Martial Iorss

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]