Vui Manu'a
Vui Manu'a was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1954. Biography Following the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1948, he was chosen to represent Fa'asaleleaga by the three ''Fautua'' (high chiefs).W. Samoa's New Assembly Now Taking Shape: Samoan Members Chosen
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1948, p49 He was re-elected in

Legislative Assembly Of Samoa
The Legislative Assembly ( sm, Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa ( sm, Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan Parliament is composed of two parts: the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) and the Legislative Assembly. In the Samoan language, the Legislative Assembly of Samoa is sometimes referred to as the Samoan Fono while the ''government'' of the country is referred to as the Malo. The word ''fono'' is a Samoan and Polynesian term for councils or meetings great and small and applies to national assemblies and legislatures, as well as local village councils. The modern government of Samoa exists on a national level alongside the country's '' fa'amatai'' indigenous chiefly system of governance and social organisation. In his or her own right, the O le Ao o le Malo can summon and call together the Legislative Assembly, and can prorogue or dissolve P ...
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Gatoloai Peseta Sio
Gatoloaifaana Peseta Siaosi Sio (15 July 1910 – 2 July 1990) was a Western Samoan chief, musician, writer and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1950 to 1951, and again from 1954 to 1957. Biography The son of a London Missionary Society pastor, Peseta was educated at government schools. He worked as a schoolteacher and trader, and was conferred with the chiefly title ''Gatoloai''. He also became a well-known Iiga songwriter alongside two brothers including Toleafoa Talitimu.Toleafoa Talitimu
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', December 1980, p73 After the death of Fautua

Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga (closest foreign country), northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita culture, Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan culture, Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy with 11 Administrative divisions of Samoa, administrative divisions. It is a sovereign state and a member of the ...
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1948 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 28 April 1948,Samoan Election: Vigorous New Party In The Field
'' Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1948, p27 the first to the new Legislative Assembly. The won four of the five directly-elected seats.

Electoral system

The new 26-member Legislative Assembly consisted of the

1951 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 27 April 1951.Western Samoan Assembly Election
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1951, p9 Although the 1948 elections had been fought by two political parties, the 1951 elections saw all candidates run as independents.W. Samoan Assembly Elections in April
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', March 1951, p76

Electoral system

The Legislative Assembly included twe ...
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1954 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 13 April 1954.United Nations Trusteeship Council 542nd Meeting
United NationsResult of West Samoan Elections
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1954, p18

Electoral system

The 26-member Legislative Assembly consisted of the

Administrator

, six civil servants, twelve Samoans appointed by the

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Samoan Chiefs
Samoan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean ** Something of, from, or related to Samoa, a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands ** Something of, from, or related to American Samoa, a United States territory in the Samoan Islands * Samoan language, the native language of the Samoan Islands * Samoans Samoans or Samoan people ( sm, tagata Sāmoa) are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between t ..., a Polynesian ethnic group of the Samoan Islands {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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