1966 Kaindi by-election
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A by-election for Kaindi constituency was held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 16 July and 15 August 1966.[1]
Background[]
In the 1964 general election, the Kaindi seat had been contested by nine candidates. Bill Bloomfield, having run a tactical campaign to earn voters' second preferences, was elected on the eighth count.[2] However, Bloomfield died in February 1966, becoming the first Papua New Guinean politician to die in office.[3]
Candidates[]
Five candidates registered to contest the election:[1][4]
- Anani-Maniau, a village headman in the Buang area who had finished third in the 1964 elections
- Kopopanga, an interpreter from
- Manasseh, a farmer from
- Omas-Genora, a gold miner from Wau, founder of the Native Miners' Welfare Association and protege of former MP Bloomfield
- , an Australian former patrol officer who had recently resigned from the service to live amongst the indigenous population
Pacific Islands Monthly reported that the election was expected to be a contest between Omas-Genora and Voutas.[1]
90 polling stations were set up for the by-election, overseen by eight teams of electoral officials.[1] A total of 28,588 voters were registered.[5]
Results[]
Voutas was elected on first preference votes, receiving 12,333 votes. Voter turnout was around 70%.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d A Cadet Takes A Stab At Kaindi Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1966, p29
- ^ Benjamin Reilly (2001) Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management, Cambridge University Press, p71
- ^ Tony Voutas - Kaindi to chang zhu de PNG Attitude, 6 December 2007
- ^ Surprise To The Last In P-NG Election Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1964, p9
- ^ Jump up to: a b New Man From Kaindi Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1966, p153
- By-elections in Papua New Guinea
- 1966 in Papua New Guinea