Amuri–Ureia is a
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...
electoral division returning one member to the
Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is
Toanui Isamaela, who has held the seat since
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
.
The electorate was created in 1981, when the
Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of
Aitutaki
Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the ...
into three. It originally consisted of the Tapere of Punoua, Anaunga, Punganui, Ureia, and Amuri on the island of
Aitutaki
Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the ...
, but has since been expanded to also include the Tapere of Taakarere, Vaitupa, and Vaipeka and the
Motu of Akitua.
[Cook Islands Constitution, Schedule I, part I.]
Members of Parliament for Amuri-Ureia
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election results
References
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Aitutaki
Cook Islands electorates