Jacques-Joseph Remy

Jacques-Joseph Remy (born April 18, 1811 in Charmey , † August 1, 1859 in Bulle ) was a Swiss politician . From 1848 to 1851 he was a member of the National Council.

biography

Remy was a son of the notary and mayor of Charmey Jacques Remy. He attended the college of St. Michael in Freiburg and took the law exam in 1832. From 1835 to 1846 he was vice state clerk, in 1847 judge at the district court of Gruyères . Remy was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Friborg in 1837 , which he presided over in 1849/50. In January 1847 in a radical liberal uprising in rural areas that was put down by the Catholic Conservatives.

After Freiburg surrendered in the Sonderbund War , Remy was the first radical to take over the post of senior bailiff for the Gruyères district in 1848 . In October of the same year he ran in the first national council elections . He was elected with 100 votes and with a turnout of slightly more than 3 percent, as the conservatives of the Gruyère region were deliberately kept away from voting. Remy remained a national councilor until 1851; a year later he resigned from all public offices in order to devote himself to his business in Bulle.

Web links

• Marianne Rolle: Remy, Jacques-Joseph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .