John Plant Hoka
| John Plant Hoka | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 1967–1970 | |
| Constituency | Central Solomons |
John Plant Hoka was a Solomon Islands politician.
Biography
Hoka worked as a schoolteacher on Guadalcanal until leaving his job to promote Maasina Ruru, an anti-British movement.[1] When the Legislative Council was expanded from one to fourteen directly-elected seats in 1967, Hoka ran in the general elections that year in the Central Solomons constituency.[2] He was elected to the Council with 39% of the vote in the constituency.
The Central Solomons constituency was abolished prior to the 1970 elections to the new Governing Council. Hoka ran in the new Ngella/Savo/Russells constituency, but finished fourth in a field of five candidates.[2] He did not run for national office again.
References
- ↑ G. W. Trompf (1994) Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions, Cambridge University Press, p211
- 1 2 Solomon Islands Election Passport
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