Read the bio below and try to give details on ken fairweather 's: - party - constituency mp - primeminister - office - predecessor - term start - name Bio: ken fairweather is a papua new guinean politician . he was first elected to the national parliament in the 2007 general election , as independent mp for the sumkar open constituency in madang province , though he subsequently joined the people 's national congress party . his election was notable as he defeated jerry singirok to take the seat . -lrb- singirok was the commander of the papua new guinea defence force during the sandline affair of 1997 , when there were fears the army might overthrow prime minister julius chan 's government . -rrb- initially a government backbencher , he withdrew his support from sir michael somare 's coalition government in june 2010 , in protest over amendments to the '' environment act '' , which he said had been undemocratically '' bulldozed through parliament '' . under the amendments , if the authorities granted a company permission to exploit resources on particular lands , landowners would have no recourse to challenge the permit in court . fairweather said the amendments deprived the people of their rights , and would lead to harmful environmental damage ; environment and conservation minister benny allen responded that they were in the '' national interest '' . fairweather announced he would be sitting on parliament 's '' middle benches '' , rather than specifically joining the opposition . in january 2011 , he stood as candidate for the position of governor of madang province , to succeed to sir arnold amet , who had just been appointed attorney general and minister for justice . he was defeated by james gau , deputy minister for works , who obtained eighteen votes to fairweather 's eight in the provincial assembly . in april 2011 , amet organised a meeting in madang so that landowners potentially affected by a proposed pacific marine industrial zone could express their views and concerns to members of the government . as local mp , fairweather attended , and criticised the project , describing it as a '' con-job '' which would not benefit his constituents . he also...
- party is independent , then people 's national congress party- constituency mp is sumkar open- primeminister is peter o'neill- office is minister for housing & urban development- predecessor is andrew kumbakor mathew gubag- term start is 8 august 2011 6 august 2007- name is ken fairweather