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Kura Strickland

Kura Strickland

Cook Islands politician

Kura Strickland OBE (December 1929 – 31 January 2014) was a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Strickland was born on Aitutaki and worked for the Cook Islands Trading Company and as a public servant[1] before being elected to Parliament as one of the members for the multi-member seat of Aitutaki.[2] He subsequently represented the seat of Amuri–Ureia. He was later elevated to Cabinet.[1]

He was promoted to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1994 New Year Honours.[3] He died in January 2014 of prostate cancer.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Ben Chapman-Smith (4 February 2014). "PM Puna honours former politicians". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Puna, Ngereteina (1979). "Chapter 18: The Campaign: Aitutaki Constituency". In Ron Crocombe (ed.). Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story. Auckland: Polynesian Press. p. 191. ISBN 0-908597-002.
  3. [3]
    New Zealand list: "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 36.
  4. [4]
    "Care giver slams CIP Government" (PDF). Cook Islands Herald. 26 March 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2020.


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