Cook Islands general election, March 1983
Encyclopedia
General elections were held in the Cook Islands
on 30 March 1983 to elect 24 MPs to the Parliament
. The election saw the Cook Islands Party
under Geoffrey Henry
win power, but the result was overturned within months and Parliament was dissolved, leading to new elections in November 1983
.
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
on 30 March 1983 to elect 24 MPs to the Parliament
Parliament of the Cook Islands
The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand colonial rule, it became the national legislature on independence in 1965....
. The election saw the Cook Islands Party
Cook Islands Party
The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the Islands' politics since 1965....
under Geoffrey Henry
Geoffrey Henry
Sir Geoffrey Arama Henry KBE is a Cook Island politician who was twice the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He was leader of the Cook Islands Party from 1979 to 2006.-Early life:...
win power, but the result was overturned within months and Parliament was dissolved, leading to new elections in November 1983
Cook Islands general election, November 1983
General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 2 November 1983 to elect 24 MPs to the Parliament. The election was called as a result of the March, 1983 elections being overturned. The result was a coalition government, with Democratic Party leader Tom Davis becoming Prime Minister, with the...
.
External links
- In re reference by Queens Representative (1983) CKHC 18; HC OA 1.1983 - one of the cases which led to parliament being dissolved.