Émile Fourcand

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Paul Émile Fourcand (born November 14, 1819 in Bordeaux , † September 2, 1881 in Tresses ) was a politician and mayor of his hometown and since 1875 a senator for life . He was also a member of the important Freemason Lodge Bordeaux Aux Amis Réunis .

He is one of two sons of the Protestant Antoine Paul Fourcand (1769–1855) and Pauline Monsarrat (1790–1865). Paul was a winemaker and settled in Bordeaux. The family's ancestors can be traced back to the early 17th century.

As a Bordeaux wine merchant, he became an honorary judge at the Tribunaux de Commerce in 1861 , which he chaired from 1868 to 1872. From 1860 he was a member of the city council of Bordeaux. In August 1870 he was appointed mayor of Bordeaux just days before the fall of the Empire. He made himself popular with his compatriots by speaking out on behalf of the Bordeaux City Council against the stationing of troops, which recommended him as a candidate for the National Assembly, which took place on February 8, 1871. With 44,960 of 132,349 votes, he came into the runoff, in which he was elected on July 2 with 78,965 votes.

Émile Fourcand belonged to the left republicans in the young Third Republic of France and was elected by them on October 8 of the same year as councilor of the Gironde department for the 3rd district of Bordeaux, where he played an active role in the discussion of trade issues and industry. He also voted against Adolphe Thiers ' resignation . A year and a half later, with the election of the new government under Albert de Broglie on May 24, 1873 and in the wake of the Orléanist movement, Fourcand was deprived of the mayor's office, which he passed on to his successor Charles Jacques Pierre Jean de Pelleport-Burète on February 4, 1874 submitted. He was elected for life Senator on December 14, 1875 as a candidate of the left in the fifth ballot. Fourcand belonged to the left wing of the Senate, was one of the supporters of the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies in June 1877 and supported the liberal Jules Dufaure . He was also an opponent of Article 7 of the Law on Higher Education and Enforcement of Unauthorized Gatherings. In 1876 he was again mayor of Bordeaux to make way for his successor, Albert Brandenburg , after a year . The city of Bordeaux honored him by naming the street where he lived with his name ( location ).

In 1880 he was the best man at the wedding of the novelist , publisher and director of the newspaper L'Union Républicaine Georges Bouchon (* 1853) and Louise Marguerite Anne Faget (1858-1933).

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  1. ↑ Histoire des maires de Bordeaux Les Dossiers d'Aquitaine , 2008, p. 343, ISBN 2846221715 .
  2. ↑ Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe (French)
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SURNAME Fourcand, Émile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fourcand, Paul Émile (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician and mayor and senator for life
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1881
Place of death Tresses