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11-538: The movement was created after Nori, Aliki Nono'oohimae , Jonathan Fiifii'i , and a host of others from Malaita who worked together in the Solomon Islands Labour Corps during World War II. One of the influences is said to have been the African-American soldiers whose humane treatment of the fellow workers was markedly different from the plantation owners. They spread a message of independence amongst

22-614: A Solomon Islands politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . East Kwaio constituency East Kwaio Single-member constituency for the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands Region Malaita Province Current constituency Created 1976 Created from Kwaio Current MP Stanley Festus Sofu Party Independent East Kwaio

33-854: A political prisoner, he was released and continued to be involved in politics, beginning with the Subdistrict Committee in Ngarinaasuru. In the 1970 general elections he was elected to the Governing Council in the Central Malaita constituency . He was re-elected in the 1973 elections in the Kwaio constituency . In 1976 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly (into which the Governing Council had been transformed in 1974) from

44-5420: Is a single-member constituency of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands . Located on the east coast of the centre of the island of Malaita , it was established in 1976 when the Legislative Assembly was expanded from 24 to 38 seats. List of MPs [ edit ] Term MP Party 1976–1980 Jonathan Fiifii'i   1980–1984 Daniel Fa'asifoaba'e   1984–1989   1989–1993 John Fisango   1993–1997   1997–2001 Alfred Solomon Sasako   2001–2006   2006–2010 Stanley Festus Sofu   2010–2014 Solomon Islands Democratic Party 2014– Independent Election results [ edit ] 2014 [ edit ] 2014 general election Candidate Party Votes Stanley Festus Sofu Independent 2,748 Alfred Solomon Sasako Direct Development Party 988 Diki Kolosu Independent 501 John Taniamae Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement 472 Robert Firigeni Kadare Party 418 Simon Baete Pipol First Party 227 Wilfred Mete Independent 117 Joseph Shem Bibiasi Pan-Melanesian Congress 101 Genesis Eddie Kofana Independent 76 Joseph Elvis Isafi National Transformation Party 74 Herikdun Bubunaia Siope Independent 72 Jimmy Masa People's Alliance Party 29 Invalid/blank votes 48 Total Registered voters Source: Election Passport 2010 [ edit ] 2010 general election Candidate Party Votes Stanley Festus Sofu Solomon Islands Democratic Party 3,973 Alfred Solomon Sasako 1,581 Herrick Dennie 190 Solomon Amos Morisudah 20 Invalid/blank votes 101 Total 5,865 Registered voters 10,448 Source: Election Passport 2006 [ edit ] 2006 general election Candidate Party Votes Stanley Festus Sofu 1,557 Senda Fifi 849 Billy Abae 701 Alfred Solomon Sasako 652 Delson Wane Safa'a 475 Henry Faasifoabae 226 Nelson Richard Isika 163 Invalid/blank votes Total 4,623 Registered voters 8,856 Source: Election Passport 2001 [ edit ] 2001 general election Candidate Party Votes Alfred Solomon Sasako 2,682 Stanley Festus Sofu 1,027 Diki Kolosu 331 Bilsshan Caleb Safa'a 229 Invalid/blank votes Total 4,269 Registered voters 7,450 Source: Election Passport 1997 [ edit ] 1997 general election Candidate Party Votes Alfred Solomon Sasako 896 John Fisango 602 John Fiuwalekwala 544 Gideon Siofa 451 James Tommy Fa'awela'a 126 Aziel Laete'e 121 Robert Soekeni 119 Stowell Fika Kolosu 35 Invalid/blank votes Total 2,894 Registered voters 4,812 Source: Election Passport 1993 [ edit ] 1993 general election Candidate Party Votes John Fisango 1,034 Lee Silomo Kolosu 330 Jared Oda Ngele 261 Samson Ubuni 199 Gideon Siofa 121 Invalid/blank votes Total 1,945 Registered voters 4,094 Source: Election Passport 1989 [ edit ] 1989 general election Candidate Party Votes John Fisango 347 Samuel Fangaria 188 George Henry Tafoa 164 Dick Kolosu Fuamae 161 Joseph Firiabae 157 Samson Ubuni 152 Gideon Siofa 132 Kadmiel Martin 107 Azel Laete Susua 81 Ken Gala'a 56 Invalid/blank votes Total 1,545 Registered voters 3,200 Source: Election Passport 1984 [ edit ] 1984 general election Candidate Party Votes Daniel Fa'asifoaba'e Jonathan Fiifii'i Kalisto Koke Samson Ubuni Silas Wanebeni Invalid/blank votes Total Registered voters Source: Election Passport 1980 [ edit ] 1980 general election Candidate Party Votes Daniel Fa'asifoaba'e 646 Jonathan Fiifii'i 604 Invalid/blank votes Total 1,250 Registered voters 3,003 Source: Election Passport 1976 [ edit ] 1976 general election Candidate Party Votes Jonathan Fiifii'i 849 John Fisango 278 Invalid/blank votes Total 1,127 Registered voters Source: Election Passport References [ edit ] ^ Alphabetical Listing of Members of

