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- 1 2 Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (25 January 2021). "State funeral honours life of former M.P., Fiu Loimata II". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016" (PDF). Samoa Election Results Database. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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