Marcel Hart

Marcel Hart (5 July 1909 – 27 January 1969) was a French Polynesian politician.

He became Mayor of Uturoa in 1959 and a member of the Territorial Assembly in 1962, holding both positions until his death in 1969.

[1] He was a shipowner, owning Tamarii Raiatea until 1966, when he replaced it with Temehani.

[1] He entered politics in 1946, becoming a member of the municipal council of Uturoa.

[3] In January 1969 Hart died in an industrial accident; while visiting a road-building site, he began operating a bulldozer and a ground collapse led to it falling into a ravine.