John Teariki

John French "Tony" Teariki (12 July 1914 – 5 October 1983) was a French Polynesian politician. He served as a member of the French National Assembly from 1961 to 1967, and as a member of the Territorial Assembly from 1957 until 1983.

Biography Teariki was born in Afareaitu in 1914. He also became a skipjack fisherman, losing an eye while fishing aged 20 and started a sea transport business linking Moorea and Tahiti. and was elected to the Territorial Assembly from the Peninsula, Moorea, Maiao and Makatea constituency the following year. He was re-elected to the Territorial Assembly from the Windwards Islands constituency in 1957.

In the 1960 by-election for the French Polynesian seat in the French National Assembly, he was the substitute for Marcel Oopa. Oopa was elected, but died the following year, resulting in Teariki becoming a member of the National Assembly. He was re-elected to both the National Assembly and Territorial Assembly in 1962, but rarely attended sittings of the National Assembly. He was also mayor of Moorea-Maiao from 1972.