List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (1979–1982)

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa were elected on 24 February 1979. The 47 members consisted of 45 Samoans elected in one or two-member constituency and two 'individual voters' elected from a nationwide constituency.

List of members

Constituency	Member	Notes
A'ana Alofi No. 1	Leaupepetele Taoipu
	Leaupepe Pita
A'ana Alofi No. 2	Tufuga Efi
A'ana Alofi No. 3	Tuigamala Saofaiga
Aiga-i-le-Tai	Mulipola Levaula
Alataua West	Nonumalo Faiga
Aleipata Itupa-i-Lalo	Letiu Tamatoa
Aleipata Itupa-i-Luga	Taua Latu Lome
Anoamaa East	Faamatuainu T. Mailei
Anoamaa West	Leota Leuluaiali'i Ituau Ale	Dismissed in September 1981[1]
Fa'asaleleaga No. 1	Seumanu Aita Ah Wa
	Tofilau Eti Alesana
Fa'asaleleaga No. 2	Asi Eikeni
Fa'asaleleaga No. 3	Toleafoa Talitimu	Talitimu died in 1980. Leulu Laifaga won the subsequent by-election
Fa'asaleleaga No. 4	Aiiloilo Sua
Falealili	Fuimaono Mimio
	Tuatagaloa Fetu
Falealupo	Aeau Taulupoo
Faleata East	Faumuina Anapapa
Falelatai & Samatau	Aumua Ioane
Gaga'emauga No. 1	Sala Suivai
Gaga'emauga No. 2	Fa'aso'otauloa Pualagi
Gaga'emauga No. 3	Seumuli Kurene
Gaga'ifomauga No. 1	Lavea Lio
Gaga'ifomauga No. 2	Malaitai Magasiva
Gaga'ifomauga No. 3	Tauaanae Fatu
Individual Voters	George Lober
	Ron Berking	Berking was murdered in 1980. Jack Netzler won the subsequent by-election
Lefaga & Falease'ela	Le Mamea Ropati
Lepa	Fatialofa Momo'e	Momo'e died in 1980. The subsequent by-election was won by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Lotofaga	Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa
Palauli East	Autagavaia Tisena
Palauli-le-Falefa	Le Tagaloa Pita	Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Pita lost the subsequent by-election to Mapuilesua Pelenato[2]
Palauli West	Vaovasamanaia Filipo
Safata	Muliagatele Vena	Result annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Vena lost the subsequent by-election to Tuiloma Pule Lameko[2]
Sagaga-le-Falefa	Aiono Nonumalo Sofara
Sagaga-le-Usoga	Taliaoa Maoama
Salega	Leilua Manuao
Satupa'itea	Asiata Solomona
Siumu	Tuuu Faletoese
Va'a-o-Fonoti	Ulualofaiga Talamaivao Niko
Vaimauga East	Fuataga Laulu
Vaimauga West	Tofaeono Tile
	Toomalatai Siaki
Vaisigano No. 1	Va'ai Kolone
Vaisigano No. 2	Lesatele Rapi	Rapi died in 1979. The subsequent by-election was won by Matautia Fanolua
Source: Samoa Election Results Database[3]

References

1. Western Samoa MP: Elected, erected, ejected Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1981, p36
2. As you were in W Samoa? Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1979, p22
3. Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database