Akaoa | |
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Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands | |
Region | Rarotonga |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1991 |
Number of members | 1 |
Member(s) | Nooroa o Teariki Baker |
Created from | Murienua |
Akaoa is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament.
The electorate was created in 1991, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 14) Act 1991 split the electorate of Murienua in half. [1] It consists of the tapere of Akaoa and Vaiakura on the island of Rarotonga.
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1994 | Utia Matata | Unknown | |
1999 | Teremoana Tapi Taio | Democratic Party | |
2004, 2006, 2006 by-election, 2010, 2014 | Teariki Heather | Cook Islands Party | |
2018 | Nooroa o Teariki Baker | Democratic Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Cook Islands United | Robert Heather | 195 | 49.1 | +49.1 | |
Democratic | Nooroa o Teariki Baker | 145 | 36.5 | -17.3 | |
Cook Islands | Doreen Boggs | 57 | 14.4 | -31.8 | |
Turnout | 397 | ||||
Cook Islands United gain from Democratic | Swing | +33.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nooroa o Teariki Baker | 233 | 53.8 | +5.9 | |
Cook Islands | Teariki Heather | 200 | 46.2 | -5.9 | |
Democratic gain from Cook Islands | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Cook Islands | Teariki Heather | 201 | 52.1 | -3.3 | |
Democratic | Nooroa o Teariki Baker | 185 | 47.9 | +3.3 | |
Cook Islands hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Cook Islands | Teariki Heather | 186 | 55.4 | +1.4 | |
Democratic | Teremoana Tapi Taio | 150 | 44.6 | +6.5 | |
Cook Islands hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Cook Islands | Teariki Heather | 204 | 54.0 | +4.0 | |
Democratic | Keu Mataroa | 174 | 46.0 | -4.0 | |
Cook Islands hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Turnout | 378 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Cook Islands | Teariki Heather | 179 | 50.0 | ||
Democratic | Keu Mataroa | 179 | 50.0 | ||
Cook Islands hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
Turnout | 358 | 85.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Cook Islands | Teariki Heather | 188 | 54.3 | ||
Democratic | Teremoana Tapi Taio | 158 | 45.7 | ||
Cook Islands hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 346 | 75.5 |