Sevese Morea Explained

Sevese Morea, CMG
Office1:Speaker of the National Parliament
Term1:1980–1982
Predecessor1:Kingsford Dibela
Successor1:Dennish Young
Office2:Member of the National Parliament
Term2:1977–1982
Successor2:Legu Vagi
Constituency2:Moresby South Open
Birth Place:Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Death Date:August 1982 (aged 38)
Death Place:Vabukori, Papua New Guinea

Sevese Oipi Morea (died August 1982) was a Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, businessman and politician. He served as a member of the National Parliament from 1977 to 1982, and as Speaker from 1980 until 1982.

Biography

Morea worked as a radio broadcaster for ten years, having been trained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, taking over several roles previously carried out by Australians. He subsequently became a businessman in Port Moresby.

He contested the Central Regional constituency in the 1968 elections, but finished fifth in a field of six candidates.[1] In the 1972 elections he contested the Moresby Coastal Open seat, finishing second to Gavera Rea.[2]

He ran again in the Moresby South Open constituency in 1977 as a Papua Besena candidate and was elected to the National Parliament. In February 1979, he was elected Lord Mayor of Port Moresby.[3] However, he left office in July the same year after losing a vote of no confidence.[4] In 1980, he was elected Speaker after the resignation of Kingsford Dibela. He was subsequently made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1981 New Year Honours.

However, he lost his seat in the 1982 elections.[2] Following the elections, he submitted a petition against the result. However, he died of heart attack the following day aged 38, and was given a state funeral on 25 August.[5] Two schools in the Gabatu area of Port Moresby were named after him.

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326943259/view?partId=nla.obj-326990464#page/n30/mode/1up Primary count details in New Guinea election
  2. http://devpolicy.org/pngelections/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PNG-Election-Results-Book-27-3-17.pdf Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972 – 2012
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337739608/view?sectionId=nla.obj-341074165&partId=nla.obj-337771849#page/n31/mode/1up People
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337821072/view?sectionId=nla.obj-341309180&partId=nla.obj-337850128#page/n31/mode/1up People
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340174009/view?partId=nla.obj-340204133#page/n80/mode/1up Sevese Morea