Members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea, 1964–1968
This is a list of members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea from 1964 to 1968. The House of Assembly had of 34 open electorates, 10 electorates reserved for non-indigenous members and 10 official members. The non-official members had been elected at the 1964 election.[1][2]
| Member | Electorate |
|---|---|
| Wabag Open | |
| Rigo-Abau Open | |
| New Britain Special | |
| [a] | Henganofi Open |
| West Gazelle Special | |
| Bill Bloomfield [b] | Kaindi Open |
| Ugi Biritu [a] | Henganofi Open |
| Nicholas Brokam | New Ireland Open |
| Official Member (Director of Trade and Industry) | |
| Official Member (Director of Posts and Telegraphs) | |
| Percy Chatterton | Central Special |
| Minj Open | |
| Highlands Special | |
| Popondetta Open | |
| South Markham Special | |
| Sinake Giregire | Goroka Open |
| New Guinea Special | |
| John Guise | Milne Bay Open |
| John Gunther [c] | Official Member (Assistant Administrator - Services) |
| [d] | Official Member |
| [e] | Official Member |
| Frank Henderson | Official Member [d] (Director of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries) (later Assistant Administrator - Economic Affairs) |
| Barry Holloway | Kainantu Open |
| Wapenamanda Open | |
| Lagaip Open | |
| Ramu Open | |
| Les Johnson | Official Member (Director of Education;[c] later Assistant Administrator - Services) |
| Lakekamu Open | |
| Upper Sepik Open | |
| Kerowagi Open | |
| Bougainville Open | |
| Hagen Open | |
| Dreikikir Open | |
| Manus Open | |
| West New Britain Open | |
| Ialibu Open | |
| Markham Open | |
| Madang-Sepik Special | |
| [f] | Official Member (Secretary for Labour) |
| Madang Open | |
| John Keith McCarthy [e] | Official Member (Director of Native Affairs) |
| Kutubu Open | |
| Makain Mo | Lumi Open |
| Ron Neville | West Papua Special |
| Official Member (Treasurer and Director of Finance) | |
| North Markham Special | |
| Mendi Open | |
| Lae Open | |
| John Pasquarelli | Angoram Open |
| Pita Simogun | Wewak-Aitape Open |
| Gumine Open | |
| Moresby Open | |
| Harold Reeve [d] | Official Member (Assistant Administrator - Economic Affairs |
| [g] | Official Member (Director of Health) |
| Chimbu Open | |
| East Papua Special | |
| Fly River Open | |
| Pita Tamindei | Maprik Open |
| Gulf Open | |
| Tari Open | |
| Matthias Toliman | Rabaul Open |
| Rai Coast Open | |
| Koriam Urekit | East New Britain Open |
| [b] | Kaindi Open |
| Okapa Open | |
| Official Member (Secretary for Law) | |
| Esa'ala Losuia Open | |
| Chuave Open | |
| Finschhafen Open |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Henganofi Open MHA Ugi Biritu died in 1967. won the resulting by-election on 15 July 1967.[3]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kaindi Open MHA Bill Bloomfield died during this term. won the resulting by-election.
- ^ Jump up to: a b John Gunther was replaced as Assistant Administrator (Services) by Les Johnson, already an official member of the House, during this term.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Harold Reeve was replaced as Assistant Administrator (Economic Affairs) by Frank Henderson, already an official member of the House, during this term. Henderson's position was taken by .
- ^ Jump up to: a b John Keith McCarthy was replaced by as an official member during this term.
- ^ ceased to be an official member of the House of Assembly during the course of this term; he does not appear to have been replaced.
- ^ was added as an official member of the House of Assembly during the course of this term.
References[]
- ^ Denoon, Donald (2005). A Trial Separation: Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Pandanus Books. p. 49.
- ^ Johnson, Leslie Wilson (1975). Westminster in Moresby: Papua New Guinea's House of Assembly 1964-1972. p. 10.
- ^ "Australian Political Chronicle". Australian Journal of Politics and History. 13 (2). 1967.
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