Solomons United National Party

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

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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,[4] and was the only party to contest the 1973 elections.[5] However, it won only one seat,[5] and was reported to be defunct soon after the elections.[6] Kausimae went on to found the Rural Alliance Party.[4][7]

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. Parties, constitutional engineering and governance in the Solomon Islands Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka
  4. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa, Greenwood Press, p1003
  5. Sun eclipsed by a new star in Solomons' election carve-up Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1973, pp3–4
  6. Flexible idealists in the Solomons Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1973, p8
  7. Political parties Solomons Encyclopedia
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