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 linerEridan in 1949 while returning to France.[4][5] A street in Papeete was later named after him.[6]
^"QUESNOT Joseph". Sénat de france. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"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.
