Cook Islands general election, March 1983

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General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 30 March 1983 to elect 24 MPs to the Parliament.^[1] The election saw the Cook Islands Party under Geoffrey Henry win power, but the result was overturned within months and Parliament was dissolved, leading to new elections in November 1983.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Hon. Sir Terepai MAOATE, KBE". Cook Islands Parliament. http://www.parliament.gov.ck/members/maote1.html. Retrieved 2009-03-21. 
2. ^ Brij V. Lal, Kate Fortune (2000). The Pacific Islands: Cook Islands. University of Hawaii Press. p. 564. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA564&lpg=PA564&dq=cook+islands+election+1983&source=bl&ots=CukKglHOs_&sig=5gRuv1pgokhaLaE9XwdNkMqggu0&hl=en&ei=K87ESaNxgZiRBdTq_cQM&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 

External links

• In re reference by Queens Representative (1983) CKHC 18; HC OA 1.1983 - one of the cases which led to parliament being dissolved.