Akaoa (electorate)

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Akaoa
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
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RegionRarotonga
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members1
Member(s)Nooroa o Teariki Baker
Created fromMurienua

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

The electorate was created in 1991, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991 split the electorate of Murienua in half.[1] It consists of the tapere of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament for Akaoa[]

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

Election Member Party
1994 Unknown
1999 Teremoana Tapi Taio Democratic Party
2004, 2006, 2006 by-election, 2010, 2014 Teariki Heather Cook Islands Party
2018 Nooroa o Teariki Baker Democratic Party

Election results[]

2006 byelection[]

2006 Akaoa by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 204 54.0
Democratic Keu Mataroa 174 46.0
Turnout 378

2006 election[]

2006 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 179 50.0
Democratic Keu Mataroa 179 50.0
Turnout 358 85.2

2004 election[]

2004 Cook Islands general election: Akaoa[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Cook Islands Teariki Heather 188 54.3
Democratic Teremoana Tapi Taio 158 45.7
Turnout 346 75.5

References[]

  1. ^ "Constitution Amendment (No 14) Act 1991". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Cook Islands Party wins Akaoa". Radio New Zealand International. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  3. ^ "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  4. ^ "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.
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