Magele Ate

Magele Tagaileono Ate Penn (26 June 1921 – 26 May 1982)[1] was a Western Samoan politician. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1973.

Magele Ate
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1967–1973
Preceded byAmoa Tausilia
Succeeded byToleafoa Talitimu
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1961–1973
Preceded byEti Alesana
ConstituencyFaasaleleaga No. 1
Personal details
Born26 June 1921
Died26 May 1982(1982-05-26) (aged 60)

Biography

Ate worked for the New Zealand Reparation Estates. He originally had 'European' status, but changed to become Samoan.[2]

In 1960 Ate was elected to the Constitutional Assembly that drew up the independence constitution, and was a signatory of the document. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly unopposed from the Faasaleleaga No. 1 constituency in 1961. Although, the result was subsequently overturned and a by-election ordered for 10 June,[3] Ate was returned again. He was re-elected in 1964 and became Deputy Speaker.[4] After being re-elected in 1967 he was elected Speaker.[5] He remained Speaker after the 1970 elections. However, he lost his seat in the 1973 elections.[6] He contested the 1976 elections, but failed to regain his seat.[7]

References
  1. Magele Tagaileono Ate Penn Billion Graves
  2. James Wightman Davidson (1967) Samoa Mo Samoa: The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa, p383
  3. Results of Samoan Election in Dispute Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1961, p119
  4. 2nd Parliament of Samoa Parliament of Samoa
  5. Mata'afa will lead independent Western Samoa for third term Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1967, p9
  6. As you were in W. Samoa with Mataafa on top again Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1973, p25
  7. Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database
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