Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster

Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster is a Samoan environmentalist, politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He was a member of the Tautua Samoa Party.[1]

Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for A'ana Alofi No. 3
In office
4 March 2011 – 4 March 2016
Preceded byVaeolenofoafia Tapasu
Succeeded byAfamasaga Rico Tupai
Personal details
Political partyTautua Samoa Party
F.A.S.T.

Schuster is from the village of Satapuala.[2] He was educated at the University of Victoria and at Brandeis University in the United States.[2] He has previously worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature,[3] the Samoan government's Division of Environment and Conservation, Seacology, and as an environmental consultant.[2]

Political career

Schuster was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2011 Samoan general election, as a candidate for Tautua.[4] In August 2012 he took part in a roadblock in his village of Satapuala which sough to block access to land the village was claiming.[5][6] He was subsequently charged with unlawful assembly and obstruction.[7] in August 2013 he was convicted of unlawful assembly, resisting police, obstruction and using foul language and fined US$635.[8] He subsequently apologised to Parliament for the incident.[9]

In April 2014, Schuster became the first Samoan MP to join International Parliamentarians for West Papua.[3]

He lost his seat at the 2016 election.[1]

In October 2020 Schuster announced he would stand as a candidate for the F.A.S.T. Party in the 2021 election.[1] He will contest the A'ana Alofi No. 3 constituency.

Schuster is the cousin of Lefau Harry Schuster.[4]

References
  1. Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (22 October 2020). "Environmentalist Toeolesulusulu Cedric signs up for election". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. "Seacology Welcomes New field Representatives in Two Regions" (PDF). Seacology. 11 (1). April 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. "Samoa MP Joins Parliamentarians For West Papua". Pacific Islands Report. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "NEW FACE IN SAMOA PARLIAMENT HOPES FOR CHANGE". Pacific Islands Report. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. "Samoa MP risks prosecution over Satapuala roadblock". RNZ. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. "Samoa opposition MP investigated over road block violence". ABC. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. "Satapuala Defendants Plead Not Guilty In Samoa Court". Pacific Islands Report. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  8. "Samoa MP, Chiefs Fined In Satapuala Blockade Case". Pacific Islands Report. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. "Samoa MP Apologizes For Role In Satapuala Roadblock". Pacific Islands Report. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2020.


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