Ivirua (electorate)

Ivirua
Constituency for the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Region	Mangaia
Current constituency
Created	1981
Number of members	1
Member(s)	Agnes Armstrong
Created from	Mangaia

Ivirua is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Agnes Armstrong, who has held the seat since she won it in a by-election in 2019.

The electorate consists of the districts of Ivirua and Karanga 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

	Member	Party	Term
	Jim Marurai	NAP	16 June 1999 – 7 September 2004
	Jim Marurai	Democratic	7 September 2004 – 14 June 2018
	Anthony Toruariki Armstrong	Democratic	14 June 2018 – 1 August 2022
	Agnes Armstrong	Democratic	1 August 2022 – present

Electoral results

2018 Cook Islands general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony Toruariki Armstrong	52	61.2
	Cook Islands	Marion Harry	33	38.8
	Democratic hold

2014 Cook Islands general election (uncontested)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Marurai
	Democratic hold

2010 Cook Islands general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Marurai	60	92.3	+8.6
	Cook Islands	Moe Lucre	5	7.7
	Democratic hold		Swing	+8.6

2006 Cook Islands general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Marurai	82	83.7
	Cook Islands	Maara Peraua	16	16.3
	Democratic hold

2004 Cook Islands general election (uncontested)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Marurai
	Democratic hold