Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, 1972–1977
Papua New Guinea gained independence on 16 September 1975, midway through the five-year term of the members of the colonial House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea who had been elected at the 1972 election. At independence, the former House of Assembly became the National Parliament, while members continued in office to serve out the remainder of their term. This is a list of members of the House of Assembly from 1972 to 1975 and the National Parliament from 1975 to 1977.[1][2][3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Arek died of cancer on 22 November 1973. His brother, Sergius Arek, won the resulting by-election in 1974.[4][5]
- ^ a b Kimi died in 1973. The resulting by-election was won by Bono Azanifa.[6]
- ^ Sasakila lost his seat in September 1976 after failing to submit his annual return by the required deadline.[7] He was reinstated in November 1976 after a court appeal.[8]
- ^ On 8 August 1972, the National Court voided the election of Slaughter. However, he won the resulting by-election in 1973.[9][10]
- ^ a b Toliman died in September 1973. The resulting by-election was won by Martin Tovadek.[11]
- ^ a b Awali Ungunaibe died in 1975. His brother Tombol Ungunaibe won the resulting by-election.
References[edit]
- ^ "Timeline of key events: Papua New Guinea's road to independence". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Our Parliament". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972–2012" (PDF). Development Policy Centre, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Arek, Paulus (1929–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Daro, Boio Bess (1976). The Papua Besena movement: Papua dainai, tano dainai, mauri dainai. Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research. p. 31.
- ^ Former MHA back in House Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 30 October 1973
- ^ Sasakila, victim of the government juggernaut Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1976, p. 15
- ^ "Justice for Sasakila". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 10 November 1976. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Auki, In the matter of [1973] PGCDR 1; [1973] PNGLR 243 (8 August 1972)". Papua New Guinea Law Reports. PacLII. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "The Australian Quarterly". 45–46. 1973: 110.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ PNG election Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1974, p. 11
