Lucien Bernier
Lucien Bernier | |
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| General Councillor of Pointe-à-Pitre | |
| Assumed office 1945 | |
| Mayor of Saint-François, Guadeloupe | |
| Assumed office 1947 | |
| General Councillor of Saint-François | |
| Assumed office 1949 | |
| Senator of France for Guadeloupe | |
| Assumed office 1958 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1914 Guadeloupe, France |
| Died | 5 April 1989 (aged 74) |
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| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Lucien Bernier (27 May 1914 in Guadeloupe – 5 April 1989) was a politician from Guadeloupe who was elected to the French Senate in 1958 .
Biography
After studying law in mainland France, Lucien Bernier settled as a lawyer in Guadeloupe. He was initially a member of the Radical Party (France) before joining the French Section of the Workers' International. On 7 October 1945 he was elected General Councillor of Pointe-à-Pitre.In 1947, he was elected mayor of Saint-François, Guadeloupe, and in 1949, he was elected General Councillor for the same town. As a General Councillor, he was a member of the Socialist group, and in October 1953 was elected Conseiller de French Union by his General Council colleagues.[1]
In the 1958 senatorial elections, he was elected by one vote to the incumbent,Maurice Satineau, on a “Gauche guadeloupéenne” list. In the upper house, he was a member of the Socialist group in the Senate.[1]
References
- ^ a b "BERNIER Lucien". senat.fr (in French). 14 February 2023..