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Patu Ativalu

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Patu Ativalu Togi II
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Vaimauga West
In office
6 May 2007 – 4 March 2011
Preceded bySililoto Tolo Tuaifaiva
In office
2 March 2001 – 31 March 2006
Succeeded byAnauli Pofitu Fesili
Personal details
Born7 September 1941
Died6 November 2019
Vaiala, Samoa
Political partySamoan Democratic United Party
Human Rights Protection Party

Patu Togi II Ativalu Vaimasanu’u Tunupopo (7 September 1941 — 6 November 2019)[1] was a Samoan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He was a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party and Human Rights Protection Party.

Patu was born in Vaiala.[1] He worked for the Samoa Ports Authority, as a teacher, and then as a police officer, eventually rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent.[1] He was a member of Samoa's rugby team at the 1963 South Pacific Games in Suva, Fiji.[1]

Ativalu was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party in the 2001 election, but he lost his seat at the 2006 election[2] He initially filed an election petition against the victorious candidate, Anauli Pofitu Fesili,[3] then dropped it.[4]

Following the death of Sililoto Tolo Tuaifaiva he contested and won the 2007 Vaimauga West by-election as a candidate for the Human Rights Protection Party.[5][6] After the by-election, he was accused of bribery and treating, as well as accepting a US$25,000 bribe for withdrawing an election petition against the winner in the 2006 election, Anauli Pofitu Fesili.[7] However, no election petition was filed.[8]

He lost his seat at the 2011 Samoan general election.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Soli Wilson (18 November 2019). "Patu Ativalu, a warrior for his church, village and nation laid to rest". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Patu Ativalu Togi II". Legislative Assembly of Samoa. Archived from the original on July 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  3. ^ "In Samoa - a former member of the opposition files a petition against an elected MP". RNZ. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Three of ten Samoan election petitions resolved fa'asamoa style". RNZ. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Former Samoan MP swaps sides to contest by-election". RNZ. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Former Samoa opposition MP wins by-election". RNZ. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "More bribery allegations filed in wake of last year's Samoa general election". RNZ. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Samoa by-election winner spared election petition". RNZ. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.