Parcelle Bop

{{Short description|Nauruan politician}}

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|honorific-prefix =The Honourable

|name = Parcelle Bop

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|constituency_MP = Meneng

|parliament = Nauruan

|predecessor = James Ategan Bop

|successor = Paul Denabuawa Jeremiah

|term_start = 1984

|term_end = 1986

|birth_date = {{circa}} 1947

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|death_date = 23 October 2013 (aged 66)

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Parcelle James Dedagunmon Bop ({{circa}} 1947{{snds}}23 October 2013) was a Nauruan politician.{{Cite journal |last=Mani|first=V. S.|date=12 January 1987|title=CANDIDATES NOMINATED|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/93dca4b2588ca4e9e0698a9f894b9312.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=3|page=6}}

Biography

Bop was born around 1947. He was a member of the Iruwa tribe.{{Cite journal |last=Cain|first=Michael B.|date=13 November 2013|title=DEATHS|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/d0b4e7b4dbd213bc5c3ea5e351d59e0d.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=176|page=8}}

In the 1983 parliamentary election, James Ategan Bop was elected to represent the Meneng Constituency.{{Cite journal |last=Star|first=T. W.|date=5 December 1983|title=DECLARATION OF ELECTION|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/1823879c51eca001b7f746b780440377.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=67|page=5}} He died in office in July 1984.{{Cite journal |last=|first=|date=1 September 1984|title=James Ategan Bop|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339530315/view?partId=nla.obj-339601090#page/n72/mode/1up|journal=Pacific Islands Monthly|issue=9|page=73}} As a result, on 25 August 1984, a by-election was held in the constituency. Parcelle Bop was elected, having received 74 first preference votes.{{Cite journal |last=Star|first=T. W.|date=30 August 1984|title=DECLARATION OF ELECTION|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/9ab8b10ee5a5aa41963a51263ff5aaa9.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=53|page=1}} In 1985, Bop attended a conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association held in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.{{Cite news |date=28 September 1985|title=A warm welcome|page=3|work=Regina Leader-Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post-a-warm-welcome/131372514/|via=Newspapers.com |access-date=7 September 2023}} Bop unsuccessfully sought re-election in 1986.{{Cite journal |last=Mani|first=V. S.|date=8 December 1986|title=DECLARATION OF ELECTION|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/bdc6de5b8fa486fd7344fd030afd98fb.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=88|page=4}} He again unsuccessfully ran in the 1987 election.{{Cite journal |last=Mani|first=V. S.|date=26 January 1987|title=ELECTORAL ACT 1965-1973|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/f401f5ed09fa0c0fd64b0ec9687b83f8.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=9|page=7}}

In November 2009, Bop was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust.{{Cite journal |last=Solomon|first=Camilla|date=3 December 2009|title=RECONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NAURU PHOSPHATE ROYALTIES TRUST|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/06445bb3673b5583401ff6bd09249f42.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette |issue=123|page=1}}

Bop died on 23 October 2013.

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