Amando Stowers, also known by the Samoan name Vui Tafilipepe Amato,New Zealand Samoa 1944
Centre for Samoan Studies was a Western Samoan politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1951.

Biography

Stowers was a part-Samoan descendant of the English trader John Stowers. A planter, he held the title of ''vui'' in Fa'asaleleaga district.J. W. Davidson (1948) "Political Development in Western Samoa", ''Pacific Affairs'', Volume 21, No. 2, pp136–149 He was a founder of the Labour Party in 1936, later becoming its president. He contested the 1938 elections to the Legislative Council, finishing fourth in the two-seat European constituency. However, he was elected in

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

, surprisingly defeating Alfred Smyth.Labour success
''Auckland Star'', 4 December 1941 He was subsequently re-elected in

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

, topping the poll. In 1948 the Legislative Council was replaced with the Legislative Assembly, to which Stowers was elected as sole elected representative of the Labour Party. He did not contest the 1951 elections. He died in Apia hospital at the age of 76 around the start of 1963.Mr. Amando Stowers
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1963, p149

References

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