General elections were held in Western Samoa on 28 April 1948,[1] the first to the new Legislative Assembly.
However, the meetings were inconclusive, and instead a list of 31 names was given to the three fautua, Mataʻafa, Malietoa and Tamasese to choose from.
[3] The new Legislative Assembly was opened on 2 June 1948 with a ceremony at Mulinuʻu involving the new national flag being formally raised for the first time.
[6] After the death of Fautua Mataʻafa Faumuina Fiame Mulinuʻu I in 1948, the Fono requested that they be allowed to elect a twelfth member to replace him.
This was authorised by the Samoa Amendment Act 1949, and Gatoloai Peseta Sio was elected by the Fono to be the twelfth member on 1 April 1950.