Johnley Tekiou Hatimoana, (13 November 1956 – 18 April 2014) was a Solomon Islands trade unionist and politician.Bio sheet
on the Parliament website A graduate of the University of Bradford in England, he became a school teacher and a trade unionist in the Solomons, eventually becoming General Secretary of the Solomon Islands National Teachers Association. As such, he negotiated improvements for working conditions and benefits for teachers. He was first elected to the

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in a by-election in the Ngella constituency on 27 February 2013. The by-election followed Liberal MP

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's forced resignation from Parliament upon being convicted and gaoled for

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. Hatimoana was elected easily, seeing off a field of nine other candidates and obtaining more than twice as many votes as his closest competitor."Solomon Islands Gela constituency has a new MP"
PINA, 4 March 2013 He sat on the benches of the Opposition to Prime Minister

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's government. Hatimoana was an MP for less than fourteen months. On 17 April 2014 (a day of parliamentary sitting), he was taken suddenly ill with severe pneumonia, and died in hospital the following day."Solomons MP Hatimoana dies of pneumonia"
Radio New Zealand International, 22 April 2014 No by-election was needed to replace him, as the next general election was only a few months away.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatimoana, Johnley 1956 births 2014 deaths Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands Trade union leaders Alumni of the University of Bradford Deaths from pneumonia in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands educators University of the South Pacific alumni Victoria University of Wellington alumni People from Rennell and Bellona Province