Albert (Peto) Nicholas (9 May 1951 – 15 August 2012) was a

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politician. He was member of the Cook Islands Parliament for the seat of the seat of Avatiu/Ruatonga for 18 years. Nicholas was born on

Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...

and educated at St Joseph primary school and

Tereora College Tereora College is a secondary school in Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It is the oldest secondary school in the Cook Islands and the national college of the Cook Islands for Year 9-13 students. The school was first established in 1895 by the ...

. He was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Alliance Party in the 1994 election. He was re-elected in 1999 as a member of the

New Alliance Party The New Alliance Party (NAP) was an American political party formed in New York City in 1979. Its immediate precursor was an umbrella organization known as the Labor Community Alliance for Change, whose member groups included the Coalition of G ...

, but switched allegiance to the

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 ...

later that year. Nicholas left the CIP in July 2010 following a dispute about candidate selection, and founded the

Party Tumu The Party Tumu was a political party in the Cook Islands. It was founded in July 2010 by Cook Islands Party MP Albert (Peto) Nicholas after a split over candidate selection. Originally known as the "Cook Islands Party Tumu" ("real" or "true" Cook I ...

. He stood under that party's banner in the 2010 election, but was unsuccessful. On 15 August 2012 Nicholas died of a heart attack while driving in Rarotonga.

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