Martial Iorss

Martial Iorss (12 January 1891 – 7 May 1966)[1] was French Polynesian politician. He served as a member of the Territorial Assembly between 1953 and 1957.

Martial Iorss
Member of the Territorial Assembly for Papeete
In office
1953–1957
Personal details
Born12 January 1891
Taiohae, French Polynesia
Died7 May 1966(1966-05-07) (aged 75)
Papeete, French Polynesia

Biography

Iorss was born Taiohae in 1891.[2] He studied in Papeete and worked as a teacher in Mataiea for two years,[1] before moving into commerce.[2] After four years of military service during World War I he returned to commerce.[1] In 1929 he was appointed Chief Clerk in the court system, a role he held until 1940.[1] He was president of the Racing Society between 1929 and 1933 and the Yacht Club from 1932 until 1940 and also headed the Society of Tahitian Youth.[1]

Iorss was elected to the Territorial Assembly in the Papeete constituency in the 1953 elections as a representative of the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance.[3] He served until 1957.

In 1961 he published a book on Tahitian grammar. He died in May 1966 at his home in the Paofai area of Papeete.[4][1]

References
  1. Publications de la Société des océanistes, Issue 36, p272
  2. La Présidence de la Polynésie Française Assembly of French Polynesia
  3. Composition de l’assemblée territoriale Assembly of French Polynesia
  4. Mr. Martial Iorss Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1966, p157
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