Alcide Delmont, (2 October 1874 – 14 October 1959), was a French lawyer and politician from Martinique.[2]

Alcide Delmont
Deputy of the National Assembly[1]
In office
1936–1924
ConstituencyMartinique
Personal details
Born(1874-10-02)October 2, 1874
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
DiedOctober 14, 1959(1959-10-14) (aged 85)
Brannay (Yonne)
NationalityFrench
Political partyPRS 1924-1928; Independents of the Left, 1928-1936

Biography edit

With a doctorate in law, Alcide Delmont was admitted to the Paris Bar on 11 February 1904 as a lawyer. Secretary of the conference of the training course for lawyers at the Paris Court of Appeal in Pierre Massé's class (1906-1907), he had a dual career in politics and the judiciary for almost 50 years. He was also a member of the central committee of the Human Rights League (France).

From 1924 to 1936 he was a deputy for Martinique as a socialist republican and then as a left-wing independent.

He was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 3 November 1929 to 17 February 1930 and from 2 March to 30 December 1930, in the first and second André Tardieu governments.[3] Alcide Delmont was the second Martiniquan in history after Henri Lémery to be a member of a French cabinet.

References edit

  1. ^ "Alcide, Jean-Baptiste, Saint-Ange Delmont - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". Assemblée nationale. Archived from the original on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  2. ^ "Alcide Delmont (1874-1959)". Une autre histoire (in French). 2013-08-04. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. ^ Chathuant, Dominique (2009). "L'émergence d'une élite politique noire dans la France du premier 20e siècle ?". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire. 2009/1 (101): 133–147. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21.