55-539: The East Kwaio constituency . He lost his seat in 1980 to Daniel Foasifobae . He challenged Foasifobae again in the 1984 elections , but lost again. He remained critical of the government, even after independence. He formed the Kwaio Cultural Centre in 1979. In 1982, he wrote his autobiography, From pig-theft to parliament , which was translated and edited by Roger Keesing . This article about

66-532: The Malaitan soldiers who began a campaign of non-compliance and civil disobedience . They were also influenced by other revolutionary or anti-government movements, progressive missionaries such as Rev. Richard Fallowes and apocalyptic movements such as that of the priest Noto'i . During 1939 in Uogwari and Atobala he had been a prophet of the ancestor La'aka and channelled that Tulagi would be destroyed and

77-2279: The 10th Parliament National Parliament of the Solomon Islands v t e [REDACTED] Constituencies of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands Current (50) Aoke/Langalanga Baegu/Asifola Central Guadalcanal Central Honiara Central Kwara'ae Central Makira East ꞌAreꞌare East Central Guadalcanal East Choiseul East Guadalcanal East Honiara East Kwaio East Makira East Malaita Fataleka Gao/Bugotu Gizo/Kolombangara Hograno/Kia/Havulei Lau/Mbaelelea Malaita Outer Islands Maringe/Kokota Marovo Nggela North East Guadalcanal North Guadalcanal North Malaita North New Georgia North Vella Lavella North West Choiseul North West Guadalcanal Ranongga/Simbo Rennell/Bellona Russells/Savo Shortlands Small Malaita South Choiseul South Guadalcanal South New Georgia/Rendova/Tetepari South Vella Lavella Temotu Nende Temotu Pele Temotu Vatud Ulawa/Ugi West ꞌAreꞌare West Guadalcanal West Honiara West Kwaio West Kwara'ae West Makira West New Georgia/Vona Vona Defunct ꞌAreꞌare Central Malaita Central Solomons Choiseul Choiseul/Shortlands East Isabel East Isabel/Savo Eastern Outer Islands Gizo/Ranongga/Simbo/Kolombangara Honiara Kwaio Makira Marovo/Kusaghe New Georgia Ngella/Savo/Russells North Central Malaita North Choiseul North East Malaita North West Malaita North Western Solomons Roviana/Rendova Roviana and North New Georgia Santa Isabel Shortlands/Vella Lavella South Central Malaita South Guadalcanal/Rennell and Bellona South Malaita Vella Lavella Vella Lavella/Kolombangara Vona Vona/Rendova/Tetepari West Guadalcanal and Russells West Isabel Ysabel/Russells Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Kwaio_constituency&oldid=981908370 " Categories : Legislative Assembly of

88-582: The fact that Maasina Ruru meetings were mass meetings of thousands of people at a time. They were mostly sentenced, including Fifi'i, Nonoohimae and Aliki, to six and a half years hard labour. While the leaders were in jail the campaign of civil disobedience continued with villages refusing to pay taxes en masse . While many villages were also barricaded against the British, the government launched Operation Jericho. Two thousand arrests were made in Malaita alone, and yet

99-572: The government would be thrown into the sea. His followers were arrested by the government but in 1946, the capital moved from Tulagi to Honiara . Noto'i joined the Maasina Ruru movement as did people from all over the islands. In 1947, the British government launched Operation De-Louse to arrest the leaders of the movement. The nine main chiefs or Alaha were also arrested and charged under the Sedition Act for organising secret meetings. This despite

110-483: The resistance continued. In 1951 the British government held meetings with the imprisoned leadership and brokered a deal for self-government in the form of the Malaitan Congress . The prisoners were released and demands were met towards the end of 1951. This Solomon Islands article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jonathan Fiifii%27i Jonathan Fiifii'i MBE (1921 – October 1989)

121-523: Was a Kwaio from Ane'emae near Oloburi , Malaita , Solomon Islands . His father was Buumae and mother Dafua. Fiifii'i was a founding member of Maasina Ruru , the independence movement that he started in 1945 with Nori and Aliki Nono'oohimae, whom he met while serving in the Solomon Islands Labour Corps during World War II . After being arrested and held by the British administration as

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