Jean-Louis Demiéville

Jean-Louis Demiéville (born April 28, 1809 in Chavornay , † November 12, 1876 in Yverdon ) was a Swiss politician . From 1857 until his death he was a member of the National Council and he was also the State Councilor of the Canton of Vaud .

biography

The son of a Reformed pastor studied law at the Lausanne Academy and was a member of the Zofingia from 1826 to 1829 . After Demiéville was admitted to the bar in 1833 , he worked at the Vaud Appeal Court from 1834 to 1844 and 1846 . From 1839 to 1862 he was a lawyer and notary in Yverdon. In addition, he served as a substitute judge at the cantonal court from 1869 . In the military he had the rank of major , from 1843 he was editor of the Journal d'Yverdon .

For the Liberal Conservatives, Demiéville sat in the Vaudois Grand Council from 1832 to 1845 and from 1853 to 1870 . From 1841 to 1843 he was Vaudois envoy to the Diet . The Grand Council elected him to the State Council in 1844, after which he headed the Military Department. Demiéville spoke out against the expulsion of the Jesuits in the canton of Lucerne , which in 1845 led to the fall of the government by the radical liberals . He ran for the National Council elections in 1857 and was elected in the constituency of Vaud-North , which he represented until his death.

Web links

• Gilbert Marion: Demiéville, Jean-Louis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .