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Boundaries Commission to set new electoral boundaries [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 05:40.  Updated on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 18:40.

A Royal Constituency Boundaries Commission was established on Friday, December 11 to settle the electoral boundaries for the 2010 Elections.

A statement from the Lord Privy Seal yesterday, December 21 stated that HM King George Tupou V in Privy Council gave his consent for the establishment of the Commission.

The three-members Commission is made up of a Barrister and a former judge, Mr Gerard Thomas Winter; an economist and statistician, Hon. Cecil James Cocker; and a geographer/surveyor, Dr Sione Nailasikau Halatu'itu'ia.

The Commission has been scheduled to present a report to the King no later than June 30, 2010, and it will remain in operation until 2014.

Politics [2]
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