Moana Ioane is a Cook Islands

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

 politician and member of the Cook Islands 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....

. He is a member of 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....

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Ioane is a former Crown Law counsel. He was elected to the seat of Vaipae-Tautu

Vaipae-Tautu (Cook Islands electorate)

Vaipae-Tautu is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Kete Ioane, who has held the seat since 1999....

 in the 2010 election

Cook Islands general election, 2010

General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 17 November 2010 in order to elect 24 MPs to the Cook Islands Parliament. The elections were won by the Cook Islands Party, which won 16 of the 24 seats...

. His election was the subject of an electoral position from losing Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Cook Islands)

The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the Cook Islands. It is currently the Opposition party in the Cook Islands Parliament.-Early years:...

 candidate Kete Ioane

Kete Ioane

Kete Ioane is a Cook Islands politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party....

, who alleged that he had used his position on the Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal committee to dispense aid to bribe voters.