Albert Leboucher

Albert Leboucher
President of the Representative Assembly
In office
20 October 1951 – 14 March 1953
Preceded byJean Millaud
Succeeded byJean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy
Personal details
Born8 July 1888
Papeete, Tahiti
Died29 November 1954(1954-11-29) (aged 66)

Charles Albert Leboucher (8 July 1888 – 29 November 1954) was a Tahitian businessman and politician.

Biography

Leboucher was born in Papeete on 8 July 1888.[1] His father had arrived in Tahiti from France in 1865 and established a furniture and carpentry business.[2] Leboucher was a successful businessman,[3] taking over his father's company and becoming a ship owner and President of the Chamber of Commerce.[2] He was also well known for his acupuncture and homeopathy practice.[2]

Leboucher was elected to Papeete municipal council and the Representative Assembly, representing the constituency of Papeete. He was elected First Vice President of the Assembly in 1950,[4] and the following year he became president, a post he held until it was converted into a Territorial Assembly in 1953. In 1951 he received the Legion of Honour.[5]

He died due to heart problems in November 1954.[3] Following his death, his son Georges won the by-election for the vacant seat on the Territorial Assembly.[6]

References

  1. ^ Publications de la Société des océanistes, Issue 36, 322
  2. ^ a b c Albert Leboucher 1888-1954 Assembly of French Polynesia
  3. ^ a b M. Albert Leboucher Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1955, p142
  4. ^ Notes from French Oceania Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1950, p75
  5. ^ Brief Notes from Tahiti Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1951, p14
  6. ^ In a by-election Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1955, p18