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Victoria University of Wellington. University of the South Pacific.
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Johnley Hatimoana
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A graduate of the University of Bradford in England, he became a school teacher and a trade unionist in the Solomons, eventually becoming General Secretary of the Solomon Islands National Teachers Association. As such, he negotiated improvements for working conditions and benefits for teachers. He was first elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands in a by-election in the Ngella constituency on 27 February 2013.
The by-election followed Liberal Member of Parliament Mark Kemakeza"s forced resignation from Parliament upon being convicted and gaoled for embezzlement.
Hatimoana was elected easily, seeing off a field of nine other candidates and obtaining more than twice as many votes as his closest competitor. He sat on the benches of the Opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo"s government.
Hatimoana was an Member of Parliament for less than fourteen months. On 17 April 2014 (a day of parliamentary sitting), he was taken suddenly ill with severe pneumonia, and died in hospital the following day.
Number by-election was needed to replace him, as the next general election was only a few months away.
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April 18, 2014 (aged 57) -
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Solomon Islands