Members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea, 1968–1972

This is a list of members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea from 1968 to 1972. The House of Assembly had 94 members, increased from 64 in the previous House. There were 69 open electorates, 15 regional electorates and ten official members. The reserved seats for non-indigenous members in the first House were not retained.^[1]^[2] ^[3]

At the beginning of the new House, 18 MPs had publicly identified themselves as belonging to political parties: Pangu Party had thirteen (, , , John Guise, , , , , , , , Michael Somare and ), the United Democratic Party had two ( and ), the had two ( and ), while the had one ().^[4]

Member	Electorate
	Wabag Open
	Milne Bay Regional
Paulus Arek	Ijivitari Open
	Lufa Open
	East and West New Britain Regional
	West Sepik Coastal Open
	Henganofi Open
	Mabuso Open
	Kagua Open
	Kavieng Open
	Gumine Open
	Chimbu Open
	Eastern Highlands Regional
	Kainantu Open
Julius Chan	Namatanai Open
Percy Chatterton	Moresby Open
	Western and Gulf Regional
^[a] ^[b]	Official Member
	Wahgi Open
Kaura Duba ^[c]	Jimi Open
	North Fly Open
	Nipa Open
	Official Member
	Sobe Open
Norman Evennett ^[d]	Esa'ala Open
	Northern Regional
Mick Foley	Official Member
	Official Member
	Kabwum Open
	Madang Regional
Sinake Giregire	Daulo Open
	Official Member
John Guise	Alotau Open
Frank Henderson ^[e]	Official Member
	Wapenamanda Open
	Lagaip Open
	Upper Sepik Open
Les Johnson ^[f]	Official Member
	Bogia Open
^[b]	Official Member
	West Sepik Regional
	South Bougainville Open
	Manus and New Ireland Regional
	Munya Open
	Kompiam-Baiyer Open
	Huon Gulf Open
	Hiri Open
^[c]	Jimi Open
	Goroka Open
	Kikori Open
	Kerowagi Open
	Markham Open
	Official Member
Tore Lokoloko	Kerema Open
	Bougainville Regional
	Maprik Open
	Talasea Open
	Kandep-Tambul Open
	Kaindi Open
	Manus Open
	Middle Ramu Open
	Sumkar Open
	Angoram Open
	North Bougainville Open
	Goilala Open
	Chuave Open
Ron Neville	Southern Highlands Regional
	Official Member
^[g]	Chimbu Regional
	Nawae Open
	Mul-Dei Open
Oala Oala-Rarua	Central Regional
	South Fly Open
	Hagen Open
	Mendi Open
	Rai Coast Open
^[g]	Chimbu Regional
^[h]	Official Member
^[e]^[h]	Official Member
	Ambunti-Yangoru Open
^[i]	Official Member
	Finschhafen Open
Michael Somare	East Sepik Regional
	Wapei-Nuku Open
	Kokopo Open
	Rabaul Open
Matthias Toliman	Gazelle Open
	Dreikikir Open
	Rigo-Abau Open
Koriam Urekit	Kandrian-Pomio Open
	Morobe Regional
	Koroba Open
^[d]	Esa'ala Open
	Okapa Open
Turi Wari	Ialibu Open
^[a]	Official Member
	Kula Open
	Western Highlands Regional
	Wewak Open
	Tari Open

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Secretary for Law retired during this term and was replaced by .
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Secretary for Law , who had replaced W. W. Watkins, resigned later in the term and was replaced by .
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jimi Open MHA Kaura Duba died during this term. won the by-election to replace him.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Esa'ala Open MHA Norman Evennett died during this term. won the by-election to replace him.^[5]
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Assistant Administrator (Economic Affairs) Frank Henderson died during this term. He was replaced by .
^ Assistant Administrator (Services) Les Johnson became during this term and was not replaced.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Chimbu Regional MHA resigned on 18 February 1970. won the by-election to replace him.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Assistant Administrator (Economic Affairs) , who had replaced Frank Henderson, resigned later in the term. He was replaced by .
^ Official member , who had been the District Commissioner at Lae, resigned during this term and was not replaced.

References[]

^ Denoon, Donald (2005). A Trial Separation: Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Pandanus Books. pp. 66–67.
^ Johnson, Leslie Wilson (1975). Westminster in Moresby: Papua New Guinea's House of Assembly 1964-1972. p. 3.
^ Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 55, 1969. Australian Bureau of Statistics. p. 1170.
^ "Australian Political Chronicle". Australian Journal of Politics and History. 14 (2). 1968.
^ Esa'ala seat to Ward Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 20 October 1970

[watkins-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Secretary for Law retired during this term and was replaced by .

[curtis-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Secretary for Law , who had replaced W. W. Watkins, resigned later in the term and was replaced by .

[jimi-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jimi Open MHA Kaura Duba died during this term. won the by-election to replace him.

[esaala-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Esa'ala Open MHA Norman Evennett died during this term. won the by-election to replace him.^[5]

[henderson-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Assistant Administrator (Economic Affairs) Frank Henderson died during this term. He was replaced by .

[johnson-11] Assistant Administrator (Services) Les Johnson became during this term and was not replaced.

[chimbu-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Chimbu Regional MHA resigned on 18 February 1970. won the by-election to replace him.

[ritchie-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b Assistant Administrator (Economic Affairs) , who had replaced Frank Henderson, resigned later in the term. He was replaced by .

[seale-14] Official member , who had been the District Commissioner at Lae, resigned during this term and was not replaced.

[1] Denoon, Donald (2005). A Trial Separation: Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Pandanus Books. pp. 66–67.

[2] Johnson, Leslie Wilson (1975). Westminster in Moresby: Papua New Guinea's House of Assembly 1964-1972. p. 3.

[3] Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 55, 1969. Australian Bureau of Statistics. p. 1170.

[4] "Australian Political Chronicle". Australian Journal of Politics and History. 14 (2). 1968.

[8] Esa'ala seat to Ward Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 20 October 1970

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