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1968 Cook Islands general election

FieldValue
countryCook Islands
previous_election1965
next_election1972
election_date1 May 1968
seats_for_electionAll 22 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats13
party1Cook Islands Party
leader1Albert Henry
percentage165.12
seats116
last_election114
party2UCI
colour2#00247d
leader2Ngatupuna Matepi
percentage232.91
seats26
last_election2new
titlePremier
before_electionAlbert Henry
before_partyCook Islands Party
after_electionAlbert Henry
after_partyCook Islands Party

General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 1 May 1968. The result was a victory for the Cook Islands Party (CIP), which won 16 seats, a gain of two from the 1965 elections. The newly formed United Cook Islanders won the other six seats to become the parliamentary opposition. CIP leader Albert Henry continued as prime minister.

Campaign

In February a new party, the United Cook Islanders (UCI), was formed. Its members included former cabinet members Mana Strickland and Manea Tamarua. The new party launched its manifesto on 8 April.

A total of 55 candidates contested the elections; 23 from the CIP (two candidates from the party ran against each other in Pukapuka, and four candidates from the party contested the three seats in Takitumu), 18 from the UCI and six independents. Former Leader of Government Business Dick Charles Brown had intended to run as an independent, but withdrew. The CIP candidates were returned unopposed in Mauke and Mitiaro.

The campaign period during April saw meetings held almost every night, with CIP meetings initially drawing crowds of several hundred, rising to over 1,300 by the end of the campaign. In contrast, UCI meetings were usually attended by fewer than 100 people.

Results

The CIP won all nine seats in Rarotonga, and gained the three Aitutaki seats, which had been won by the Independent Group in 1965. The UCI's former ministers, Strickland and Tamarua, both lost their seats.

By electorate

ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes
Aitutaki–ManuaeWilliam Estall890
Joseph Williams888
Ngaa Upu816
Dora Harrington146
John Robert George Dick89
Rata Toa72
AtiuVainerere TangatapotoUnited Cook Islanders
Tangata SimionaUnited Cook Islanders280
Mariri Paratainga185
Pakari Tutai135
MangaiaNgatupuna MatepiUnited Cook Islanders
Pokino AberahamaUnited Cook Islanders587
Turaraiti Pekepo164
ManihikiNato Temu115
Mareko MarekoUnited Cook Islanders53
Ben Pukerua33
Glassie Strickland29
MaukeTupui Ariki HenryUnopposed
MitiaroRaui PokoatiUnopposed
PenrhynTangaroa TangaroaUnited Cook Islanders
Tuauri Hakaoro42
Fred Ford10
PuaikuraTaru Moana550
Tamataia Pera Maurangi547
Alexander MunroUnited Cook Islanders287
Napa Tauei NapaUnited Cook Islanders282
Pukapuka–NassauInatio Akaruru233
John Tariau134
RakahangaPupuke RobatiUnited Cook Islanders
Howard Howard32
TakitumuApenera Short574
Tiakana Numanga532
Samuela Samuela396
Jean Domonique Upoko Crummer PeyrouxUnited Cook Islanders305
Kamate Areora IraUnited Cook Islanders301
William CowanUnited Cook Islanders276
Taramai Tetonga198
Te-au-o-TongaAlbert Henry1,682
Teanua Kamana1,568
Teaukura Roi1,470
Kamate Nangaiti1,418
Manea Teariki TamaruaUnited Cook Islanders717
Mana StricklandUnited Cook Islanders694
David Marama HoskingUnited Cook Islanders679
Marama Tepou NicholasUnited Cook Islanders674
Source: Cook Islands Gazette, Stone, Pacific Islands Monthly

References

References

  1. [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-327092031/view?partId=nla.obj-327098831#page/n25/mode/1up Breakaways seek power in Cooks' elections] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1968, p24
  2. David Stone. (1970). "Parties and politics in Polynesia: Political trends in the self-governing Cook Islands". Journal of the Polynesian Society.
  3. [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-327094330/view?partId=nla.obj-327118779#page/n25/mode/1up Albert Henry back in the Cooks with a bang] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', June 1968, p24
  4. Stone, David Joseph. (January 1971). "Self Rule in the Cook Islands: The Government and Politics of a New Micro-State".
  5. (9 July 1968). "The Cook Islands Gazette No. 33/1968".
  6. (25 July 1968). "The Cook Islands Gazette No. 36/1968".
  7. [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-327094330/view?partId=nla.obj-327118779#page/n25/mode/1up Pacific Islands Monthly]
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