François-Xavier Bondallaz

François-Xavier Bondallaz (born April 17, 1801 in Nuvilly , † January 19, 1870 Friborg ) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg . He was catholic. His parents were François Bondallaz, notary and wealthy farmer, and Marie nee Brasey, daughter of Claude. He later married Marie Bersier, von Cugy , daughter of Joseph Bersier and Catherine Borgognon ( Vesin ).

Life

After studying law, Bondallaz worked abroad as a tutor . After Nuvilly returned, he worked as a notary and ran a farm. He was a typical representative of the rural notables of liberal sentiments who came to power after the revolution of 1830 and thus illustrated the decline of the capital's oligarchs and the rise of the regional bourgeoisie.

Political career

Bondallaz's political career spanned 40 years. From 1831 to 1870 he sat on the Grand Council. With a liberal outlook, he was part of the moderate opposition to the radical regime of 1848. Subsequently, he belonged to the moderate wing of the ruling liberal conservatives (1857–1881) and resumed political and religious tensions in Switzerland in the 1860s flared, an increasingly conservative stance. He defended the Freiburg railway interests by supporting Julien Schaller and Louis de Weck-Reynold in their efforts.

Bondallaz sat on the Council of State from 1840 to 1847, at a time when the government was increasingly leaning towards the Sonderbund . Excluded from the executive in 1847, he returned to the Council of State with Alfred Vonderweid in 1855 . Bondallaz was elected on November 28, 1855 in the first ballot with 36 of 68 votes. He took over the judiciary (1855-1857). From 1854 to 1863 he represented the canton of Friborg in the National Council and from 1866 to 1870 in the Council of States .

Re-elected under liberal-conservative rule in 1857, Bondallaz remained on the State Council until 1870, experiencing three political regimes. From 1857 to 1870 he headed the building management. With competence and energy he implemented the Road Act of 1849 and concluded several related agreements with Bern and Vaud . He led the amendment to the Roads Act of 1863: The task now was to promote the construction of roads that ran at right angles to the state-owned railway line Lausanne – Friborg – Bern (1864–1872). He followed the construction of the Bulle – Romont and Freiburg – Payerne – Estavayer – Yverdon branch lines, which were advantageous for the operation of the state railway. Bondallaz renounced the office of President of the Government and left this honor to Hubert Charles , Frédéric Vaillant and Louis de Weck-Reynold.

literature

• Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .

Web links

• Marianne Rolle and AW: Bondallaz, François-Xavier. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .