Ron Berking Explained

Ron Berking
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly
Term1:1979–1980
Successor1:Jack Netzler
Constituency1:Individual Voters
Party:Human Rights Protection Party
Birth Date:2 September 1933
Death Place:Taufusi, Western Samoa

Ronald Gerd Berking (2 September 1933 – 27 September 1980)[1] was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1979 until his death the following year.

Biography

Berking was born in 1933, the son of Anna Lefagaoalii Saffings and German immigrant Rudolf Peter Berkings. He married Christina Ripley and the couple had nine children.[2] He entered business and was manager of the Samoa Tropical Products firm.[3] He contested the Individual Voters constituency in the 1979 elections and was elected to the Legislative Assembly,[4] becoming a member of the opposition Human Rights Protection Party.

In September 1980 he was killed in an altercation at his office.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://billiongraves.com/grave/Ronald-Gerd-Berking/17778625 Ronald Gerd Berking
  2. https://billiongraves.com/grave/Ronald-Gerd-Berking/17700448 Ronald Gerd Berking
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339149035/view?partId=nla.obj-339188391#page/n72/mode/1up Ron Berking
  4. http://devpolicy.org/samoaelections/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Samoan-Election-Results-PDF.pdf Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016