Chamber of Deputies (France)

The Chamber of Deputies ( Chambre des députés ) was one of the two legislative chambers of the restored monarchy ( 1814-1830 ) and the July Monarchy ( 1830-1848 ) and the Third French Republic ( 1871-1940 ). The House of Lords was either the noble Chambre des Pairs or the Senate. Both together formed the National Assembly.

The Chamber of Deputies was elected every four years by universal suffrage. She had 565 members, including six from Algeria and ten from the colonies. Right to vote had all Frenchmen 21 years, passive voting rights from 25 years. Beginning in 1885, each department chose the number of deputies, who was available to him in terms of population.

As the Senate possessed extensive powers to legislate and control the government. The President of the Republic could dissolve the chamber, but this no longer happened after 1877.

The system of government of the Third Republic was quite unstable. After the First World War, the Chamber of Deputies delegated legislative power often to the government.

On 10 July 1940 the Chamber of Deputies and Senate in Vichy all their powers to General Pétain ( Vichy regime ). After that, the Chamber of Deputies no longer met.

Successor to the Chamber of Deputies in the Constitution of the Fourth Republic was the National Assembly.