Ivirua | |
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Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands | |
Region | Mangaia |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1981 |
Number of members | 1 |
Member(s) | Agnes Armstrong |
Created from | Mangaia |
Ivirua is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Agnes Armstrong, who has held the seat since she won it in a by-election in 2019.
The electorate consists of the districts of Ivirua and Karanga on the island of Mangaia. It was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981 [1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Mangaia into three.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Anthony Toruariki Armstrong | 52 | 61.2 | ||
Cook Islands | Marion Harry | 33 | 38.8 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jim Marurai | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jim Marurai | 60 | 92.3 | +8.6 | |
Cook Islands | Moe Lucre | 5 | 7.7 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jim Marurai | 82 | 83.7 | ||
Cook Islands | Maara Peraua | 16 | 16.3 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jim Marurai | ||||
Democratic hold |
Mangaia is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of 51.8 square kilometres (20.0 sq mi), 203 kilometres (126 mi) from Rarotonga. Originally heavily populated, Mangaia's population has dropped by 75% in the last 50 years.
Jim Marurai was a Cook Islands politician who served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand’s United Nations mandate it became the national legislature on independence in 1965.
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