Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Post-World War II – transition to independence===
The formation of the United Nations after World War II resulted in the [[United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization]] committing to a process of decolonisation; as a consequence, the British colonies in the Pacific started on a path to [[self-determination]].<ref name="TAHES">{{cite book |first1=Enele |last1=Sapoaga |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Laracy |title=Tuvalu: A History |year=1983 |publisher=University of the South Pacific/Government of Tuvalu |pages=146–152 |chapter=Chapter 19, Post-War Development}}</ref><ref name="MG2">{{cite journal |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Michael |title=The Colonial and Postcolonial Roots of Ethnonationalism in Tuvalu |jstor=41705922 |year=2012 |journal=The Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=121 |issue=2 |pages=129–150 |doi=10.15286/jps.121.2.129-150 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

In 1974, the ministerial government was introduced to the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]] Colony through a change to the Constitution. In that year a general election was held,<ref name="E1974">{{cite book |title=General election, 1974: report / Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony |year=1974 |publisher=Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Tarawa: Central Government Office}}</ref> and a [[1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum|referendum was held in 1974]] to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration.<ref name=N>Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p831 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}</ref> As a consequence of the referendum, separation occurred in two stages. The Tuvaluan Order 1975, which took effect on 1 October 1975, recognised Tuvalu as a separate [[Crown Colony]] with its own government.<ref name="PIM175-5">{{cite web |last= |first= |work=46(5) Pacific Islands Monthly |title=Ellice goes it alone on October 1 |date=1 May 1975 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-334718231/view?sectionId=nla.obj-338653913&partId=nla.obj-334743035#page/n88/mode/1up |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002100604/https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-334718231/view?sectionId=nla.obj-338653913&partId=nla.obj-334743035#page/n88/mode/1up |url-status=live}}</ref> The second stage occurred on 1 January 1976, when separate administrations were created out of the civil service of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.<ref name="TAHTito">{{cite book |first1=Tito |last1=Isala |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Laracy |title=Tuvalu: A History |year=1983 |publisher=University of the South Pacific/Government of Tuvalu |chapter=Chapter 20, Secession and Independence}}</ref>{{rp|169}}<ref name="TPBN">{{cite journal |first=W. David |last=McIntyre |title=The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands |url=http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-7-1-2012-McIntyre.pdf |year=2012 |volume=7 |issue=1 |journal=Island Studies Journal |pages=135–146 |doi=10.24043/isj.266 |s2cid=130336446 |access-date=16 December 2012 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202095641/https://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-7-1-2012-McIntyre.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1976, Tuvalu adopted the [[Tuvaluan dollar]], whose currency circulates alongside the [[Australian dollar]],<ref name="DP">{{cite journal |author=Bowman, Chakriya |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/156690629.pdf |title=Pacific island countries and dollarisation |journal=Pacific Economic Bulletin |volume=19 |year=2004 |issue=3 |pages=115–132 |access-date=21 March 2024 |archive-date=31 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331023006/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/156690629.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ECR>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Exchange Control Regulations - 2008 Revised Edition CAP. 38.15.1 |work=Government of Tuvalu |date=2008 |url=http://tuvalu.tradeportal.org/media//ExchangeControlRegulations_1.pdf |access-date=2 March 2024 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301234136/http://tuvalu.tradeportal.org/media//ExchangeControlRegulations_1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> which was previously adopted in 1966.

Elections to the House of Assembly of the British Colony of Tuvalu were held on 27 August 1977, with [[Toaripi Lauti]] being appointed chief minister in the House of Assembly of the Colony of Tuvalu on 1 October 1977. The House of Assembly was dissolved in July 1978, with the government of Toaripi Lauti continuing as a [[caretaker government]] until the 1981 elections were held.<ref name="IPU81">{{cite web |work=Inter-Parliamentary Union |title=Palamene o Tuvalu (Parliament of Tuvalu) |year=1981 |url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/TUVALU_1981_E.PDF |access-date=7 March 2013 |archive-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825142051/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/TUVALU_1981_E.PDF |url-status=live}}</ref>