Totouwa Depaune Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Totouwa Depaune
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp1:Buada
Parliament1:Nauruan
Term Start1:1968
Term End1:1971
Predecessor1:Constituency established
Successor1:Ruben Kun
Term Start2:1977
Term End2:1983
Predecessor2:Austin Bernicke
Successor2:Vinson Detenamo
Birth Date:1923 or 1924
Death Date: (aged 62)

Totouwa Depaune (1923 or 192427 May 1986) was a Nauruan politician. He served as minister of public works and community services in 1978.

Biography

Totouwa Depaune was born in either 1923 or 1924. A 1952 census describes Depaune as a married Protestant, working as a welding foreman.[1] He was of the Iruwa tribe.

In 1951, Depaune was elected to the first Nauru Local Government Council to represent the Buada District.[2] He was not re-elected in 1955.[3] He unsuccessfully ran for the Local Government Council in 1959.[4] [5] In 1967, Depaune was elected to the Nauru Constitutional Convention.[6]

Depaune was elected to the first Parliament of Nauru in 1968 to represent the Buada Constituency. He was unseated by Ruben Kun in the 1971 election.[7] By 1972, Depaune was serving as member of the Police Service Board.[8] He served in this position until 1977.[9] He unsuccessfully ran for parliament in 1973 and 1976.[10] MP Austin Bernicke died in 1977.[11] Depaune was elected in a subsequent by-election held on 5 March 1977.[12] Depaune was re-elected in the November 1977 election.[13] He was appointed minister of public works and community services by President Hammer DeRoburt on 12 May 1978.[14] In December 1978, following a cabinet reshuffle by President DeRoburt, Depaune was replaced as public works minister by Lagumot Harris.[15] Depaune was re-elected in 1980.[16] He did not run in 1983.[17]

Depaune died on 27 May 1986.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 31 December 1952. Census of Nauru, 31st December, 1952. 91.
  2. Book: Viviani, Nancy . 1970. Nauru Phosphate and Political Progress. English. 105. Australian National University.
  3. Book: 1957. Parliament of Australia. Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Territory of Nauru from Year 1955-56. 13.
  4. Caudwell. L. V.. 28 November 1959. ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette. 50. 1-2.
  5. Book: 1961. Parliament of Australia. Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Territory of Nauru from Year 1959-60. 13.
  6. 18 December 1967. Declaration of Election. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 62. 1-5.
  7. 1 February 1971. DeRobert back as President. Pacific Islands Monthly. 42. 30.
  8. Peter H.. MacSporran. 2 October 1972. POLICE SERVICE BOARD. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 42. 2.
  9. Thompson. I. R.. 29 June 1977. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER OF POLICE SERVICE BOARD. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 48. 2.
  10. Sadarka. S. M.. 17 December 1973. Declaration of Poll. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 58. 4.
  11. March 1977. Austin Bernicke Dead. Pacific Islands Monthly. 48. 17.
  12. Gillett. S.. 16 March 1977. BY ELECTION - CONSTITUENCY OF BUADA. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 24. 2.
  13. Jones. Peter Lionel. 14 November 1977. DECLARATION OF ELECTION. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 81. 4.
  14. DeRoburt. Hammer. 15 May 1978. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 25. 1.
  15. February 1977. Major Cabinet Reshuffle in Nauru. Pacific Islands Monthly. 50. 7.
  16. Star. T. W.. 8 December 1980. DECLARATION OF ELECTION. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 81. 6-7.
  17. Star. T. W.. 5 December 1983. DECLARATION OF ELECTION. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 67. 3.
  18. Mani. V. S.. 25 May 1988. BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES. Republic of Nauru Government Gazette . 28. 6.

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