Tahoera'a Huiraatira
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Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira (Popular Rally) is a political party in French Polynesia.
At the last legislative elections
on May 23, 2004, and by-election
s on February 13, 2005, the party won 27 out of 57 seats.
Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira is the large conservative pro-autonomy party and anti-independence-party on French Polynesia
and was founded by Gaston Flosse
, who supports French Polynesia's current autonomy arrangement with France
and who led Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira for over 20 years.
Gaston Tong Sang
was the party's presidential candidate in the election of March 2005, but was defeated by Oscar Temaru
by 29 votes to 26. On 26 December 2006, Tong Sang was elected President of French Polynesia. He fell to a no-confidence vote on 31 August 2007, and Temaru was elected again on 14 September 2007. Tong Sang then split from his former party to found a new party called O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a
.
The party is backed by most French settlers in French Polynesia.
The party elected two deputies to the French National Assembly
in 2007.
At the last legislative elections
Elections in French Polynesia
Elections in French Polynesia gives information on election and election results in French Polynesia.French Polynesia elects the Assembly of French Polynesia , the unicameral legislature on the territorial level...
on May 23, 2004, and by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
s on February 13, 2005, the party won 27 out of 57 seats.
Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira is the large conservative pro-autonomy party and anti-independence-party on French Polynesia
French Polynesia
French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
and was founded by Gaston Flosse
Gaston Flosse
Gaston Flosse is a French Polynesian politician who has been President of French Polynesia on four separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France.-Life and career:...
, who supports French Polynesia's current autonomy arrangement with France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and who led Tāhōʻēraʻa Huiraʻatira for over 20 years.
Gaston Tong Sang
Gaston Tong Sang
Gaston Tong Sang is the former President of French Polynesia. He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until February 2009 and from December 2006 until September 2007.; he is currently the Mayor of Bora-Bora...
was the party's presidential candidate in the election of March 2005, but was defeated by Oscar Temaru
Oscar Temaru
Oscar Manutahi Temaru is a French Polynesian politician. He has been President of French Polynesia , a French dependency with broad powers of self-rule, on five occasions: in 2004, from 2005 to 2006, from 2007 to 2008, in 2009, and again since 1 April 2011.-Career:He first served as the President...
by 29 votes to 26. On 26 December 2006, Tong Sang was elected President of French Polynesia. He fell to a no-confidence vote on 31 August 2007, and Temaru was elected again on 14 September 2007. Tong Sang then split from his former party to found a new party called O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a
O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a
‘O Pōrīnetia To Tātou ‘Ai‘a is a French Polynesian anti-independence political party founded by Gaston Tong Sang on 1 October 2007 after he split from his former party, the Tāhō‘ēra‘a Huira‘atira...
.
The party is backed by most French settlers in French Polynesia.
The party elected two deputies to the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
in 2007.
See also
- List of political parties in French Polynesia
- Elections in French PolynesiaElections in French PolynesiaElections in French Polynesia gives information on election and election results in French Polynesia.French Polynesia elects the Assembly of French Polynesia , the unicameral legislature on the territorial level...
- Assembly of French PolynesiaAssembly of French PolynesiaThe Assembly of French Polynesia is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, located at the Place Tarahoi in Papeete, Tahiti. It consists of 57 members who are elected by popular vote and by proportional representation in 6 multi-seat constituencies. The only official language of the...
- Politics of French PolynesiaPolitics of French PolynesiaPolitics of French Polynesia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of French Polynesia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government...