Albert Nicholas (born 9 May 1951) is a Cook Islands

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

 politician and former member of the Cook Islands Parliament

Parliament of the Cook Islands

The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand colonial rule, it became the national legislature on independence in 1965....

 for the seat of the seat of Avatiu/Ruatonga.

Nicholas was born on Rarotonga

Rarotonga

Rarotonga is the most populous island of the Cook Islands, with a population of 14,153 , out of the country's total population of 19,569.The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings and international airport are on Rarotonga...

 and educated at St Joseph primary school and Tereora College. He was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Alliance Party in the 1994 election

Cook Islands general election, 1994

General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 24 March 1994 to elect 25 MPs to the Parliament. The election was a landslide victory for the Cook Islands Party, which won 20 seats. The Democratic Party won three seats, and the newly-established Alliance Party two....

. He was re-elected in 1999 as a member of the New Alliance Party

New Alliance Party (Cook Islands)

The New Alliance Party was a political party in the Cook Islands. The party was led by Norman George, and was a continuation of his Alliance Party....

, but switched allegiance to the Cook Islands Party

Cook Islands Party

The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the Islands' politics since 1965....

 later that year.

Nicholas left the CIP in July 2010 following a dispute about candidate selection, and founded the Party Tumu

Party Tumu

The Party Tumu is a political party in the Cook Islands. It was founded in July 2010 by Cook Islands Party MP Albert Nicholas after a split over candidate selection...

. He stood under that party's banner in the 2010 election

Cook Islands general election, 2010

General elections were held in the Cook Islands on 17 November 2010 in order to elect 24 MPs to the Cook Islands Parliament. The elections were won by the Cook Islands Party, which won 16 of the 24 seats...

, but was unsuccessful.

External links

• Profile at Cook Islands Parliament.