Martial Iorss (12 January 1891 – 7 May 1966) was a

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of Frenc ...

n politician. He served as a member of the

Territorial Assembly A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

between 1953 and 1957.

Biography

Iorss was born Taiohae in 1891.La Présidence de la Polynésie Française
Assembly of French Polynesia He studied 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 ...

and worked as a teacher in

Mataiea Mataiea is an associated commune on the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia. It is the administrative centre of the commune of Teva I Uta.

for two years, before moving into commerce. After four years of military service during World War I he returned to commerce. In 1929 he was appointed Chief Clerk in the court system, a role he held until 1940. 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.''Publications de la Société des océanistes'', Issue 36, p272 Iorss was elected to the

in the Papeete constituency in the

1953 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1953. Africa * 1953 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election * 1953 South African general election * 1953 Southern Rhodesian federation referendum * 1953 South-West African legislative election ...

as a representative of the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance.Composition de l’assemblée territoriale
Assembly of French Polynesia He served until

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

. In 1961 he published a book on Tahitian grammar. He died in May 1966 at his home in the Paofai area of Papeete.Mr. Martial Iorss
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', August 1966, p157

References

1891 births People from Nuku Hiva French Polynesian schoolteachers French Polynesian businesspeople French military personnel of World War I French civil servants Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia 1966 deaths {{FrenchPolynesia-politician-stub