Ruaau | |
Year: | 1981 |
Parl Name: | Parliament of the Cook Islands |
Member: | William (Smiley) Heather |
Region: | Rarotonga |
Elects Howmany: | 1 |
Previous: | Puaikura |
Ruaau is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.
The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981[1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Puaikura into two. It currently consists of the tapere of Pokoinu-i-Raro, Tokerau, Inave, and Arerenga on the island of Rarotonga.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 (March) | Henry Napa | Democratic Party | |
1994 | Boy Tepai | Unknown | |
1999 | Maria Heather | Democratic Party | |
2003 by-election | Geoffrey Heather | Democratic Party | |
2004 | Vaine Wichman | Cook Islands Party | |
2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | William (Smiley) Heather | Democratic Party | |