Murienua (electorate)

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Murienua
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
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Region Rarotonga
Current constituency
Created1981
Number of members1
Member(s) Patrick Arioka
Created from Puaikura

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

The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980-1981 [1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Puaikura into two. In 1991 the electorate was split in half by the Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991 to form the electorate of Akaoa. [2] It currently consists of the tapere of Kavera, Aroa, and Rutaki on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991 by-election, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010 Tom Marsters Cook Islands Party
2013 by-election Kaota Tuariki Cook Islands Party
2014 by-election, 2014 James Beer Democratic Party
2018 Patrick Arioka Cook Islands Party

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References

  1. "Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980-81". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. "Constitution Amendment (No 14) Act 1991". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.