Joseph Quesnot

Joseph Quesnot
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]; Béziers, France[1]
Died	31 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

"Joseph QUESNOT". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
"QUESNOT Joseph". Sénat de france. Archived from the original on 17 September 2022.
"ABOUT ISLANDS PEOPLE". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XVII, no. 10. 19 May 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
"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.
"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.
"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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[ANBio-1] "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.