Maneto Kuradal
Maneto Kuradal | |
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| Nominated Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1961–1964 | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 5 June 1967 Kundiawa, Papua and New Guinea |
Maneto Kuradal, also known as Maneto Tokuradal (died 5 June 1967), was a Papua New Guinean politician and trade unionist. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964.
Biography[]
Originally from Reimber in East New Britain, Kuradal was educated in a Catholic mission.[1] He moved to Madang in 1957.[1] In 1960 he became the first secretary of the Madang branch of the Papua and New Guinea Workers' Association.[1]
Kuradal was appointed to the Legislative Council as a representative of Madang by Administrator Donald Cleland following the 1961 elections.[2] He did not contest the 1964 elections. Kuradal served as president of the Madang Workers' Association between 1963 and 1965.[1] He worked as a local government assistant for the Department of District Administration.[2]
He died in a road accident on the Highlands Highway near Kundiawa in June 1967.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Michael Stevenson (1986) Wokmani: work, money and discontent in Melanesia, p94
- ^ Jump up to: a b c NG elections Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1961, p144
- People from East New Britain Province
- Members of the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea
- Papua New Guinean trade unionists
- Papua New Guinean civil servants
- 1967 deaths