Matavera (electorate)

Matavera
Constituency
for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
RegionRarotonga
Current constituency
Created1981
Number of members1
Member(s)Vaitoti Tupa
Created fromTakitumu

Matavera is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.

The electorate was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980–1981[1] adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Takitumu into three. It consists of the tapere of Titama, Tupapa, Matavera, Pouara, and Vaenga on the island of Rarotonga.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1983 (Mar), 1983 (Nov) William Cowan Democratic Party
1994 Mataio Mataio Aperau Unknown
1999, 2004 Peri Vaevae Pare Democratic Party
2006 by-election Kiriau Turepu Cook Islands Party
2006 Cassey Eggelton Democratic Party
2010, 2014 Kiriau Turepu Cook Islands Party
2018 Vaitoti Tupa Democratic Party

References

  1. ^ "Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980–81". PACLII. Retrieved 14 July 2020.