Members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa were elected on 24 February 1979. The 47 members consisted of 45 Samoans elected in one or two-member constituency and two 'individual voters' elected from a nationwide constituency.
Constituency | Member | Notes | |
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A'ana Alofi No. 1 | Leaupepetele Taoipu | ||
Leaupepe Pita | |||
A'ana Alofi No. 2 | Tufuga Efi | ||
A'ana Alofi No. 3 | Tuigamala Saofaiga | ||
Aiga-i-le-Tai | Mulipola Levaula | ||
Alataua West | Nonumalo Faiga | ||
Aleipata Itupa-i-Lalo | Letiu Tamatoa | ||
Aleipata Itupa-i-Luga | Taua Latu Lome | ||
Anoamaa East | Faamatuainu T. Mailei | ||
Anoamaa West | Leota Leuluaiali'i Ituau Ale | Dismissed in September 1981[1] | |
Fa'asaleleaga No. 1 | Seumanu Aita Ah Wa | ||
Tofilau Eti Alesana | |||
Fa'asaleleaga No. 2 | Asi Eikeni | ||
Fa'asaleleaga No. 3 | Toleafoa Talitimu | Talitimu died in 1980. Leulu Laifaga won the subsequent by-election | |
Fa'asaleleaga No. 4 | Aiiloilo Sua | ||
Falealili | Fuimaono Mimio | ||
Tuatagaloa Fetu | |||
Falealupo | Aeau Taulupoo | ||
Faleata East | Faumuina Anapapa | ||
Falelatai & Samatau | Aumua Ioane | ||
Gaga'emauga No. 1 | Sala Suivai | ||
Gaga'emauga No. 2 | Fa'aso'otauloa Pualagi | ||
Gaga'emauga No. 3 | Seumuli Kurene | ||
Gaga'ifomauga No. 1 | Lavea Lio | ||
Gaga'ifomauga No. 2 | Malaitai Magasiva | ||
Tauaanae Fatu | |||
Individual Voters | George Lober | ||
Ron Berking | Berking was murdered in 1980. Jack Netzler won the subsequent by-election | ||
Lefaga & Falease'ela | Le Mamea Ropati | ||
Lepa | Fatialofa Momo'e | Momo'e died in 1980. The subsequent by-election was won by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi | |
Lotofaga | |||
Palauli East | Autagavaia Tisena | ||
Palauli-le-Falefa | Le Tagaloa Pita | Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Pita lost the subsequent by-election to Mapuilesua Pelenato[2] | |
Palauli West | Vaovasamanaia Filipo | ||
Safata | Muliagatele Vena | Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Vena lost the subsequent by-election to Tuiloma Pule Lameko | |
Sagaga-le-Falefa | Aiono Nonumalo Sofara | ||
Sagaga-le-Usoga | Taliaoa Maoama | ||
Salega | Leilua Manuao | ||
Satupa'itea | Asiata Solomona | ||
Siumu | Tuuu Faletoese | ||
Va'a-o-Fonoti | Ulualofaiga Talamaivao Niko | ||
Vaimauga East | Fuataga Laulu | ||
Vaimauga West | Tofaeono Tile | ||
Toomalatai Siaki | |||
Vaisigano No. 1 | Va'ai Kolone | ||
Vaisigano No. 2 | Lesatele Rapi | Rapi died in 1979. The subsequent by-election was won by Matautia Fanolua | |
Source: Samoa Election Results Database[3] |