List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1979–1982)

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa were elected on 24 February 1979. The 47 members consisted of 45 Samoans elected in one or two-member constituency and two 'individual voters' elected from a nationwide constituency.

List of members

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Constituency Member Notes
A'ana Alofi No. 1 Leaupepetele Taoipu
Leaupepe Pita
A'ana Alofi No. 2 Tufuga Efi
A'ana Alofi No. 3 Tuigamala Saofaiga
Aiga-i-le-Tai Mulipola Levaula
Alataua West Nonumalo Faiga
Aleipata Itupa-i-Lalo Letiu Tamatoa
Aleipata Itupa-i-Luga Taua Latu Lome
Anoamaa East Faamatuainu T. Mailei
Anoamaa West Leota Leuluaiali'i Ituau Ale Dismissed in September 1981[1]
Fa'asaleleaga No. 1 Seumanu Aita Ah Wa
Tofilau Eti Alesana
Fa'asaleleaga No. 2 Asi Eikeni
Fa'asaleleaga No. 3 Toleafoa Talitimu Talitimu died in 1980. Leulu Laifaga won the subsequent by-election
Fa'asaleleaga No. 4 Aiiloilo Sua
Falealili Fuimaono Mimio
Tuatagaloa Fetu
Falealupo Aeau Taulupoo
Faleata East Faumuina Anapapa
Falelatai & Samatau Aumua Ioane
Gaga'emauga No. 1 Sala Suivai
Gaga'emauga No. 2 Fa'aso'otauloa Pualagi
Gaga'emauga No. 3 Seumuli Kurene
Gaga'ifomauga No. 1 Lavea Lio
Gaga'ifomauga No. 2 Malaitai Magasiva
Gaga'ifomauga No. 3 Tauaanae Fatu
Individual Voters George Lober
Ron Berking Berking was murdered in 1980. Jack Netzler won the subsequent by-election
Lefaga & Falease'ela Le Mamea Ropati
Lepa Fatialofa Momo'e Momo'e died in 1980. The subsequent by-election was won by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Lotofaga Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa
Palauli East Autagavaia Tisena
Palauli-le-Falefa Le Tagaloa Pita Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Pita lost the subsequent by-election to Mapuilesua Pelenato[2]
Palauli West Vaovasamanaia Filipo
Safata Muliagatele Vena Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Vena lost the subsequent by-election to Tuiloma Pule Lameko[2]
Sagaga-le-Falefa Aiono Nonumalo Sofara
Sagaga-le-Usoga Taliaoa Maoama
Salega Leilua Manuao
Satupa'itea Asiata Solomona
Siumu Tuuu Faletoese
Va'a-o-Fonoti Ulualofaiga Talamaivao Niko
Vaimauga East Fuataga Laulu
Vaimauga West Tofaeono Tile
Toomalatai Siaki
Vaisigano No. 1 Va'ai Kolone
Vaisigano No. 2 Lesatele Rapi Rapi died in 1979. The subsequent by-election was won by Matautia Fanolua
Source: Samoa Election Results Database[3]

References

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  1. ^ Western Samoa MP: Elected, erected, ejected Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1981, p36
  2. ^ a b As you were in W Samoa? Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1979, p22
  3. ^ Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database