Solomons United National Party Explained

The Solomon United National Party (SUN) was a political party in the Solomon Islands.

History

Following the 1967 elections, the party was established in 1968 by David Kausimae, Bill Ramsay and Frank Wickham.^{[1] [2]} It was no more than a group of members of the Legislative Council and was primarily formed with the aim of lobbying the British authorities to introduce a cabinet system.^[3]

The party issued a manifesto in 1972, and was the only party to contest the 1973 elections.^[4] However, it won only one seat,^[4] and was reported to be defunct soon after the elections.^[5] Kausimae went on to found the Rural Alliance Party.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Peter Kenilorea & Clive Moore (2008) Tell it as it is: autobiography of Rt. Hon. Sir Peter Kenilorea, KBE, PC, Solomon Islands' first prime minister, Center for Asia Pacific Studies, p208
2. Pacific Perspective, Volume 13, Issue 2, p77
3. http://press.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ch0662.pdf Parties, constitutional engineering and governance in the Solomon Islands
4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337033661/view?partId=nla.obj-337046302#page/n8/mode/1up Sun eclipsed by a new star in Solomons' election carve-up
5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337039292/view?partId=nla.obj-337100203#page/n13/mode/1up Flexible idealists in the Solomons
6. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa, Greenwood Press, p1003
7. http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000230b.htm Political parties