List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1979–1982) explained

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.

List of members

ConstituencyMemberNotes
A'ana Alofi No. 1Leaupepetele Taoipu
Leaupepe Pita
A'ana Alofi No. 2Tufuga Efi
A'ana Alofi No. 3Tuigamala Saofaiga
Aiga-i-le-TaiMulipola Levaula
Alataua WestNonumalo Faiga
Aleipata Itupa-i-LaloLetiu Tamatoa
Aleipata Itupa-i-LugaTaua Latu Lome
Anoamaa EastFaamatuainu T. Mailei
Anoamaa WestLeota Leuluaiali'i Ituau AleDismissed in September 1981[1]
Fa'asaleleaga No. 1Seumanu Aita Ah Wa
Tofilau Eti Alesana
Fa'asaleleaga No. 2Asi Eikeni
Fa'asaleleaga No. 3Toleafoa TalitimuTalitimu died in 1980. Leulu Laifaga won the subsequent by-election
Fa'asaleleaga No. 4Aiiloilo Sua
FalealiliFuimaono Mimio
Tuatagaloa Fetu
FalealupoAeau Taulupoo
Faleata EastFaumuina Anapapa
Falelatai & SamatauAumua Ioane
Gaga'emauga No. 1Sala Suivai
Gaga'emauga No. 2Fa'aso'otauloa Pualagi
Gaga'emauga No. 3Seumuli Kurene
Gaga'ifomauga No. 1Lavea Lio
Gaga'ifomauga No. 2Malaitai Magasiva
Tauaanae Fatu
Individual VotersGeorge Lober
Ron BerkingBerking was murdered in 1980. Jack Netzler won the subsequent by-election
Lefaga & Falease'elaLe Mamea Ropati
LepaFatialofa Momo'eMomo'e died in 1980. The subsequent by-election was won by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Lotofaga
Palauli EastAutagavaia Tisena
Palauli-le-FalefaLe Tagaloa PitaResult annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Pita lost the subsequent by-election to Mapuilesua Pelenato[2]
Palauli WestVaovasamanaia Filipo
SafataMuliagatele VenaResult annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Vena lost the subsequent by-election to Tuiloma Pule Lameko
Sagaga-le-FalefaAiono Nonumalo Sofara
Sagaga-le-UsogaTaliaoa Maoama
SalegaLeilua Manuao
Satupa'iteaAsiata Solomona
SiumuTuuu Faletoese
Va'a-o-FonotiUlualofaiga Talamaivao Niko
Vaimauga EastFuataga Laulu
Vaimauga WestTofaeono Tile
Toomalatai Siaki
Vaisigano No. 1Va'ai Kolone
Vaisigano No. 2Lesatele RapiRapi died in 1979. The subsequent by-election was won by Matautia Fanolua
Source: Samoa Election Results Database[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342116375/view?partId=nla.obj-342133780#page/n36/mode/1up Western Samoa MP: Elected, erected, ejected
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337939735/view?partId=nla.obj-337943161#page/n21/mode/1up As you were in W Samoa?
  3. http://devpolicy.org/samoaelections/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Samoan-Election-Results-PDF.pdf Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016