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1957 French Polynesian legislative election

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1957 French Polynesian legislative election
French Polynesia
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All 30 seats in the Territorial Assembly
15 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
RPDT Pouvanaa a Oopa 45.64 17 −1
Tahitian Union Alfred Poroi 29.33 9 New
Cultivators 2.93 1 New
Social Action 2.69 1 New
UDSR 1.68 1 −4
Independents 8.37 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 3 November 1957 for the Territorial Assembly.[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People (RDPT) led by Pouvanaa a Oopa,[2] which won 17 of the 30 seats.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People10,07745.6417
Tahitian Union6,47529.339
Rally of Oceanic People1,3636.170
Cultivators of Tuamotu-Gambier6472.931
Independents of Social Action5932.691
France Tahiti3761.700
Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance3721.681
Peasants' Rally1030.470
Way of Tuamotu950.430
Rally of Marquesian People630.290
Producers of the Australs490.220
Marquesian Independents160.070
Independents1,8498.371
Total22,078100.0030
Valid votes22,07899.56
Invalid/blank votes980.44
Total votes22,176100.00
Source: Assembly of French Polynesia

Elected members

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Constituency Member Party
Austral Islands Matani Mooroa Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Mauri Tahuhuterani Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Leeward Islands Edwin Atger Independents of Social Action
Jean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Gaston Deane Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Pierre Hunter Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Tautu Oopa Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Marcel Tixier Tahitian Union
Marquesas Islands Henri Frébault Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
William Grelet Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
Tuamotu and Gambier Islands Ropa Colombel Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Jean Florisson Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Calixte Jouette Tahitian Union
André Porlier Cultivators of Tuamotu-Gambier
Windward Islands Rudy Bambridge Tahitian Union
Gérald Coppenrath Tahitian Union
Jacques Drollet Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Benjamin Céran-Jérusalémy Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Paul Bouzer Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Raymond Hopuare Tahitian Union
René Raphael Lagarde Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Georges Leboucher Tahitian Union
Benjamin Lehartel Tahitian Union
Charles Lehartel Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Pouvanaa a Oopa Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Alfred Poroi Tahitian Union
Nedo Salmon Tahitian Union
Jacques Tauraa Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
John Teariki Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People
Frantz Vanizette Independent
Source: Assembly of French Polynesia

Aftermath

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Following the elections, Jean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy was elected President of the Assembly on 10 December. A new government was formed later in the month,[1] including Walter Grand who had lost heavily in the Windward Islands constituency running on the France Tahiti list.[3]

Post Minister
Leader of the Government Pouvanaa a Oopa
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Economic Affairs Jacques Tauraa
Minister of Education Walter Grand
Minister of Finance Henri Bodin
Minister of Health René Raphael Lagarde
Minister of Public Works Pierre Hunter
Source: Pacific Islands Monthly

However, following protests about an income tax law, the government was sacked by Governor Camille Victor Bailly in April 1958. Bailly subsequently appointed a new government led by Alfred Poroi.[4]

Following the death of Tautu Oopa in 1961, his wife Céline won a by-election on 8 October 1961, becoming the first woman to sit in the Assembly.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b La chronologie Assembly of French Polynesia
  2. ^ Leftist Party Takes Over in French Polynesia Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1958, p21
  3. ^ Circonscription des Îles du Vent 16 sièges à pourvoir Assembly of French Polynesia
  4. ^ All Quiet in French Islands But Prickly Problem Is Due Soon Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1958, p14
  5. ^ Les élus de l’assemblée territoriale Assembly of French Polynesia