Masoe Tulele Explained

Masoe Tulele
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly
Term1:1964–1967
Predecessor1:Tufuga Fatu
Successor1:Va'ai Kolone
Constituency1:Vaisigano No. 1
Term2:1948–1954
Successor2:Tufuga Fatu
Constituency2:Vaisigano

Afioga Masoe Tulele was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1954, and again from 1964 to 1967.

Biography

When the Legislative Assembly was established in 1948, Tulele was chosen to represent Vaisigano by the three Fautua (high chiefs).[1] He was re-elected in 1951, but lost his seat in the 1954 elections.

He returned to the Legislative Assembly after winning the Vaisigano No. 1 seat in the 1964 elections, defeating future Prime Minister Va'ai Kolone by six votes.[2] He did not contest the 1967 elections, and was succeeded by Kolone.

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-316652217/view?partId=nla.obj-316681228#page/n50/mode/1up/ W. Samoa's New Assembly Now Taking Shape: Samoan Members Chosen
  2. http://devpolicy.org/samoaelections/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Samoan-Election-Results-PDF.pdf Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016