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1941 Western Samoan general election
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General elections were held in Western Samoa on 5 November 1941.[1]
Electoral system
Two Europeans were elected from a single two-seat constituency. Voting was restricted to European and mixed European-Samoans aged 21 or over.[2] A total of 578 people registered to vote, including around a hundred German nationals, whose right to vote in the election was confirmed by the New Zealand government.[3]
Campaign
It was reported in October 1941 that the two incumbent members Charles Dawson and Olaf Frederick Nelson would not stand; Nelson due to ill-health and Dawson having left the Samoa.[4] However, Nelson did eventually contest the elections, alongside former MLCs Alfred Smyth and Arthur Williams, the shop manager Percy Glover and Amando Stowers, a planter and leader of the Labour Party.[3][1]
Results
References
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