The 2006 Matavera by-election was a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

in the

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seat of Matavera. It took place on 19 July 2006, and was precipitated by the conviction of former Police Minister Peri Vaevae Pare for fraud. The by-election was won by

Cook Islands Party The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the islands' politics since 1965. From 1999 until 2005 it sometimes ...

candidate

Kiriau Turepu Kiriau Turepu is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party. Turepu was educated at Northland College in New Zealand. He represented the Cook Islands in tennis at the 1971 South Pacific Gam ...

. As a result, the government lost its majority, and dissolved Parliament to avoid a confidence vote, precipitating the 2006 general election.

References

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