Ernest Daucourt

Ernest Daucourt (born October 20, 1848 in Pruntrut ; † January 3, 1941 ibid) was a Swiss journalist , lawyer and politician ( KVP ). From 1902 to 1919 he was a member of the National Council.

Life

The son of a doctor received his secondary education in Colmar and in the Jesuit college in Dole . After completing his Baccalauréat in Dijon , he studied philosophy and law at the Universities of Paris and Bern . From 1873 Daucourt worked as a lawyer and journalist at the Gazette Jurassienne . In the same year he founded the Catholic-conservative newspaper Le Pays and remained its editor-in-chief until 1894 (again from 1917 to 1923). During the Kulturkampf he embodied the resistance of the Catholics against the Bernese cantonal government. His model was the ultramontane French journalist Louis Veuillot .

Daucort's political career began in 1882 when he was elected to the Bernese Grand Council , of which he was a member for twelve years. From 1894 to 1913 he served as governor of the administrative district of Pruntrut . He ran for the National Council elections in 1902 and was successful in the constituency of North Jura . He was re-elected six times in a row and resigned from the National Council in 1919. Daucourt was one of the founders of the Conservative People's Party of Switzerland in 1912 and was a member of its governing committee. He worked in the trade and industry association and founded various social institutions. In addition, he appeared as the author of historical combat pamphlets.

Web links

• Peter Stettler: Daucourt, Ernest. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .