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1967 Western Samoan general election

Field	Value
election_name	1967 Western Samoan general election
country	Western Samoa
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1964 Western Samoan general election
previous_year	1964
next_election	1970 Western Samoan general election
next_year	1970
seats_for_election	All 47 seats in the Fono
election_date	25 February 1967
party1	Independents
last_election1	47 seats
seats1	47
seat_change1
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Fiame Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II
after_election	Fiame Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II
before_party	Independent politician
after_party	Independent politician

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 25 February 1967. All candidates ran as independents and voting was restricted to Faʻamatai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. Following the election, Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II remained Prime Minister.

Campaign

A total of 126 candidates contested the 45 Samoan seats, with five running in the individual voter seats.

Although voting was restricted to matais, the ability of traditional chiefs to create new matai led to significant changes in voter demographics in some areas, with the number of matais more than doubling since 1961. In Vaisigano No. 1 constituency, the number of matais increased from 139 in 1965 to over 1,400 by the 1967 elections. Trucks had been sent out to collect people and register them as matai, including many women, who were traditionally rarely made matai.

Results

Sixteen MLAs lost their seats, including Minister of Education Papali'i Poumau.

Aftermath

Following the elections, members of the Legislative Assembly elected Magele Ate as Speaker and Tuala Paulo as Deputy Speaker.

Position	Minister
Prime Minister	Fiame Mata'afa
Minister for Agriculture	Laufili Time
Minister for Education	Tuaopepe Tame
Minister for Finance	Fred Betham
Minister for Health	Luamanuvae Eti
Minister of Justice	Ulualofaiga Talamaivao
Minister for Land and Land Registry	To'omata Lilomaiava Tua
Minister for the Post Office, Radio and Broadcasting	Faalavaau Galu
Minister for Works and Transport	Lesatele Rapi

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p782 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326080071/view?partId=nla.obj-326083302#page/n14/mode/1up W. Samoan election] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1967, p13
[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326081157/view?partId=nla.obj-326109290#page/n20/mode/1up Matai—by the truckload] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', March 1967, p20
Surprising defeats included [[Afoafouvale Misimoa]] in [[Palauli East]] and [[Tufuga Efi]] in Vaisigano No. 1.[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326081157/view?partId=nla.obj-326108258#page/n12/mode/1up Upsets in Western Samoan election] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', March 1967, p11

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