Toluono Lama Explained

Toluono Lama
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly
Term1:1973–1976
Predecessor1:Tupua Siliva
Successor1:Lagaaia Faamaga
Constituency1:Palauli East
Death Date:February 1982
Death Place:New Zealand

Toluono Lama (died February 1982) was a Western Samoan politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1973 to 1976.

Biography

During the colonial era, Lama was a member of the anti-colonial Mau movement.[1] In 1950 he was appointed to the committee on local government by High Commissioner Guy Powles,[2] and later served as a member of the Local Government Board.[3] He was elected to the 1960 Constitutional Assembly that drew up the independence constitution, and was one of its signatories. Following independence, he became a judge in the Lands and Titles Court.[4]

He contested the Palauli East seat in the 1970 elections, losing to Tupua Siliva. However, he was elected unopposed from the constituency in the 1973 elections.[5] During the parliamentary term, he was an opponent of the government.[6] He did not contest the 1976 elections, but subsequently became an advisor to new Prime Minister Tupuola Efi.[7]

He died in New Zealand in February 1982 after travelling to the country for medical treatment.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Kilifoti Sisilia Eteuati (1982) Evaevaga a Samoa: Assertion of Samoan autonomy 1920–1936
  2. Asofou So'o (2008) Democracy and Custom in Sāmoa: An Uneasy Alliance, p53
  3. James Wightman Davidson (1967) Samoa Mo Samoa: The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa, p394
  4. Malama Meleisea & Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea (1987) Lagaga: A Short History of Western Samoa, p159
  5. http://devpolicy.org/samoaelections/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Samoan-Election-Results-PDF.pdf Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016
  6. So'o, p87
  7. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339947935/view?partId=nla.obj-339969707#page/n64/mode/1up Tuluono Lama