22 seats in the Legislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
Seats
+/–
Cook Islands
Albert Henry
15
+1
Democratic
Thomas Davis
7
−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Albert Henry Cook Islands
Albert Henry Cook Islands
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King Charles III
King's Representative
Sir Tom Marsters
Prime Minister
Mark Brown
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Speaker: Tai Tura
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President: Tou Travel Ariki
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General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 30 March 1978 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly. The result was a victory for the Cook Islands Party (CIP) of Premier Albert Henry, which won 15 of the 22 seats.[1] The Democratic Party won the remaining seven seats.
Following the elections, the Democratic Party challenged the results, claiming Henry had used public funds to subsidise flights that brought expatriate CIP supporters back to the Cook Islands to vote, which cost around $300,000.[2] The election of nine CIP MPs was subsequently overturned by an electoral court, allowing Democratic Party leader Tom Davis – who had lost his seat before being reinstated as a result of the ruling – to become Premier. Henry was subsequently convicted of conspiracy and misuse of public money,[3] and later stripped of his knighthood.
^Flying voters: Cooks poll up in air Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1978, p6
^A Cooks-NZ showdown? Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1978, p19
^"Police v Henry - Sentence (1979) CKHC 3". 1979-08-20. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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