1968 Cook Islands general election

none Cook Islands 1965 1972 1 May 1968 All 22 seats in the Legislative Assembly 13 Cook Islands Party Albert Henry 65.12 16 14 UCI #00247d Ngatupuna Matepi 32.91 6 new Premier Albert Henry Cook Islands Party Albert Henry Cook Islands Party General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 1 May 1968. The result was a victory for the Cook Islands Party (CIP), which won 16 seats, a gain of two from the 1965 elections. The newly formed United Cook Islanders won the other six seats to become the parliamentary opposition. CIP leader Albert Henry continued as prime minister. Campaign In February a new party, the United Cook Islanders (UCI), was formed. Its members included former cabinet members Mana Strickland and Manea Tamarua. The new party launched its manifesto on 8 April.Breakaways seek power in Cooks' elections Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1968, p24 A total of 55 candidates contested the elections; 23 from the CIP (two candidates from the party ran against each other in Pukapuka, and four candidates from the party contested the three seats in Takitumu), 18 from the UCI and six independents.David Stone Parties and politics in Polynesia: Political trends in the self-governing Cook Islands Journal of the Polynesian Society 79 2 179 1970 Former Leader of Government Business Dick Charles Brown had intended to run as an independent, but withdrew. The CIP candidates were returned unopposed in Mauke and Mitiaro. The campaign period during April saw meetings held almost every night, with CIP meetings initially drawing crowds of several hundred, rising to over 1,300 by the end of the campaign. In contrast, UCI meetings were usually attended by fewer than 100 people. Results The CIP won all nine seats in Rarotonga, and gained the three Aitutaki seats, which had been won by the Independent Group in 1965. The UCI's former ministers, Strickland and Tamarua, both lost their seats.Albert Henry back in the Cooks with a bang Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1968, p24 File:Cook island Parliament 1968.svg Cook Islands Party 12569 16 +2 United Cook Islanders 6352 6 New #00247d Independents 379 0 0 0 6858 53 7603 StoneStone David Joseph https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/113873/4/b12930957_Stone_David_Joseph.pdf Self Rule in the Cook Islands: The Government and Politics of a New Micro-State January 1971 Canberra https://web.archive.org/web/20190927055935/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/113873/4/b12930957_Stone_David_Joseph.pdf 27 September 2019 By electorate Constituency Candidate Party VotesAitutaki–Manuae William Estall Cook Islands Party 890Joseph Williams Cook Islands Party 888Ngaa Upu Cook Islands Party 816Dora Harrington Independent 146John Robert George Dick Independent 89Rata Toa Independent 72Atiu Vainerere Tangatapoto United Cook Islanders 314Tangata Simiona United Cook Islanders 280Mariri Paratainga Cook Islands Party 185Pakari Tutai Cook Islands Party 135Mangaia Ngatupuna Matepi United Cook Islanders 594Pokino Aberahama United Cook Islanders 587Turaraiti Pekepo Cook Islands Party 164Manihiki Nato Temu Cook Islands Party 115Mareko Mareko United Cook Islanders 53Ben Pukerua Independent 33Glassie Strickland Independent 29Mauke Tupui Ariki Henry Cook Islands Party UnopposedMitiaro Raui Pokoati Cook Islands Party UnopposedPenrhyn Tangaroa Tangaroa United Cook Islanders 219Tuauri Hakaoro Cook Islands Party 42Fred Ford Independent 10Puaikura Taru Moana Cook Islands Party 550Tamataia Pera Maurangi Cook Islands Party 547Alexander Munro United Cook Islanders 287Napa Tauei Napa United Cook Islanders 282Pukapuka–Nassau Inatio Akaruru Cook Islands Party 233John Tariau Cook Islands Party 134Rakahanga Pupuke Robati United Cook Islanders 90Howard Howard Cook Islands Party 32Takitumu Apenera Short Cook Islands Party 574Tiakana Numanga Cook Islands Party 532Samuela Samuela Cook Islands Party 396Jean Domonique Upoko Crummer Peyroux United Cook Islanders 305Kamate Areora Ira United Cook Islanders 301William Cowan United Cook Islanders 276Taramai Tetonga Cook Islands Party 198Te-au-o-Tonga Albert Henry Cook Islands Party 1,682Teanua Kamana Cook Islands Party 1,568Teaukura Roi Cook Islands Party 1,470Kamate Nangaiti Cook Islands Party 1,418Manea Teariki Tamarua United Cook Islanders 717Mana Strickland United Cook Islanders 694David Marama Hosking United Cook Islanders 679Marama Tepou Nicholas United Cook Islanders 674Source: Cook Islands Gazette,9 July 1968 The Cook Islands Gazette No. 33/1968 https://www.loc.gov/resource/llflg.2004217240_19680709_02/?sp=1 Library of Congress25 July 1968 The Cook Islands Gazette No. 36/1968 https://www.loc.gov/resource/llflg.2004217240_19680725_01/?sp=2&st=image Library of Congress Stone, Pacific Islands MonthlyPacific Islands Monthly References Further reading Haas Anthony Three Years after Internal Self-Government: The Cook Islands General Election 1968 Journal of Pacific History 1969 4 1 136–145 10.1080/00223346908572152 Category:Elections in the Cook Islands Cooks General Cooks