Michael Ala

Michael Ala (30 March 1923 – 4 January 1985) was a Vanuatuan medical practitioner, clergyman and politician. He served as a member of the Advisory Council from 1964 to 1975.

Biography Ala was born in Saranambuga in Ambae in 1923. He was educated at the Melanesian Mission School at Pawa in the Solomon Islands and Queen Victoria School in Fiji. He later became an Anglican priest.

In 1962 he became the first chairman of Ambae local council, He was re-elected in direct elections in 1969, representing the constituency of Ambae, Banks and Torres Islands. He was awarded an MBE in the 1971 Birthday Honours. He contested the Ambae–Maevo constituency in the 1975 elections as an independent, but failed to be elected. He later joined the Vanua'aku Pati. He died on Ambae in January 1985 at the age of 62.