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Choiseul/Shortlands constituency

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Choiseul/Shortlands
Former single-member constituency
for the Governing Council of the Solomon Islands
Former constituency
Created1970
Abolished1973
Created fromNorth Western Solomons
Replaced byChoiseul
Shortlands/Vella Lavella

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

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Term MP Party
1970–1973 Remesio Eresi

Election results

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1970

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1970 general election
Candidate Party Votes
Remesio Eresi 778
Binet Gadebeta 520
Moses Puibangara Pitakaka 506
John Macdonald 173
Total 2,140
Registered voters 3,353
Source: Election Passport

References

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  1. ^ Solomon Islands Election Passport