Marcel Hart (5 July 1909 – 27 January 1969) was a
French Polynesia
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n politician. He became Mayor of Uturoa in 1959 and a member of the
Territorial Assembly
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in 1962, holding both positions until his death in 1969.
Biography
Hart was born in
Papeete
Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeete'', pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The Communes of France, commune of Papeete is located on the isl ...
in 1909.
[''Publications de la Société des océanistes, Issue 36'', p251] He was a shipowner, owning ''Tamarii Raiatea'' until 1966, when he replaced it with ''Temehani''.
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He entered politics in 1946, becoming a member of the municipal council of Uturoa. In 1959 he was elected mayor of the town.][ In the 1962 elections he was elected to the Territorial Assembly in the Leeward Islands constituency, representing the Tahitian Democratic Union.Les élus de l’assemblée territoriale]
Assembly of French Polynesia He was re-elected in 1967
Events
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, the same year in which his wife Alice died.[
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.][Mr. Marcel Hart]
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', March 1969, p130
References
1909 births
People from Papeete
Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia
Mayors of places in French Polynesia
1969 deaths
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