Elie Solier

Elie Emile William Auguste Solier (17 May 1914 – 2 July 1984) was a New Caledonian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the General Council from 1953 to 1957.

Biography Solier was born in Nouméa in 1914 to Emile Marius Basile Solier and Claire Hilda Hodgson. He attended university in France, where he studied law. Returning to New Caledonia, he became one of the leading lawyers in the territory, and began serving as a magistrate.

In 1953 he was elected to the General Council from the South constituency as part of the Bonneaud group, serving until the 1957 elections. In the same year he and Winnifred divorced and he married Odette Antoinette Augustine Antoniou, with whom he had a daughter.

He died in Nouméa in July 1984 at the age of 70.