1959_French_Senate_election
The first senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on April 26, 1959.[1]
The Senate was created by constitution of the Fifth Republic to replace Council of the Republic. This election depend largely of the results of 1959 municipal elections.
More information Group, Ideology ...
| Group | Ideology | Seats | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Republicans (RI) | Liberalism, Right-wing | 70 | 22,6 % | |
| Democratic Left (GD) | Radicalism, Right-wing, Left-wing | 66 | 21,3% | |
| Socialist (SOC) | Socialism, Left-wing | 61 | 19,7% | |
| Union for the New Republic (UNR) | Gaullism, Right-wing | 37 | 12,0% | |
| Popular Republican Movement (MRP) | Christian democracy, Right-wing | 34 | 11,0% | |
| Republican Centre of Rural and Social Action (CNIP) | Conservatism, Right-wing | 20 | 6,5% | |
| Communist (COM) | Communism, Left-wing | 14 | 4,5% | |
| Non-Registered (NI) | None | 7 | 2,3% | |
| Total: | 309 | 100,0 % | ||
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Senate Presidency
On April 28, 1959, Gaston Monnerville a senator from Guyane was elected president of the Senate. Monnerville has been the highest-ranking black politician in French history, and if he was a candidate for reelection in 1968, he could have become the first black president of France the next year when President Pompidou died.[2]
More information Senator, Group ...
| Senator | Group | District | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Jung | RP | Bas-Rhin | ||
| Michel Kauffmann | RP | Bas-Rhin | ||
| Michel Kistler | RP | Bas-Rhin | ||
| Paul Wach | RP | Bas-Rhin | ||
| Paul-Jacques Kalb | UNR | Haut-Rhin | ||
| Eugène Ritzenthaler | UNR | Haut-Rhin | ||
| Modeste Zussy | UNR | Haut-Rhin | ||
| Marcel Brégégère | SOC | Dordogne | ||
| Charles Sinsout[3] | GD | Dordogne | ||
| Marc Pauzet | CNIP | Gironde | ||
| Georges Portmann | RI | Gironde | ||
| Max Monichon | CNIP | Gironde | ||
| Raymond Brun | CNIP | Gironde | ||
| Jean-Louis Fournier | SOC | Landes | ||
| Gérard Minvielle | SOC | Landes | ||
| Jacques Bordeneuve | GD | Lot-et-Garonne | ||
| Étienne Restat | GD | Lot-et-Garonne | ||
| Guy Petit | RI | Basses-Pyrénées | ||
| Jean Errecart | RP | Basses-Pyrénées | ||
| Jean-Louis Tinaud | RI | Basses-Pyrénées | ||
| Fernand Auberger | SOC | Allier | ||
| Georges Rougeron | SOC | Allier | ||
| Hector Peschaud | CNIP | Cantal | ||
| Paul Piales | CNIP | Cantal | ||
| Robert Bouvard | RI | Haute-Loire | ||
| Jean De Lachomette | CNIP | Haute-Loire | ||
| Michel Champleboux | SOC | Puy-de-Dôme | ||
| Francis Dassaud | SOC | Puy-de-Dôme | ||
| Gabriel Montpied | SOC | Puy-de-Dôme | ||
| Louis Andre | RI | Calvados | ||
| Jacques Descours-Desacres | RI | Calvados | ||
| Jean-Marie Louvel | RP | Calvados | ||
| Henri Cornat | RI | Manche | ||
| Léon Jozeau-Marigne | RI | Manche | ||
| Michel Yver | RI | Manche | ||
| Étienne Le Sassier-Boisauné | RI | Orne | ||
| Paul Pelleray | RI | Orne | ||
| Roger Duchet | RI | Côte-d'Or | ||
| Étienne Viallanes | RI | Côte-d'Or | ||
| François Mitterrand | GD | Nièvre | ||
| Jacques Gadoin | GD | Nièvre | ||
| Roger Lagrange | SOC | Saône-et-Loire | ||
| Marcel Legros | RI | Saône-et-Loire | ||
| Jules Pinsard | GD | Saône-et-Loire | ||
| Philippe de Raincourt[4] | RI | Yonne | ||
| André Plait | RI | Yonne | ||
| André Cornu | GD | Côtes du Nord | ||
| Jean de Bagneux | RI | Côtes du Nord | ||
| Bernard Lemarié | RP | Côtes du Nord | ||
| Jean Fichoux | RI | Finistère | ||
| Yves Hamon | RP | Finistère | ||
| André Monteil | RP | Finistère | ||
| André Colin | RP | Finistère | ||
| Roger du Halgouët | UNR | Ille-et-Vilaine | ||
| Yves Estève | UNR | Ille-et-Vilaine | ||
| Jean Noury | RP | Ille-et-Vilaine | ||
| Marcel Lambert | RI | Morbihan | ||
| Victor Golvan | UNR | Morbihan | ||
| Joseph Yvon | RP | Morbihan | ||
| Jean-Paul de Rocca-Serra | GD | Corsica | ||
| Jacques Faggianelli | GD | Corsica | ||
| Marcel Boulangé | SOC | Territoire de Belfort | ||
| Jacques Henriet | RI | Doubs | ||
| Marcel Prélot | UNR | Doubs | ||
| Edgar Faure | GD | Jura | ||
| Charles Laurent-Thouverey | GD | Jura | ||
| Henri Pretre | RI | Haute-Saône | ||
| André Maroselli | GD | Haute-Saône | ||
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- election annulled by the Constitutional Council
- dies two months later and was replaced by Paul Guillaumot