Penrhyn (electorate)

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The electorate of Penrhyn

Penrhyn is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Wilkie Rasmussen, who has held the seat since 2002.

Contents

The electorate consists of the atoll of Penrhyn.

Members of Parliament for Penrhyn

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

NamePartyElectedLeft OfficeReason
Tangaroa Tangaroa Independent 1965, 1968 -Joined new party
Tangaroa Tangaroa Democrat 1972, 1974, 1978 1983Unknown
Nihi Vini Democrat 1989 -Changed parties
Nihi Vini Cook Islands Party - 1994 Defeated
Tepure Tapaitau Cook Islands Party 1994, 1999 -Changed parties
Tepure Tapaitau Independent - 2002 byelection Defeated in by-election
Wilkie Rasmussen Cook Islands Party 2002 byelection, 2004 -Changed parties
Wilkie Rasmussen Democrat 2004, 2006 (incumbent)

Election results

2006 election

2006 Cook Islands general election: Penrhyn [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Wilkie Rasmussen Unopposed

2004 election

2004 Cook Islands general election: Penrhyn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cook Islands Wilkie Rasmussen 10352.3
Democratic Tepure Tapaitau 9447.7
Turnout 197102.1

2002 byelection

2002 Penrhyn by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cook Islands Wilkie Rasmussen 10451.0
Independent Tepure Tapaitau 10049.0
Turnout 204

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References

  1. "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  2. "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.
  3. "Rasmussen provisional winner in Cooks by-election". Radio New Zealand International. 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2010-02-07.