Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic

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The Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic was the lower house of France’s bicameral parliament from 1875 to 1940, central to the country’s legislative life and party politics during that era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
constitutionalBasis Constitutional Laws of 1875
country France
dissolutionCause collapse of the French Third Republic in 1940
dissolutionContext defeat of France in World War II
electionSystem universal male suffrage (initially)
universal suffrage including women (not before 1944, therefore not applicable during its existence)
endTime 1940
followedBy National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
governmentalBodyOf France
hasPower initiation of legislation
interpellation of ministers
vote of confidence in the government
historicalEra French Third Republic
houseType lower house
jurisdiction French colonies (through colonial representation)
metropolitan France
languageUsed French
legislativeChamberOf bicameral parliament of the French Third Republic
legislativeFunction controlling the government
passing laws
voting the budget
legislatureOf French Third Republic
locatedIn Paris
meetsIn Palais Bourbon
membershipTitle deputy
notableEvent vote on 10 July 1940 granting full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain
notablePoliticalForces French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
Popular Republican Movement (MRP did not exist yet; main Catholic right was Action libérale populaire and others)
Radical Party
Republican Federation
numberOfMembers varied between roughly 500 and 600 deputies
oversightOf Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic
partOf Parliament of the French Third Republic
bicameral legislature of the French Third Republic
politicalSystemContext multi-party system
parliamentary regime
precededBy Corps législatif of the Second French Empire
National Assembly of the early Third Republic
replacedBy National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
represents French citizens
selectionMethod direct election
sharesBuildingWith National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic (later occupant of Palais Bourbon)
startTime 1875
termLength 4 years (with variations over time)
typeOfParliament democratically elected assembly (for adult male citizens)
upperHouse Senate of the French Third Republic
linked to: Senate of France
votingSystem two-round system in single-member constituencies (for much of the period)

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Popular Front (France) legislativeBody Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Fête de la Fédération attendee National Assembly deputies
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Raymond Poincaré memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Georges Washington de Lafayette memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Édouard Herriot memberOf French Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Aristide Briand memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
René Coty legislativeBodyMemberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
subject linked to: President René Coty
Léon Gambetta memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Gustave de Beaumont memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
President of the Council of Ministers (France) responsibleTo Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
André Tardieu parliamentaryBody Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
French Section of the Workers' International representedIn Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Jules Grévy memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Félix Faure legislativeBodyMemberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Albert Lebrun memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Paul Doumer memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Martignac ministry legislature Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Félix Gouin represented Bouches-du-Rhône in the French Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly precededBy French Third Republic Parliament
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Alexandre Millerand memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
1936 French legislative election legislature Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Radical-Socialist Party representedIn Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Georges Mandel memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Louis Barthou memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Charles Dupuy memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Camille Pelletan memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Joseph Caillaux workLocation French Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Jules Méline memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Jean Cruppi memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Democratic Republican Alliance representedIn Chamber of Deputies of France
subject linked to: AD
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Alexandre Ribot memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Ferdinand Sarrien memberOf French Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Gaston Doumergue servedIn Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Louis Marin memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Jules-Albert de Dion memberOf French Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Henri Brisson memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Maurice Barrès memberOf Chamber of Deputies of France
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic partOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic legislativeBody Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic