Akaoa (electorate)

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Akaoa
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
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Region Rarotonga
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members1
Member(s) Nooroa o Teariki Baker
Created from Murienua

Akaoa is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

Contents

The electorate was created in 1991, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991 split the electorate of Murienua in half. [1] It consists of the tapere of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament for Akaoa

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Utia Matata Unknown
1999 Teremoana Tapi Taio Democratic Party
2004, 2006, 2006 by-election, 2010, 2014 Teariki Heather Cook Islands Party
2018 Nooroa o Teariki Baker Democratic Party

Election results

2006 byelection

2006 Akaoa by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 20454.0
Democratic Keu Mataroa17446.0
Turnout 378

2006 election

2006 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 17950.0
Democratic Keu Mataroa17950.0
Turnout 35885.2

2004 election

2004 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 18854.3
Democratic Teremoana Tapi Taio15845.7
Turnout 34675.5

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References

  1. "Constitution Amendment (No 14) Act 1991". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. "Cook Islands Party wins Akaoa". Radio New Zealand International. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  3. "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  4. "GENERAL ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS: STATE OF THE PARTIES - to 13 September 2004". Cook Islands News. 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004.