Joseph Quesnot
Senator for French Oceania
In office
22 December 1946 – 31 March 1949
Preceded byNone (position established)
Succeeded byRobert Lassalle-Séré
President of the Assembly of French Polynesia
In office
11 March 1946 – 31 March 1949
Preceded byNone (position established)
Succeeded byJean Millaud
Preceded by31 March 1949
Personal details
Born25 September 1895[1]
Béziers, France[1]
Died31 March 1949[2]

Joseph Quesnot (25 September 1895—31 March 1949) was a French politician who served as the first president of the Assembly of French Polynesia, and as a Senator.

Quesnot was born in Béziers and educated at the Lycée Vaucanson, though he did not complete his studies.[1] He moved to Tahiti, where he worked as an accountant, and as director of an import-export company.[1] He served as a municipal councillor in Papeete from 1933 to 1935, and as head of the chamber of commerce from 1933 to 1937.[1] He was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in 1945, and elected its first president in March 1946.[1] In December 1946 he was elected to the French Senate.[3]

He died at sea of a heart attack aboard the SS Eridan in 1949 while returning to France.[4][5] A street in Papeete was later named after him.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Joseph QUESNOT". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "QUESNOT Joseph". Sénat de france. Archived from the original on 17 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "ABOUT ISLANDS PEOPLE". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XVII, no. 10. 19 May 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "LOSS OF TAHITI PATRIOT". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XIX, no. 10. 1 May 1949. p. 29. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "TRIBUTES TO LATE SENATOR QUESNOT". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XIX, no. 11. 1 June 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Papeete Streets Renamed". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XXIII, no. 12. 1 July 1953. p. 104. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.


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