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 ConstituencyMemberNotesA'ana Alofi No. 1Leaupepetele TaoipuLeaupepe PitaA'ana Alofi No. 2Tufuga EfiA'ana Alofi No. 3Tuigamala SaofaigaAiga-i-le-TaiMulipola LevaulaAlataua WestNonumalo FaigaAleipata Itupa-i-LaloLetiu TamatoaAleipata Itupa-i-LugaTaua Latu LomeAnoamaa EastFaamatuainu T. MaileiAnoamaa WestLeota Leuluaiali'i Ituau AleDismissed in September 1981Western Samoa MP: Elected, erected, ejected Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1981, p36Fa'asaleleaga No. 1Seumanu Aita Ah WaTofilau Eti AlesanaFa'asaleleaga No. 2Asi EikeniFa'asaleleaga No. 3Toleafoa TalitimuTalitimu died in 1980. Leulu Laifaga won the subsequent by-electionFa'asaleleaga No. 4Aiiloilo SuaFalealiliFuimaono MimioTuatagaloa FetuFalealupoAeau TaulupooFaleata EastFaumuina AnapapaFalelatai & SamatauAumua IoaneGaga'emauga No. 1Sala SuivaiGaga'emauga No. 2Fa'aso'otauloa PualagiGaga'emauga No. 3Seumuli KureneGaga'ifomauga No. 1Lavea LioGaga'ifomauga No. 2Malaitai MagasivaTauaanae FatuIndividual VotersGeorge LoberRon BerkingBerking was murdered in 1980. Jack Netzler won the subsequent by-electionLefaga & Falease'elaLe Mamea RopatiLepaFatialofa Momo'eMomo'e died in 1980. The subsequent by-election was won by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele MalielegaoiLotofagaPalauli EastAutagavaia TisenaPalauli-le-FalefaLe Tagaloa PitaResult annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Pita lost the subsequent by-election to Mapuilesua PelenatoAs you were in W Samoa? Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1979, p22Palauli WestVaovasamanaia FilipoSafataMuliagatele VenaResult annulled in May 1979 due to bribery; Vena lost the subsequent by-election to Tuiloma Pule LamekoSagaga-le-FalefaAiono Nonumalo SofaraSagaga-le-UsogaTaliaoa MaoamaSalegaLeilua ManuaoSatupa'iteaAsiata SolomonaSiumuTuuu FaletoeseVa'a-o-FonotiUlualofaiga Talamaivao NikoVaimauga EastFuataga LauluVaimauga WestTofaeono TileToomalatai SiakiVaisigano No. 1Va'ai KoloneVaisigano No. 2Lesatele RapiRapi died in 1979. The subsequent by-election was won by Matautia FanoluaSource: Samoa Election Results Database
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