Penrhyn (electorate)

Penrhyn is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Wilkie Rasmussen, who has held the seat since 2002.

The electorate consists of the atoll of Penrhyn.

Members of Parliament for Penrhyn

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
Tangaroa Tangaroa	Independent	1965, 1968	-	Joined new party
Tangaroa Tangaroa	Democrat	1972, 1974, 1978	1983	Unknown
Nihi Vini	Democrat	1989	-	Changed parties
Nihi Vini	Cook Islands Party	-	1994	Defeated
Tepure Tapaitau	Cook Islands Party	1994, 1999	-	Changed parties
Tepure Tapaitau	Independent	-	2002 byelection	Defeated in by-election
Wilkie Rasmussen	Cook Islands Party	2002 byelection, 2004	-	Changed parties
Wilkie Rasmussen	Democrat	2004, 2006	(incumbent)

2006 Cook Islands general election: Penrhyn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wilkie Rasmussen	Unopposed

2004 Cook Islands general election: Penrhyn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Cook Islands	Wilkie Rasmussen	103	52.3
	Democratic	Tepure Tapaitau	94	47.7
Turnout			197	102.1

2002 Penrhyn by-election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Cook Islands	Wilkie Rasmussen	104	51.0
	Independent	Tepure Tapaitau	100	49.0
Turnout			204

^ "Final results of the Cook Islands election 2006". Cook Islands Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
^ "GENERAL ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS: STATE OF THE PARTIES - to 13 September 2004". Cook Islands News. 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004.
^ "Rasmussen provisional winner in Cooks by-election". Radio New Zealand International. 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2010-02-07.