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The Overseas seat was a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. It was abolished in 2003. The electorate was created in 1981 by the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980-1981 and covered "The islands comprising New Zealand and all other areas outside the Cook Islands". It was established to provide representation for the growing number of Cook Islanders temporarily living abroad, especially in New Zealand, who previously had had to fly home to vote. At the time it was created, roughly 24,000 Cook Islanders lived overseas, versus 22,000 in the Cook Islands, and their votes had been crucial in deciding the 1978 election. The creation of a specific seat was seen as a way of both providing for and limiting their influence.

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  • The Overseas seat was a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. It was abolished in 2003. The electorate was created in 1981 by the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980-1981 and covered "The islands comprising New Zealand and all other areas outside the Cook Islands". It was established to provide representation for the growing number of Cook Islanders temporarily living abroad, especially in New Zealand, who previously had had to fly home to vote. At the time it was created, roughly 24,000 Cook Islanders lived overseas, versus 22,000 in the Cook Islands, and their votes had been crucial in deciding the 1978 election. The creation of a specific seat was seen as a way of both providing for and limiting their influence. The electorate was always controversial; the first person elected to it, Fanaura Kingstone, had planned to resign from it the day after she was elected. She changed her mind when she was appointed to Cabinet. Cook Islanders voted on its future as part of the 1994 Cook Islands referendum but voted to retain it by 56 to 43 percent. In 2002 2,000 people signed a petition calling for its abolition, along with other reforms; the same year a survey on Rarotonga found strong support for abolition. In April 2003 the Cook Islands Parliament passed the Constitution Amendment (No. 26) Act 2003 abolishing the seat. A savings clause allowed the incumbent, Joe Williams, to retain his seat until the end of the Parliamentary term. (en)
  • La circonscription outre-mer (overseas constituency) était une circonscription électorale des îles Cook, créée en 1981 suite à l'amendement constitutionnel no 9. Seuls les Cookiens installés à l'étranger depuis moins de trois ans pouvaient y élire leur représentant. Jusqu'alors, tout expatrié pouvait certes participer aux élections mais à condition de se rendre au bureau de vote des îles Cook où il était inscrit, la loi électorale n'ayant pas prévu le vote par correspondance. Bien que ces "électeurs volant" (fly-in voters) devaient dans l'absolu financer eux-mêmes le coût de leur transport, c'était généralement les deux principaux partis politiques (Cook Islands Party ou Democratic party) qui prenaient en charge ces frais sur leurs fonds propres, ou comme ce fut le cas en 1978 pour le CIP, avec de l'argent public (cf. Affaire des électeurs volants). Les expatriés qui en profitaient pour passer des vacances à peu de frais au pays, votaient pour le parti qui leur avait financé le voyage. Cette réforme électorale avait donc pour objectif premier de mettre fin aux abus. En 2003, ce siège fut finalement aboli. La raison invoquée fut le petit nombre d'inscrits sur les listes électorales, à peine 1200, sur les quelque 80 000 ultra-marins qui vivaient alors en Nouvelle-Zélande ou en Australie. Joe Williams bien qu'étant élu sur cette circonscription, vota lui-même sa suppression. (fr)
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  • The Overseas seat was a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. It was abolished in 2003. The electorate was created in 1981 by the Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1980-1981 and covered "The islands comprising New Zealand and all other areas outside the Cook Islands". It was established to provide representation for the growing number of Cook Islanders temporarily living abroad, especially in New Zealand, who previously had had to fly home to vote. At the time it was created, roughly 24,000 Cook Islanders lived overseas, versus 22,000 in the Cook Islands, and their votes had been crucial in deciding the 1978 election. The creation of a specific seat was seen as a way of both providing for and limiting their influence. (en)
  • La circonscription outre-mer (overseas constituency) était une circonscription électorale des îles Cook, créée en 1981 suite à l'amendement constitutionnel no 9. Seuls les Cookiens installés à l'étranger depuis moins de trois ans pouvaient y élire leur représentant. Jusqu'alors, tout expatrié pouvait certes participer aux élections mais à condition de se rendre au bureau de vote des îles Cook où il était inscrit, la loi électorale n'ayant pas prévu le vote par correspondance. Bien que ces "électeurs volant" (fly-in voters) devaient dans l'absolu financer eux-mêmes le coût de leur transport, c'était généralement les deux principaux partis politiques (Cook Islands Party ou Democratic party) qui prenaient en charge ces frais sur leurs fonds propres, ou comme ce fut le cas en 1978 pour le CIP, (fr)
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  • Circonscription outre-mer (îles Cook) (fr)
  • Overseas (Cook Islands electorate) (en)
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