1990 Niuean general election

none April 2023 April 2023 Niue parliamentary no 7 April 1990 1987 Niuean general election 1987 1993 Niuean general election 1993 All 20 seats in the Assembly 11 Premier Robert Rex Independent politician Robert Rex Independent politician General elections were held in Niue on 7 April 1990,Niue in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 Stephen Levine The Contemporary Pacific 3 1 203–205 1991 seven months after Cyclone Ofa caused considerable damage to the island.https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8500/v3n1-203-205-politicalrev.pdf Political review: Polynesia Levine Stephen ScholarSpace live https://web.archive.org/web/20200626060948/https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8500/v3n1-203-205-politicalrev.pdf 2020-06-26 While primarily contested by independents, the election was contested by Young Vivian's Niue People's Action Party (NPAP), which was opposed to premier Robert Rex. On election night the NPAP believed it had a majority, but a leadership dispute between Vivian and newly-elected MP Sani Lakatani saw a group of MP's led by the latter switch sides.https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-342810817/view?sectionId=nla.obj-352779063 Rex beats the odds Pacific Islands Monthly 60 5 19 1 May 1990 2 December 2021 National Library of Australia Following the election, Robert Rex was re-elected for a sixth term as Premier of Niue by a vote of 12 to 8.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122099990 Veteran Niue leader is re-elected Canberra Times 10 14 April 1990 2 December 2021 National Library of Australia Sam Tagelagi was re-elected Speaker by the same margin. References Category:Elections in Niue Niue Category:1990 in Niue Category:April 1990 in Oceania