List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1979–1982)
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa were elected on 24 February 1979. The 47 members consisted of 45 Samoans elected in one or two-member constituency and two 'individual voters' elected from a nationwide constituency.
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List of members
| Constituency | Member | Notes |
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| A'ana Alofi No. 1 | Leaupepetele Taoipu | |
| Leaupepe Pita | ||
| A'ana Alofi No. 2 | Tufuga Efi | |
| A'ana Alofi No. 3 | Tuigamala Saofaiga | |
| Aiga-i-le-Tai | Mulipola Levaula | |
| Alataua West | Nonumalo Faiga | |
| Aleipata Itupa-i-Lalo | Letiu Tamatoa | |
| Aleipata Itupa-i-Luga | Taua Latu Lome | |
| Anoamaa East | Faamatuainu T. Mailei | |
| Anoamaa West | Leota Leuluaiali'i Ituau Ale | Dismissed in September 1981[1] |
| Fa'asaleleaga No. 1 | Seumanu Aita Ah Wa | |
| Tofilau Eti Alesana | ||
| Fa'asaleleaga No. 2 | Asi Eikeni | |
| Fa'asaleleaga No. 3 | Toleafoa Talitimu | Talitimu died in 1980. Leulu Laifaga won the subsequent by-election |
| Fa'asaleleaga No. 4 | Aiiloilo Sua | |
| Falealili | Fuimaono Mimio | |
| Tuatagaloa Fetu | ||
| Falealupo | Aeau Taulupoo | |
| Faleata East | Faumuina Anapapa | |
| Falelatai & Samatau | Aumua Ioane | |
| Gaga'emauga No. 1 | Sala Suivai | |
| Gaga'emauga No. 2 | Fa'aso'otauloa Pualagi | |
| Gaga'emauga No. 3 | Seumuli Kurene | |
| Gaga'ifomauga No. 1 | Lavea Lio | |
| Gaga'ifomauga No. 2 | Malaitai Magasiva | |
| Gaga'ifomauga No. 3 | Tauaanae Fatu | |
| Individual Voters | George Lober | |
| Ron Berking | Berking was murdered in 1980. Jack Netzler won the subsequent by-election | |
| Lefaga & Falease'ela | Le Mamea Ropati | |
| Lepa | Fatialofa Momo'e | Momo'e died in 1980. The subsequent by-election was won by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Lotofaga | Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa | |
| Palauli East | Autagavaia Tisena | |
| Palauli-le-Falefa | Le Tagaloa Pita | Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Pita lost the subsequent by-election to Mapuilesua Pelenato[2] |
| Palauli West | Vaovasamanaia Filipo | |
| Safata | Muliagatele Vena | Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Vena lost the subsequent by-election to Tuiloma Pule Lameko[2] |
| Sagaga-le-Falefa | Aiono Nonumalo Sofara | |
| Sagaga-le-Usoga | Taliaoa Maoama | |
| Salega | Leilua Manuao | |
| Satupa'itea | Asiata Solomona | |
| Siumu | Tuuu Faletoese | |
| Va'a-o-Fonoti | Ulualofaiga Talamaivao Niko | |
| Vaimauga East | Fuataga Laulu | |
| Vaimauga West | Tofaeono Tile | |
| Toomalatai Siaki | ||
| Vaisigano No. 1 | Va'ai Kolone | |
| Vaisigano No. 2 | Lesatele Rapi | Rapi died in 1979. The subsequent by-election was won by Matautia Fanolua |
| Source: Samoa Election Results Database[3] | ||
References
- Western Samoa MP: Elected, erected, ejected Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1981, p36
- As you were in W Samoa? Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1979, p22
- Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database
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