Ross Cain
{{Short description|Nauruan politician}}
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|term_start = 13 March 2003
|term_end = 6 May 2003
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|successor = Godfrey Thoma
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Ross Melvin Cain (2 January 1957{{snds}}5 January 2011) was a Nauruan politician. He served a speaker of parliament in 2003.
Biography
Ross Cain was born on 2 January 1957. He was of the Iruwa tribe.{{Cite journal |last=Leyden|first=R. S.|date=12 January 1957|title=REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/8cf7763bb266252fb391cce6fe85fc2b.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=2|page=3}}
Cain was elected to the Parliament of Nauru in a by-election in the Boe Constituency held on 21 February 1998.{{Cite journal |last=Emiu|first=Kelly D.|date=23 February 1998|title=DECLARATION OF RESULT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/92d0878fc4a5d446b5e4c6506a1be10f.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=18|page=2}} He was re-elected in the 8 April 2000 election.{{Cite journal |last=Batsiua|first=Mathew|date=8 April 2000|title=GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2000|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/7d506942d3dab2cd08bf3bf3774fb2a3.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=26|page=3}} Following this election, René Harris was re-elected as president. Ludwig Scotty was elected as speaker of parliament and Cain was elected as deputy speaker. On 18 April, Scotty and Cain resigned from their positions as speaker and deputy speaker respectively, as a result of a factional divide led by President Harris and former president Bernard Dowiyogo. The two were re-elected on 19 April.{{cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2227_00.htm|title=ELECTIONS HELD IN 2000|publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union|date=2000|accessdate=1 September 2024}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fareastaustralas0000unse_i5y7/|title= The Far East and Australasia 2004|date=2003|page=825|accessdate=1 September 2024}}
On 1 June 2001, President Harris appointed Cain as minister for works and home affairs.{{Cite journal |last=Harris|first=Rene|date=4 June 2001|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/028e1302180858bdc89fc4e26f086cc9.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=32|page=1}} On 19 June, Harris additionally appointed Cain as minister for foreign affairs.{{Cite journal |last=Harris|first=Rene R.|date=20 June 2001|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/2eeb2a9bbbed59127b0e74a26647fdce.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=37|page=2}} On 20 June, acting president Aloysius Amwano additionally appointed Cain as minister for health, sports, justice, and natural resources.{{Cite journal |last=Amwano|first=Aloysius|date=20 June 2001|title=ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/eff3d5f56451274e154df69a6b7b6983.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=39|page=1}}
President Harris was ousted by Dowiyogo in January 2003. Cain had lost his ministerial appointments under President Dowiyogo. Vassal Gadoengin, who was elected speaker in 2002, resigned in January 2003.{{cite web|last=Blair|first=Jonny|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnydontstopliving/50661223966/in/album-72157717092253741/|title=Plaque entitled "Speakers of Parliament" in Yaren, Nauru, in the photo album Nauru: Yaren, The Capital City|website=Flickr|date=6 August 2019|accessdate=16 August 2024|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925192235/https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnydontstopliving/50661223966/in/album-72157717092253741/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://pireport.org/articles/2003/03/14/nauru-finds-speaker-parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829220040/https://pireport.org/articles/2003/03/14/nauru-finds-speaker-parliament|title=NAURU FINDS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT|publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=14 March 2003|archive-date=29 August 2019|accessdate=1 September 2024}} On 12 March 2003, after nearly two months of stalemate in the parliament, Cain was elected speaker.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-03-13/nauru-parliament-breaks-speaker-stalemate/1816584|title=Nauru Parliament breaks Speaker stalemate|publisher=ABC News|date=12 March 2003|accessdate=1 September 2024}} He took office on 13 March. On 27 March, as speaker, Cain dissolved the Fourteenth Parliament of the Republic of Nauru.{{Cite journal |last=Cain|first=Ross|date=3 April 2003|title=DISSOLUTION OF FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/b46ae81add4049e0d61edd73e04e0e8c.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=24|page=1}} He was defeated for re-election in the resultant 2003 parliamentary election.{{Cite journal |last=Star|first=Tamaiti Willie|date=5 May 2003|title=GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2003|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/31983d08c81aa841ed104707bb3e9355.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=35|page=4}}
Cain died on 5 January 2011.{{Cite journal |last=Cain|first=Michael B.|date=2 March 2011|title=BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES|url=http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/e9ae9433376631ee16681ad38aa62d07.pdf|journal=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette|issue=22|page=5}}
References
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Category:Members of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:People from Boe District
Category:Health ministers of Nauru
Category:Foreign ministers of Nauru
Category:Sports ministers of Nauru
Category:Justice ministers of Nauru
Category:Public works ministers of Nauru