[1] Originally from the villages of Siumu and Vaito'omuli, he attended the Marist Brothers schools in Apia and Suva in Fiji.
[1] In 1943 Mauri was appointed to the Legislative Council by Administrator Alfred Turnbull,[4] and was reappointed following the 1944 elections.
[7] The Legislative Assembly was expended prior to the 1957 elections and Mauri was re-elected in Palauli East.
[9] When the office of Prime Minister was created later in the year, he was one of three candidates for the post, but was defeated by Fiame Mata'afa.
[13] He submitted a petition to the high court to have the result overturned, claiming that a death oath had been placed on voters by a local chief if Misimoa was not elected.