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Alan Cobcroft
Alan Ridge Cobcroft (died 5 September 1955) was a Western Samoan planter and politician. Biography Cobcroft was the son of parents from the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill.Samoan elections
'' Pacific Islands Monthly'', December 1932, pp38–39
He attended and represented the school in , rowing and running. He also played for Newtown in the
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People Educated At Sydney Grammar School
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1935 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 1 November 1935. Electoral system Two Europeans were elected from a single two-seat constituency. Voting was restricted to Europeans or Samoan-Europeans owning property worth at least £200 or with an annual income of at least £200. Of the European/Samoan-European population of 3,000, only 134 people were registered to vote,Samoan Europeans
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1935, p32
down from 172 in the 1932 elections.Samoan Legislative Council< ...
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Irving Carruthers
Irving Hetherington Carruthers (27 October 1884 – 5 July 1974) was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. Biography Carruthers was born in Samoa in 1884, one of five children of Richard and Matua Carruthers. His father was a Scottish solicitor who had immigrated to Samoa from Melbourne in Australia,"Gone but not forgotten", '' Samoa Observer'', 7 December 2014 and worked for Robert Louis Stevenson. He attended the Marist Brothers school in Apia, after which he went into business,Samoan elections
'' Pacific Islands Monthly'', December 1932, pp38–39
leasing a cocoa plantation in Malaedono.
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1932 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 9 November 1932.Samoan elections
'' Pacific Islands Monthly'', December 1932, p38


Electoral system

In 1930 the constitution was amended to reduce the number of Europeans in the Legislative Council from three to two and to have two Samoans nominated. The two elected European members were elected from a single two-seat constituency, with only Europeans allowed to vote. Voters wer ...
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