Arthur Dessoye
Arthur Dessoye | |
|---|---|
 Arthur Charles Dessoye, Deputy and Minister (1914). | |
| French Deputy | |
| In office 1 June 1906 – 7 December 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Bourlon de Rouvre |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Parliamentary group | Radical Left |
| Constituency | Haute-Marne |
| General Councillor of Haute-Marne | |
| In office 1904–1919 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Lamarche |
| Succeeded by | Emile Telliez |
| Constituency | Canton of Bourmont |
| Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts | |
| In office 9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914 | |
| Preceded by | René Viviani |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Victor Augagneur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Charles Sébastien Dessoye 23 August 1854 Auberive |
| Died | 30 April 1927 Breuvannes-en-Bassigny |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Radical Socialist |
| Profession | Journalist |
Arthur Charles Dessoye (23 August 1854 in Auberive, Haute-Marne – 30 April 1927 in Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne) was a French journalist, writer, industrialist, and politician.
Biography
[edit]Journalism career
[edit]Born to a tax collector father, originally from Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, where his family owned a file manufacturing business established in 1827,[1] Arthur Dessoye was one of the founders and editor-in-chief of La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest from 19 November 1886 to 12 April 1897.
- Editor of L'Électeur libre de Chaumont until 1884;
- Editor-in-chief of L'Union Républicaine du Finistère, a tri-weekly four-page newspaper, from 1 April 1884[2] until 18 November 1886;
- Editor-in-chief of La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest from its creation in 1886 until 1897, succeeding L'Union Républicaine du Finistère.
He married Marie Eugènie Renard in Breuvannes-en-Bassigny on 2 August 1884.[3] One of his witnesses was his friend Jean Macé.[1]
Political career
[edit]- Elected general councillor of the Canton of Bourmont from 1904 to 1919, also serving as mayor of Breuvannes[4]
- Elected deputy for Haute-Marne from 1906 to 1919;
- President of the Ligue de l'enseignement from 1906 to 1919;
- Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts from 9 June to 13 June 1914 in the fourth Government of Alexandre Ribot;
- Advocate of electoral reform, he sponsored the law on list voting, enacted on 12 July 1919.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Knight of the Legion of Honour on 26 June 1896.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dessoye, ministre il y a 100 ans" [Dessoye, minister 100 years ago]. blogspot.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2020..
- ^ Introduction of A. Dessoye in the 1 April 1884 edition: "Our new editor-in-chief, Mr. Dessoye, who wrote for L'Électeur libre de Chaumont (Haute-Marne), introduces himself to the republicans of Brest under the auspices of Messrs. Jean Macé, Strauss, and Spuller. That says it all. The Committee."
- ^ http://actes52.fr/tab_mari.php?args=Breuvannes,DESSOYE&xord=N
- ^ "Reports and minutes of Council sessions". bnf.fr. Retrieved 2 June 2023..
- ^ Herfort, Paul (15 November 1919). "Le système électoral dans les principaux pays du monde" [The electoral system in major countries]. Le Pays de France (in French). 265: 6–7.
- ^ Source Base LEONORE