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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Publications de la Société des océanistes, Issue 36, p272
  2. 1 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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