Choiseul/Shortlands constituency

Choiseul/Shortlands
Former single-member Constituency
for the Governing Council of the Solomon Islands
Former constituency
Created 1970
Abolished 1973
Replaced by Choiseul
Shortlands/Vella Lavella
Created from North Western Solomons

Choiseul/Shortlands was a single-member constituency of the Governing Council of the Solomon Islands. Created in 1970 when the Governing Council was created and the number of constituencies increased from 14 to 17, it covered Choiseul Island and the Shortland Islands.

In the 1970 elections the seat was won by Remesio Eresi.[1] It was abolished in 1973 and succeeded by Choiseul and Shortlands/Vella Lavella.

List of MPs

Term MP Party
1970–1973Remesio Eresi

Election results

1970

1970 general election
Candidate Party Votes
Remesio Eresi778
Binet Gadebeta520
Moses Puibangara Pitakaka506
John Macdonald173
Total2,140
Registered voters3,353
Source: Election Passport

References

  1. ↑ Solomon Islands Election Passport
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