Maneto Kuradal
Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1961–1964
Personal details
Died5 June 1967
Kundiawa, Papua and New Guinea

Maneto Kuradal, also known as Maneto Tokuradal (died 5 June 1967), was a Papua New Guinean politician and trade unionist. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964.

Biography

Originally from Reimber in East New Britain, Kuradal was educated in a Catholic mission.[1] He moved to Madang in 1957.[1] In 1960 he became the first secretary of the Madang branch of the Papua and New Guinea Workers' Association.[1]

Kuradal was appointed to the Legislative Council as a representative of Madang by Administrator Donald Cleland following the 1961 elections.[2] He did not contest the 1964 elections. Kuradal served as president of the Madang Workers' Association between 1963 and 1965.[1] He worked as a local government assistant for the Department of District Administration.[2]

He died in a road accident on the Highlands Highway near Kundiawa in June 1967.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Michael Stevenson (1986) Wokmani: work, money and discontent in Melanesia, p94
  2. 1 2 3 NG elections Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1961, p144
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