David Tome is a Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

 politician.

Described as a "former agriculturist turned teacher", he was an independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 candidate for the Baegu/Asifola seat in the August 2010 general election

Solomon Islands general election, 2010

A general election was held in the Solomon Islands on 4 August 2010. In May 2010, Prime Minister Derek Sikua announced that the election would be held on 4 August, however, this announcement was deemed to be premature, as only the Governor General has the authority to announce the election date...

, and finished second of fourteen candidates, with 16.3% of the vote; he was defeated by the incumbent, independent MP Toswel Kaua

Toswel Kaua

Toswel Kaua was a Solomon Islands politician, several times Cabinet minister, and Deputy Prime Minister from May to November 2007....

. Kaua died three months later, and Tome won the resulting bye-election in March 2011

Baegu-Asifola bye-election, 2011

A bye-election was held in the Baegu-Asifola constituency in Solomon Islands on March 30, 2011. The election followed the death of MP Toswel Kaua, an Independent, who had first won the seat in April 2006, and held it in the August 2010 general election....

, with 21.4% of the vote.