List of members of the Parliament of Vanuatu (1979–1983)

The 39 members of the Parliament of Vanuatu from 1979 to 1983 were elected on 14 November 1979.

List of members

Constituency Member Party Notes
AmbrymAmos AndengNew Hebrides Federal Party
Jack HopaVanua'aku Pati
Aoba–MaewoOnneyn TahiVanua'aku Pati
Thomas TunguModerate Party
Judah ViraVanua'aku Pati
Banks and TorresNorman RoslynVanua'aku Pati
George WorekVanua'aku Pati
Efate RuralNanua AlbertVanua'aku Pati
George KalkoaVanua'aku PatiElected president in 1980.[1] By-election held on 26 August 1982 and won by Dick Poilapa (Vanua'aku Pati)[2][3]
Donald KalpokasVanua'aku Pati
EpiJack TaritongaVanua'aku Pati
LuganvilleGeorge CronsteadtModerate PartyDeported and declared a prohibited immigrant.[4][1] By-election held on 31 August 1982 and won by Sela Molisa (Vanua'aku Pati).[2][3]
Kalmer VocorNatui Tanno
MalakulaGérard LeymangNamangi Aute
Aimé MaléréNamangi Aute
Keith ObedVanua'aku Pati
Sethy RegenvanuVanua'aku Pati
Jimmy SimeonVanua'aku Pati
PaamaEdward HarrisVanua'aku Pati
PentecostVincent BoulekoneIndependent
Samuel BuleVanua'aku Pati
Walter LiniVanua'aku Pati
Port VilaMaxime Carlot KormanIndependent
Kalpokor KalsakauVanua'aku Pati
Guy PrévotNew Hebrides Federal PartyUCNHDeported and declared a prohibited immigrant.[4][1] By-election held on 26 August 1982 and won by Barak Sopé (Vanua'aku Pati)[2][3]
Albert SandeVanua'aku Pati
Santo RuralJole AntasVanua'aku Pati
Harry KaraeruNew Hebrides Federal Party
Alfred MaliuNew Hebrides Federal Party
War NalanNew Hebrides Federal Party
Thomas ReubenVanua'aku Pati
ShepherdsKenneth TariliuVanua'aku Pati
Fred TimakataVanua'aku Pati
Southern IslandsJohn NaupaVanua'aku Pati
TannaWillie KorisaVanua'aku Pati
John LouhmanVanua'aku Pati
Charley NakoKapiel
Gideon NampasVanua'aku Pati
Alexis YolouJohn Frum MovementDied in 1980. By-election held on 2 September 1982 and won by Jean-Marie Léyé (Union of Moderate Parties)[3][2]
Source: Zorgbibe[5]

References

  1. Mark L. Berg (1983) Local Control on Santo and Tanna and Preindependence Political Trouble in Vanuatu
  2. Vanuaaku Party takes three out of four Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1982, p5
  3. Declaration Electoral Commission Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette, 13 September 1982
  4. Boulekone on 'surviving colonial mentality' Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1981, p14
  5. Charles Zorgbibe (1981) "Vanuatu, naissance d'un état", Économica, pp110–115
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