Areꞌare was a single-member constituency of the Governing Council and

Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands The National Parliament of the Solomon Islands is the legislature of the Solomon Islands. Its 50 members are elected for a four-year term in List of constituencies of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, 50 single-seat constituencies.

. Created in 1973 when the Governing Council was expanded from 17 to 24 seats, it was located on the island of

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. In the

1973 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1973. Africa * 1973 Cameroonian parliamentary election * 1973 Equatorial Guinean legislative election * 1973 Ethiopian general election * 1973 Gabonese general election * 1973 Republic of the Congo con ...

the seat was won by David Kausimae, who had been elected in the South Central Malaita constituency in the 1970 elections, defeating

Peter Kenilorea Sir Peter Kenilorea (23 May 1943 – 24 February 2016) was a Solomon Islander politician, officially styled The Rt Hon. Sir Peter Kenilorea as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He was the first prime minister of an independ ...

.Solomon Islands
Election Passport It was abolished in 1976 and succeeded by

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(which was won by Kenilorea, who went on to be appointed the Islands' first Chief Minister) and West ꞌAreꞌare (in which Kausimae was elected).

List of MPs

Election results

1973

References

Governing Council of the Solomon Islands constituencies Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands constituencies 1973 establishments in the Solomon Islands Constituencies established in 1973 1976 disestablishments in the Solomon Islands Constituencies disestablished in 1976 {{Solomons-stub