Agnes Armstrong Explained

Agnes Armstrong
Constituency Mp5:Ivirua
Parliament5:Cook Islands
Term Start5:21 January 2019
Predecessor5:Tony Armstrong
Birth Date:10 June 1959
Spouse:Tony Armstrong
Party:Cook Islands Democratic Party

Agnes Helen Armstrong (born 10 June 1959)[1] is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Cook Islands Parliament. She is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

Armstrong is from Rarotonga and was educated at Nikao Side School and Tereora College.[1] She worked as a seafood retailer,[2] shipping agent,[3] and for Air New Zealand.[1] She moved to Mangaia in 2016 to start an orchard.[4] Her husband contested the 2017 Ivirua by-election following the retirement of Jim Marurai and was elected to Parliament.[5] Following his death in 2018 she contested the resulting 2019 Ivirua by-election and was elected in his place.[6] [7] Shortly after the election, she attended the UNDP's Pacific Women in Power Forum with other female Cook Island's MP's.[8]

In December 2019 she was part of a protest by women MPs to permit the wearing of ei katu (floral crowns) in Parliament.[9] In February 2020 she was appointed spokesperson for Internal Affairs, and Outer Islands Special Projects.[10] In April 2020 Armstrong voluntarily took a 15% pay cut to help her constituents during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] In June of that year she advocated for tariffs on imported fruit and vegetables to encourage local production.[12]

She was re-elected at the 2022 Cook Islands general election.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agnes Helen ARMSTRONG . Cook Islands Parliament . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814035428/https://parliament.gov.ck/team/mrs-agnes-armstrong/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Seafood specialists at Kai Moana . Cook Islands News . 21 August 2013 . 3 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Fitness centre opened on Enuamanu . Cook Islands News . 6 February 2013 . 3 July 2020.
  4. Web site: From business to politics . Cook Islands News . 21 August 2017 . 3 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Status Quo In Cook Islands After By-Election . Pacific Islands Report . 18 August 2017 . 3 July 2020 . 3 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703114836/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/08/18/status-quo-cook-islands-after-election?qt-article_tabs=1 . dead .
  6. Web site: Cook Islands Democratic Party looks to have secured Ivirua seat . RNZ . 23 January 2019 . 3 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Council proud of female MPs . Rashneel Kumar . Cook Islands News . 25 January 2019 . 3 July 2020.
  8. Web site: Cook Islands women MPs in forum meet . Cook Islands News . 27 March 2019 . 3 July 2020.
  9. Web site: Positively blooming in parliament . Cook Islands News . 13 December 2019 . 5 July 2020.
  10. Web site: Demos gunning for change . Melina Etches . Cook Islands News . 19 February 2020 . 3 July 2020.
  11. Web site: MPs take pay cut . Rashneel Kumar . Cook Islands News . 22 April 2020 . 3 July 2020.
  12. Web site: Cry for tourists’ return: ‘We need more oxygen’ . Katrina Tanirau . Cook Islands News . 30 June 2020 . 3 July 2020.
  13. Web site: WARRANT DECLARING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE . Cook Islands Gazette . 11 August 2022 . 13 August 2022.

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