Marcel Hart | |
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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.
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]
Marcel Hart | |
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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.
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]