2014 Gagaʻifomauga by-election

2014 Gagaifomauga by-election parliamentary Samoa 2011 Samoan general election 2011 2016 Samoan general election 2016 15 August 2014 Faimalotoa Kika Stowers x160px Human Rights Protection Party 1,045 27.24% Lavea Ieti HRPP Human Rights Protection Party 232 23.58% MP Subsequent MP Aniteleʻa Tuiloʻa Human Rights Protection Party Faimalotoa Kika Stowers Human Rights Protection Party HRPP 198 20.12% Taito Vaea Tanu Human Rights Protection Party Constituency of Gagaifomauga Gaina Tino Lavea Peseta Nafoi 185 101 Tautua Samoa Party Human Rights Protection Party HRPP TSP 18.80% 10.26%By-election held in Samoa April 2022 A by-election was held in the Gagaifomauga no.1 constituency in Samoa on 15 August 2014."Samoa ruling party backs four by-election candidates", Radio New Zealand International, 19 July 2014 The Gagaʻifomauga no.1 seat in the Legislative Assembly had been held by Aniteleʻa Tuiloʻa for the Human Rights Protection Party in the 2011 general election; he had first won it in 2006. During the 15th Parliament, he served as an associate minister in the Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development. He died of kidney failure on 9 June 2014."Parliament mourns M.P. with humour" https://web.archive.org/web/20140728120456/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/home/headlines/10439-parliament-mourns-mp-with-humour 2014-07-28 , Samoa Observer, 11 June 2014 Despite it being a single seat constituency, the ruling Human Rights Protection Party, as often, nominated several candidates - in this instance, four: Gaina Tino (a former Minister for Justice), Faimalotoa Kolotita Stowers (former Director and CEO of the Samoa Broadcasting Service), Lavea Ieti, and Taito Vaea Tanu. This despite having nominated only one candidate in the constituency in the 2011 general election. The opposition Tautua Samoa Party chose a single candidate: Lavea Peseta Lua Nafoi."Samoa opposition names by-election candidate", Radio New Zealand International, 23 July 2014 Results Kolotita Stowers, the only woman among the five candidates, was elected - bringing to three the number of women in the 15th Samoan Parliament. The Tautua Samoa Party candidate finished last."Manumalo Faimalotoa Kika Stowers tofi Faipule Gagaifomauga Nu. 1", Samoa Times, 23 August 2014 Gagaifomauga by-election, 2014 Human Rights Protection Party Faimalotoa Kika Stowers 268 27.24 Human Rights Protection Party Lavea Ieti 232 23.58 Human Rights Protection Party Taito Vaea Tanu 198 20.12 Human Rights Protection Party Gaina Tino 185 18.80 Tautua Samoa Party Lavea Peseta Nafoi 101 10.26 Human Rights Protection Party +28.6 2011 results 2011 Samoan general election in Gagaifomauga no.1 constituency2011 general election results in Gagaifomauga no.1 constituency, Electoral Office Human Rights Protection Party Aniteleʻa Tuiloʻa 504 61.1 Independent (politician) Aukusitino Gaiga 321 38.9 Human Rights Protection Party References Category:By-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Category:2014 elections in Samoa Category:2014 in Samoa