Ron Berking
Appearance
Ron Berking | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1979–1980 | |
Succeeded by | Jack Netzler |
Constituency | Individual Voters |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 September 1933 |
Died | 27 September 1980 Taufusi, Western Samoa | (aged 47)
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Ronald Gerd Berking (2 September 1933 – 27 September 1980)[1] was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1979 until his death the following year.
Biography
[edit]Berking was born in 1933, the son of Anna Lefagaoalii Saffings and German immigrant Rudolf Peter Berkings. He married Christina Ripley and the couple had nine children.[2] He entered business and was manager of the Samoa Tropical Products firm.[3] He contested the Individual Voters constituency in the 1979 elections and was elected to the Legislative Assembly,[4] becoming a member of the opposition Human Rights Protection Party.
In September 1980 he was killed in an altercation at his office.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Ronald Gerd Berking Billion Graves
- ^ Ronald Gerd Berking Billion Graves
- ^ a b Ron Berking Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1980, p73
- ^ Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database