[1] He also published a number of works on the Tahitian Language, including an elementary school grammar.
In 1940 he joined other protestant leaders to rally French Polynesia to support Charles de Gaulle.
[1] He did not stand in the June 1946 French legislative election, and was replaced by Georges Ahnne.
[7] After working as chair of Tahitian language at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Vernier returned to Tahiti in 1948.
[1] Following the death of Georges Ahnne he contested the 1949 French Oceania by-election, but lost to Pouvanaa a Oopa.