Jaimie Vokia is a
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...
politician.
Political career
He lost his seat of
North East Guadalcanal constituency
North East Guadalcanal is a Constituencies in Solomon Islands, parliamentary constituency electing one representative to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, National Parliament of Solomon Islands. It is one of eight constituencies in Guad ...
in 2020 after being found guilty of bribing voters. His wife
Ethel
Ethel (also '' æthel'') is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name.
Etymology and historic usage
The word means ''æthel'' "noble".
It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, b ...
won the
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 ...
.
See also
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11th Parliament of Solomon Islands
The 11th Parliament of Solomon Islands is the current sitting of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. They were elected in the 2019 Solomon Islands general election.
Members
Changes
Ethel Lency Vokia won a by-election in 2020 to rep ...
References
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Living people
21st-century politicians
Independent politicians of the Solomon Islands
Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands
Year of birth missing (living people)