Louis Meyer (politician, 1868)
Louis Meyer (born July 1, 1868 in Walscheid , † April 7, 1939 there ) was a Franco-German politician and member of the Alsace-Lorraine state parliament and the French Chamber of Deputies .
Life
Louis Meyer attended high school in Montigny and in 1893 became the youngest mayor of Lorraine in his home parish. In 1898 he was re-elected, but the election was not confirmed by the government. He then worked as a wine merchant.
From 1909 to 1918 he was a member of the Lorraine district assembly for the center . In 1911 he was elected to the state parliament for the constituency of Pfalzburg-Finstingen-Rixingen, to which he belonged until 1918.
On November 16, 1919 he was elected to the French Chamber for the Union Républicaine Lorraine (URL). He was also re-elected in the election on May 11, 1924. In the 1929 election he was narrowly defeated in the runoff election.
literature
- Hermann Hiery : Reichstag elections in the Reichsland. A contribution to the regional history of Alsace-Lorraine and the electoral history of the German Empire 1871–1918 (= contributions to the history of parliamentarism and political parties. 80). Droste, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-7700-5132-7 , p. 405, (also: Freiburg (Breisgau), University, dissertation, 1984).
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SURNAME | Meyer, Louis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-German politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1868 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Walscheid |
DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1939 |
Place of death | Walscheid |