Alexandre Emery

Alexandre Emery (born March 9, 1850 in Yverdon-les-Bains , † February 16, 1931 in Le Châtelard , resident in Etagnières ) was a Swiss entrepreneur and politician .

biography

Emery completed an apprenticeship as an upholsterer in Paris and from 1877 worked as the secretary of his brother-in-law Ami Chessex in Montreux . From 1883 he worked as a hotelier .

From 1889 to 1893 he was on the Grand Council of the Canton of Vaud and politicized with a free-thinking attitude. In the years 1901 to 1912 he was mayor of Le Châtelard and was 1906 in the National Council elected, where he had until 1917 a seat.

Alexandre Emery was an opponent of the Gotthard Treaty of 1909. He was very influential in all areas that contributed to the expansion of the Vaudois Riviera (e.g. hotels , Montreux – Bernese Oberland Railway , banking , press ). As the initiator of the “ Montreux Palace ” hotel and as a member of the board of directors of many hotels in Switzerland, Paris and on the Côte d'Azur , as well as the presidium of the Swiss Hotelier Association, he secured his influence.

The municipality of Le Châtelard made Emery an honorary citizen.

personal data
SURNAME	Emery, Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Yverdon-les-Bains
DATE OF DEATH	February 16, 1931
Place of death	Le Châtelard