The Solomon United National Party (SUN) was a political party in the Solomon Islands.
History
editFollowing 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
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Pacific Perspective, Volume 13, Issue 2, p77
- ^ Parties, constitutional engineering and governance in the Solomon Islands Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka
- ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa, Greenwood Press, p1003
- ^ a b Sun eclipsed by a new star in Solomons' election carve-up Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1973, pp3–4
- ^ Flexible idealists in the Solomons Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1973, p8
- ^ Political parties Solomons Encyclopedia