Joseph Quesnot
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Joseph Quesnot | |
|---|---|
| Senator for French Oceania | |
| In office 22 December 1946 – 31 March 1949 | |
| Preceded by | None (position established) |
| Succeeded by | Robert Lassalle-Séré |
| President of the Assembly of French Polynesia | |
| In office 11 March 1946 – 31 March 1949 | |
| Preceded by | None (position established) |
| Succeeded by | Jean Millaud |
| Preceded by | 31 March 1949 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1895[1] |
| Died | 31 March 1949[2] At sea, on board the cargo liner Éridan |
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 cargo liner Eridan in 1949 while returning to France.[4][5] A street in Papeete was later named after him.[6]
