Joseph Bourger

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Joseph Bourger (born January 28, 1842 in Busendorf ; † after 1918) was a priest, editor and member of the second chamber of the Landtag of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine for the Lothringer Block.

Joseph Bourger, who was a Catholic denomination, was a landowner (pensioner) in Busendorf. Politically he worked as mayor in Busendorf, member of the Lorraine district assembly and the state committee.

In the first (and only) election to the state parliament, he ran in the constituency of Busendorf-Teterchen as a candidate for the Lothringer block. In the first ballot, 2,723 votes were cast in the constituency of the 4,776 eligible voters. Bourger received 2,472 votes and the Social Democrat Bincler received 159 votes. Joseph Bourger was a member of the state parliament until 1918.

literature

  • Government and Parliament of Alsace-Lorraine 1911–1916. Biographical-statistical manual. Mulhouse 1911, page 210