He took part in the June 2010 parliamentary election, and came first in the Aiwo Constituency,[1] unseating Opposition MP Dantes Tsitsi.
[2] There are no political parties in Nauru, but nine MPs were aligned with president Marcus Stephen's incumbent government, while eight were members of the Opposition.
Dube had stood as an independent, campaigning on issues of interest to the citizens of his constituency.
Needing Dube's support to obtain an absolute majority in Parliament, the Stephen government promised to relocate the industry, and to examine the possibility of using new technologies to minimise the emission of phosphate dust during the drying process.
[4] Eventually, Dube stood for the presidency in a parliamentary secret ballot in November.