General elections were held in
Western Samoa
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on 25 February 1967. All candidates ran as independents and voting was restricted to
Matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. Following the election,
Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II remained Prime Minister.
Campaign
A total of 126 candidates contested the 45 Samoan seats, with five running in the individual voter seats.
Although voting was restricted to ''matais'', the ability of traditional chiefs to create new matai led to significant changes in voter demographics in some areas, with the number of ''matais'' more than doubling since 1961. In
Vaisigano No. 1 constituency, the number of ''matais'' increased from 139 in 1965 to over 1,400 by the 1967 elections. Trucks had been sent out to collect people and register them as ''matai'', including many women, who were traditionally rarely made ''matai''.
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Results
Sixteen MLAs lost their seats, including Minister of Education Papali'i Poumau.[ Surprising defeats included ]Afoafouvale Misimoa
Afioga Afoafouvale Misimoa (25 September 1900 – 18 February 1971), also known by his European name Harry William Moors, was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly in two spells between ...
in Palauli East and Tufuga Efi in Vaisigano No. 1.Upsets in Western Samoan election
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', March 1967, p11
Aftermath
Following the elections, members of the Legislative Assembly elected Magele Ate as Speaker
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and Tuala Paulo as Deputy Speaker.[ Fiame Mata'afa was re-elected as Prime Minister, and formed an eight-member cabinet on 17 March, including three new ministers, Luamanuvae Eti, Lesatele Rapi and Tuaopepe Tame.][Mata'afa will lead independent Western Samoa for third term]
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1967, p9
See also
* List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1967–1970)
References
External links
Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016
Samoa Election Results Database
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Elections in Samoa
Non-partisan elections
Western 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 and Apolima); a ...
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