Marcel Hart
Marcel Hart | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Territorial Assembly | |
| In office 1962–1969 | |
| Succeeded by | Sam Koua |
| Constituency | Leeward Islands |
| Mayor of Uturoa | |
| In office 1959–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Marcel Tixier |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Brotherson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1909 Papeete, French Oceania |
| Died | 27 January 1969 (aged 59) |
| Political party | Tahitian Democratic Union |
Marcel Hart (5 July 1909 – 27 January 1969) was a French Polynesian politician. He became Mayor of Uturoa in 1959 and a member of the Territorial Assembly in 1962, holding both positions until his death in 1969.
Biography
Hart was born in Papeete in 1909.[1] He was a shipowner, owning Tamarii Raiatea until 1966, when he replaced it with Temehani.[1]
He entered politics in 1946, becoming a member of the municipal council of Uturoa. In 1959 he was elected mayor of the town.[1] In the 1962 elections he was elected to the Territorial Assembly in the Leeward Islands constituency, representing the Tahitian Democratic Union.[2] He was re-elected in 1967, the same year in which his wife Alice died.[3]
In January 1969 Hart died in an industrial accident; while visiting a road-building site, he began operating a bulldozer and a ground collapse led to it falling into a ravine.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Publications de la Société des océanistes, Issue 36, p251
- ^ Les élus de l’assemblée territoriale Assembly of French Polynesia
- ^ a b Mr. Marcel Hart Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1969, p130