French Senate election, 1959

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The first senatorial elections of the Fifth Republic were held in France on April 26, 1959.[1]

Context

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.

Results

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 %

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 dies.[2]

List of senators elected by region

Senator Group District Source
Alsace
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
Aquitaine
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
Auvergne
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
Lower Normandy
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
Burgundy
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
Brittany
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
Centre
 
Champagne-Ardenne
 
Corsica
Jean-Paul de Rocca-Serra   GD Corsica
Jacques Faggianelli   GD Corsica
Franche-Comté
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

References

  1. Élections sénatoriales 1959
  2. On a failli avoir un président noir en France...
  3. election annulled by the Constitutional Council
  4. dies two months later and was replaced by Paul Guillaumot
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