Ross Cain

Ross Melvin Cain (2 January 1957 – 5 January 2011) was a Nauruan politician. He served a speaker of parliament in 2003.

The Honourable Ross Cain MP
Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru
In office 13 March 2003 – 6 May 2003
Preceded by	Vassal Gadoengin
Succeeded by	Godfrey Thoma
Member of the Nauruan Parliament for Boe
In office 1998–2003
Preceded by	Clinton Benjamin
Succeeded by	Baron Waqa
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-02)2 January 1957
Died	5 January 2011(2011-01-05) (aged 54)

Biography

Ross Cain was born on 2 January 1957. He was of the Iruwa tribe.^[1]

Cain was elected to the Parliament of Nauru in a by-election in the Boe Constituency held on 21 February 1998.^[2] He was re-elected in the 8 April 2000 election.^[3] Following this election, René Harris was re-elected as president. Ludwig Scotty was elected as speaker of parliament and Cain was elected as deputy speaker. On 18 April, Scotty and Cain resigned from their positions as speaker and deputy speaker respectively, as a result of a factional divide led by President Harris and former president Bernard Dowiyogo. The two were re-elected on 19 April.^[4][5]

On 1 June 2001, President Harris appointed Cain as minister for works and home affairs.^[6] On 19 June, Harris additionally appointed Cain as minister for foreign affairs.^[7] On 20 June, acting president Aloysius Amwano additionally appointed Cain as minister for health, sports, justice, and natural resources.^[8]

President Harris was ousted by Dowiyogo in January 2003. Cain had lost his ministerial appointments under President Dowiyogo. Vassal Gadoengin, who was elected speaker in 2002, resigned in January 2003.^[9][10] On 12 March 2003, after nearly two months of stalemate in the parliament, Cain was elected speaker.^[11] He took office on 13 March.^[9] On 27 March, as speaker, Cain dissolved the Fourteenth Parliament of the Republic of Nauru.^[12] He was defeated for re-election in the resultant 2003 parliamentary election.^[13]

Cain died on 5 January 2011.^[14]

References

1. Leyden, R. S. (12 January 1957). "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (2): 3.
2. Emiu, Kelly D. (23 February 1998). "DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (18): 2.
3. Batsiua, Mathew (8 April 2000). "GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2000" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (26): 3.
4. "ELECTIONS HELD IN 2000". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
5. The Far East and Australasia 2004. 2003. p. 825. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
6. Harris, Rene (4 June 2001). "ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (32): 1.
7. Harris, Rene R. (20 June 2001). "ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (37): 2.
8. Amwano, Aloysius (20 June 2001). "ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (39): 1.
9. Blair, Jonny (6 August 2019). "Plaque entitled "Speakers of Parliament" in Yaren, Nauru, in the photo album Nauru: Yaren, The Capital City". Flickr. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
10. "NAURU FINDS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT". Pacific Islands Report. 14 March 2003. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
11. "Nauru Parliament breaks Speaker stalemate". ABC News. 12 March 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
12. Cain, Ross (3 April 2003). "DISSOLUTION OF FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (24): 1.
13. Star, Tamaiti Willie (5 May 2003). "GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2003" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (35): 4.
14. Cain, Michael B. (2 March 2011). "BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES" (PDF). Republic of Nauru Government Gazette (22): 5.