Laore had been a member of Prime MinisterDanny Philip's parliamentary majority.[2] When the date for the by-election was set, in mid-February, Philip was facing the threat of a motion of no confidence, seemingly having narrowly lost his majority in Parliament. Simultaneously, it was announced Parliament would reconvene on March 28, just prior to the election of Laore's successor, with expectations that a vote would be held on a motion of no confidence.[3][4]
There were four candidates. Christopher Laore, brother of Steve Laore, was elected with 1353 votes. Augustine Taneko, a former Member of Parliament, received 731. Pellion Buare obtained 111, while Joseph Isand Pitu received a single vote.[5]
2011, shortlands, election, election, held, shortlands, constituency, solomon, islands, march, 2011, election, followed, death, steve, laore, independent, elected, seat, first, term, 2010, general, election, died, just, twenty, days, later, august, laore, been. A by election was held in the Shortlands constituency in Solomon Islands on March 30 2011 1 The election followed the death of MP Steve Laore an Independent who was elected to the seat for his first term in the 2010 general election and died just twenty one days later on August 25 2 Laore had been a member of Prime Minister Danny Philip s parliamentary majority 2 When the date for the by election was set in mid February Philip was facing the threat of a motion of no confidence seemingly having narrowly lost his majority in Parliament Simultaneously it was announced Parliament would reconvene on March 28 just prior to the election of Laore s successor with expectations that a vote would be held on a motion of no confidence 3 4 There were four candidates Christopher Laore brother of Steve Laore was elected with 1353 votes Augustine Taneko a former Member of Parliament received 731 Pellion Buare obtained 111 while Joseph Isand Pitu received a single vote 5 Results editCandidateVotes Christopher Laore1 35361 61Augustine Taneko73133 29Pellion Buare1115 05Joseph Isang Pitu10 05Total2 196100 00Valid votes2 19699 82Invalid blank votes40 18Total votes2 200100 00Source 6 See also editList of Solomon Islands by electionsReferences edit GG Announces Bye election Dates Solomon Times 16 February 2011 Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 a b Solomons MP dies after election win Sydney Morning Herald August 26 2010 PM Claims 24 MPs Solomon Times 25 January 2011 Archived from the original on 21 September 2015 Date Set for 28th March Solomon Times 16 February 2011 Archived from the original on 18 March 2012 New MP for Shortlands Solomon Star 1 April 2011 Archived from the original on 19 March 2012 Wood Terence 1 May 2014 Solomon Islands Election Results 1967 2013 Social Science Research Network This article related to the politics of Oceania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2011 Shortlands by election amp oldid 1216088786, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
