Ephraim Jubilee | |
Office1: | Nominated Member of the Legislative Council |
Term1: | 1961–1964 |
Death Date: | 24 October 1979 (aged 54) |
Death Place: | Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
Ephraim Jubilee (died 24 October 1979) was a Papua New Guinean educator, magistrate and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1961 until 1964.
A Tolai from Ratavul village, Jubilee attended Nodup school and subsequently trained to be a teacher at Kerevat Education Centre.[1] He started work as a teacher in 1941 and remained in the profession for 27 years.[2] He was appointed to the Legislative Council following the 1961 elections, serving until 1964. Shortly after his election, he was made a member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations Trusteeship Council.[3]
In 1968 Jubilee was appointed a magistrate in Rabaul. Following independence, he contested the Rabaul Open seat in the 1977 elections, but finished third behind John Kaputin and Albert Burua.[4] In January 1978 he was appointed a District Supervising Magistrate of the village courts in East Britain.[5]
Married with seven children,[5] he died in Rabaul in October 1979 following a long illness.[2] [6]