Eastern Outer Islands constituency

{{Short description|Former constituency in the Solomon Islands}}

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|name = Eastern Outer Islands

|parl_name = Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands

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|year = 1967

|abolished = 1976

|type = Single-member

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|next = First Eastern Outer Islands
Second Eastern Outer Islands

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Eastern Outer Islands was a single-member constituency of the Legislative Council, Governing Council and Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands between 1967 and 1976. It was succeeded by the First and Second Eastern Outer Islands constituencies, with the constituency's final MP, Moffat Bonunga, re-elected in the First constituency.[http://www.electionpassport.com/files/SB/SB.xlsx Solomon Islands] Election Passport

List of MPs

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!Term

!MP

!Party

1967–1970Edmond Kiva 
1970–1973TAC Hepwerth 
1973–1976Moffat Bonunga 

Election results

=1973=

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!colspan=3|1973 general election

Candidate

!Party

!Votes

Moffat Bonungaalign=right|1,001
John Melanolialign=right|503
Shadrach Sadealign=right|199
John Palusialign=right|176
David Dawea Taukaloalign=right|101
colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes
colspan=2|Totalalign=right|1,980
colspan=2|Registered votersalign=right|
colspan=3|Source: [http://www.electionpassport.com/files/SB/SB.xlsx Election Passport]

=1970=

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!colspan=3|1970 general election

Candidate

!Party

!Votes

TAC Hepwerthalign=right|
P Bagiraalign=right|
David Dawea Taukaloalign=right|
Jason Melakealign=right|
colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes
colspan=2|Totalalign=right|
colspan=2|Registered votersalign=right|2,851
colspan=3|Source: [http://www.electionpassport.com/files/SB/SB.xlsx Election Passport]

=1967=

The 1967 elections were carried out using an electoral college.[https://www.deakin.edu.au/research-services/forms/v/3089/adri-working-paper-08.pdf Decolonising the Solomon Islands: British theory and Melanesian practice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024929/https://www.deakin.edu.au/research-services/forms/v/3089/adri-working-paper-08.pdf |date=2016-03-05 }} Alfred Deakin Research Institute

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!colspan=3|1967 general election

Candidate

!Party

!Votes

Edmond Kivaalign=right|
Jason Melakealign=right|
Ishmael Mark Tukialign=right|
colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes
colspan=2|Totalalign=right|
colspan=2|Registered votersalign=right|
colspan=3|Source: [http://www.electionpassport.com/files/SB/SB.xlsx Election Passport]

References