François Thury

François Thury (born May 25, 1806 in Morges ; † March 31, 1872 ibid) was a Swiss politician . From 1851 to 1857 he was a member of the National Council.

biography

After leaving school, Thury worked as a merchant and later took over his father's hardware store. Together with his son-in-law Henri Reymond and Rodolphe Soutter (both also from Morges) he was one of the leading representatives of the Swiss People's Association, a forerunner of today's FDP . He was also friends with Louis-Henri Delarageaz , one of the leaders of the radical liberal revolution of 1845 in the canton of Vaud . From 1850 to 1853 he was Deputy Prefect of the Morges District .

Thury ran for the National Council elections in 1851 and was elected in the Vaud-West constituency. Six years later he resigned as member of the National Council. Thury increasingly distanced himself from Delarageaz, who held a dominant position in the Vaud State Council , and finally joined the left opposition under Jules Eytel . His efforts contributed to the overthrow of Delarageaz's government in 1862. From 1865 to 1866 he sat on the Grand Council .

Web links

• Olivier Meuwly: Thury, François. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .