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017"''Contemporary Pacific'', Volume 30, pp191–195 References {{Pitcairn Islands elections Pitcairn Elections in the Pitcairn Islands Mayoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands—Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about . Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia) at 688 km to the west and Easter Island at 1,929 km to the east. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine ''Bounty'' mutineers and a handful of Tahitian consorts—as is still apparent from the surnames of many of the islanders. The mutiny and its aftermath have been the subject of many books and films. As of January 2020, the territory had only 47 permanent inhabitants. History Polynesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shawn Christian (mayor) Shawn Brent Christian (born 14 September 1975) is a Pitcairnese politician, who served as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands between 2014 and 2019. He previously served in prison after being convicted of child rape. Biography Christian was born to Steve Christian and Olive Jal Brown, and was named after Shawn Branigan, the son of friends of his parents. He is a patrilineal descendant of Fletcher Christian. In 1998 he moved to Australia and studied in Newcastle, New South Wales.Pitcairn Islander guilty of child sex The Australian, 10 January 2007 Along with his father, who was then serving as the islands' mayor, and older brother Randall, he was implicated in the Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004, Pitcairn sexual assault trial in 2004, and after being ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Elections In The Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean, with a population of about 50. The politics of the islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Mayor is the head of government. The territory's constitution is the Local Government Ordinance of 1964. In terms of population, the Pitcairn Islands is the smallest democracy in the world. The government's administrative offices are in Auckland, New Zealand. Executive branch , King , Charles III , (None) , 8 September 2022 , - , Governor (non-) , Iona Thomas , (None) , 9 August 2022 , - , Administrator (non-) , Nicholas Kennedy , (None) , August 2018 , - , Mayor , Charlene Warren-Peu , (None) , 1 January 2020 The King is represented by the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands, who is the British High Commissioner to New Zealand. A non-resident Commissioner, appointed by the Governor, serves as the Governor's Representative to the territory. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]