Gabriel Baron

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Gabriel Baron
Gabriel Baron.jpg
Born
23 December 1859

Marseille, France
Died22 October 1928
Cannes, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationPolitician

Gabriel Baron (1859–1928) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence in 1896, and as a member of the National Assembly of France from 1897 to 1898, from 1902 to 1906, and from 1906 to 1910.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Gabriel Baron was born on 23 December 1859 in Marseille, Alpes-Maritimes department.[1] He studied Law.[2]

Career[]

He started his working life as a lawyer.[2] He decided to embark upon a career in politics. He was elected to the General Council in 1895 and later served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1896 to 1897.[3][4]

Interested in gaining national clout, he ran in the legislative election of 1897, and won.[5] He went on to serve as a member of the National Assembly for the Bouches-du-Rhône three times: from 14 March 1897 to 31 May 1898, from 11 May 1902 to 31 May 1906 and finally from 6 May 1906 to 31 May 1910. He was an Independent Socialist.

Death[]

He died on 22 October 1928 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes department.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b National Assembly
  2. ^ a b Bernard Demangeot, Aix-en-Provence et la Famille Zola, Les Vents Contraires, 2002, p. 241
  3. ^ Leo A. Loubère, Radicalism in Mediterranean France: Its Rise and Decline, 1848–1914, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1974, p. 202 [1]
  4. ^ Adéodat Constant Adolphe Compère-Morel, Encyclopédie socialiste: Les fédérations socialistes, A. Quillet , p. 165 [2]
  5. ^ Paul Masson, Les Bouches-du-Rhône: encyclopédie départementale, Archives départmentales des Bouches-du-Rhône, 1929, Volume 5, p. 236 [3]
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Aix-en-Provence
1896–1897 		Succeeded by


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