Tamarua (electorate)

Tamarua
Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Region	Mangaia
Current constituency
Created	1981
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Tetangi Matapo
Created from	Mangaia

Tamarua is a Cook Islands electoral division, with one representative in the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Tetangi Matapo, who has held the seat since winning a by-election in 2013.

The electorate consists of the district of Tamarua on the island of Mangaia. It was created in 1981, when the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980-1981 adjusted electorate boundaries and split the electorate of Mangaia into three.

Members of Parliament for Tamarua

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Cook Islands Party/meta/color" |	1994, 1999, 2004, 2006	Mii Parima	Cook Islands Party
style="background-color: Template:Cook Islands Party/meta/color" |	2009, 2010	Pukeiti Pukeiti	Cook Islands Party
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Cook Islands)/meta/color" |	2013, 2014, 2018	Tetangi Matapo	Democratic Party