Sir Frederick Tutu Goodwin, KBE, is the Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands.
Goodwin joined the Cook Islands Police in 1956. He served as a constable, then joined the New Zealand Police Force for a short time, before returning to the Cook Islands, where he eventually rose to the rank of Police Superintendent.[1]
He was elected to the Cook Islands Parliament at the 1978 election, representing the seat of Te Au O Tonga for the Democratic Party.[1] He served as assistant minister of energy and works in the government of Tom Davis.[1] He then worked as a public servant, before being appointed as Queen's Representative in 2001.[1] He was appointed KBE in 2004.[2]
The term of appointment for the Queen's Representative is set at three years by Article
3(2) of the Constitution of the Cook Islands, and the office holder may from time to time
be reappointed [3] Goodwin was formally reappointed by the Queen of New Zealand for a second three-year term as Queen's Representative in 2004, a third term in 2007, and a fourth term in July 2010 [4]. It was alleged in in August 2010 that the warrant of Appointment for the reappointment of Sir Frederick had not been forwarded to the Cook Islands Government by the Governor General of New Zealand and as a result the Queen's Representative was unable to carry out his duties and was unable to attend the celebrations to mark the Constitution week.[5][6]. However, the warrant of appointment was effective from the date contained in it, which is 27
July 2010, and not when it was received and countersigned by the Prime Minister of the
Cook Islands (in August 2010). It is the Queen of New Zealand who has the constitutional
role to appoint the Queen's Representative, so the only signature, and therefore date,
that matters is her one - done in July 2010.
Under Article 7(1) of the Constitution of the Cook Islands, whenever the office of Queen's Representative is vacant or the holder of that office is absent from the Cook Islands or is for any reason unable to perform any functions conferred on him by law, those functions are performed by the Chief Justice of the Cook Islands[7]
Goodwin's sister-in-law is MP and Deputy Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament Cassey Eggelton.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Goodwin confirmed as QR: 25 years after meeting the Queen, he's her representative". Cook Islands News. 2001-02-07.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Queen's Representatives in the Cook Islands". Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ "Constitution of the Cook Islands". Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "CIA World factbook".
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help); Text "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cw.html" ignored (help) - ^ "QR's warrant expires". Cook Islands News. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "QR returns". Cook Islands News. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Constitution of the Cook Islands". Retrieved 2011-01-13.
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