Leota Tima Leavai | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Falealupo | |
| In office 9 April 2021 – 9 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | A'eau Peniamina |
| Succeeded by | Fuiono Tenina Crichton |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Aeau Leota Tima Leavai (born ~1960)[1] is a Samoan lawyer and politician. She is the daughter of former MP A'eau Peniamina.[1]
Leavai is a lawyer who runs her own law firm.[2] She contested the April 2021 Samoan general election in her father's seat of Falealupo as a candidate for the Human Rights Protection Party,[2][3] and won the seat.[4] On 29 June 2021 the Samoa Observer reported that she planned to resign her seat and not run again, as part of the settlement of an electoral petition.[5] She formally resigned on 9 July.[6]
In June 2020 Leavai was awarded the Aeau title by her village.[1]
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- ^ a b c "Falealupo Bestows Aeau Title on Tima Leavai". Samoa Global News. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Falealupo Lady Candidate Warms Up For Election Run". Newsline Samoa. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (4 September 2020). "New candidate eyes the seat of Falealupo". Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (9 April 2021). "Leota Tima Leavai sweeps Falealupo votes". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (29 June 2021). "Female M.P. asked to resign, sit out by-election". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (9 July 2021). "Second woman resigns, forcing by-election". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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