Hannibal Tavares

Hannibal Tavares
Mayor of Maui
In office
1979 – January 2, 1991
Preceded by Elmer F. Cravalho
Succeeded by Linda Lingle
Personal details
Born September 24, 1919
Makawao, Hawaii
Died January 17, 1998
Wailuku, Hawaii
Spouse(s) Harriet Tavares

Hannibal M. Tavares (September 24, 1919 – January 17, 1998) was an American politician. Tavares served as the Mayor of Maui from 1979 until 1991. He holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Mayor of Maui in history.[1]

Tavares was born in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii,[2] on September 24, 1919.

In 1978, Maui Mayor Elmer Cravalho won re-election for a second term.[3] However, Cravalho suddenly left office in 1979, only months after winning re-election.[3] The vacancy left by Cravalho's resignation necessitated a special mayoral election.[3] In October 1979, Hannibal Tavares won the special mayoral election to complete the remainder of Cravalho's term.[3]

Tavares went on to re-election and became Maui's longest serving Mayor to date.[3] Tavares retired from office on January 2, 1991, and was succeeded by Republican Linda Lingle.[3]

Tavares' daughter, Charmaine Tavares, served as the Mayor of Maui from January 2, 2007, to January 2, 2011.[4][5] Both are the descendants of Portuguese immigrants who settled in Hawaii.[5]

He died at Maui Memorial Hospital in Wailuku, Hawaii, on January 17, 1998, at the age of 78.[2] A resident of Kula, Maui, Tavares was survived by his wife, Harriet Y.T; three children - Charmaine Tavares and Sharon Klaschka, and Gary Tavares; three sisters - Helen Medeiros, Margaret Roberts and Sophie Stone; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Engledow, Jill (2006-07-01). "A Decade on Maui: On MNKO’s 10th anniversary, we look back at how our island has changed". Maui Magazine. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hannibal Tavares services Friday". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1998-01-21. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Other Hawai'i mayors who died in office". Honolulu Advertiser. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Mayoral candidate profiles for Maui". Lahaina News. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  5. 1 2 Kubota, Gary T. (2010-03-10). "Maui effort honors 2 ethnic groups". Honolulu Star-Bulletin (AllBusiness.com). Retrieved 2010-09-27.


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