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Pacific Islands Monthly, 19 August 1946Vol. XVII, No. 1

Election In Oceania

p. 55 · Read in the full issue

Papeete, June 11.

rE election of the delegate to repre sent French Oceania in the new Constitutional Assembly at Paris, oc curred on June 9. The present deputy Monsieur Charles Vernier, declined re election.

Three candidates sought the suffrage of the voters of French Oceania—Mon sieur George Ahnne, Doctor Bernier, and Monsier Davio.

Although returns are not yet in from many of the outer islands, the votes cast in the main islands indicate that Mon sieur Ahnne is the elected candidate.