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Turi Wari

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Turi Wari
Member of the National Parliament
In office
1972–1977
Succeeded byPundia Kange
ConstituencyIalibu-Pangia Open
In office
1968–1972
Preceded byKoitaga Mano
ConstituencyIalibu Open
Personal details
Bornc. 1933
Ialibu, Papua
Died24 April 1987

Turi Wari (c. 1933 – 24 April 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1968 until 1977.

Biography

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Wari was born around 1933 in Ialibu in the Territory of Papua,[1] and was one of the first people in the area to come into contact with Europeans.[2] As a result, between 1955 and 1968 he worked as an interpreter for the Department of Native Affairs.[1] He married and had seven children.[3]

He contested the Ialibu seat in the 1964 general elections, finishing second to Koitaga Mano, although around 7,000 votes behind. In the 1968 elections Mano transferred to the Kendep-Tambul seat and Wari was elected from the Ialibu constituency.[4][3] He was re-elected from the renamed Ialibu-Pangia constituency in 1972 elections. However, he was heavily defeated in the 1977 elections, receiving just 150 of the 14,000 votes cast in the constituency.[5]

He died of cancer in April 1987, survived by two wives and several children.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Members of the Third House of Assembly, p54
  2. ^ a b Transitions Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1987, p50
  3. ^ a b Members of the Second House of Assembly, p15
  4. ^ Primary count details in New Guinea election Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1968, p29
  5. ^ Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972 – 2012 Development Policy Centre