Ivirua (electorate)

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Ivirua
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
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Region Mangaia
Current constituency
Created1981
Number of members1
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.

Contents

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.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
Jim Marurai NAP 16 June 19997 September 2004
Jim Marurai Democratic 7 September 200414 June 2018
Anthony Toruariki Armstrong Democratic 14 June 20181 August 2022
Agnes Armstrong Democratic 1 August 2022 – present

Electoral results

2018 Cook Islands general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Anthony Toruariki Armstrong 5261.2
Cook Islands Marion Harry 3338.8
Democratic hold
2014 Cook Islands general election (uncontested)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Marurai
Democratic hold
2010 Cook Islands general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Marurai 6092.3+8.6
Cook Islands Moe Lucre 57.7
Democratic hold Swing +8.6
2006 Cook Islands general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Marurai 8283.7
Cook Islands Maara Peraua 1616.3
Democratic hold
2004 Cook Islands general election (uncontested)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Marurai
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980–81". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.