The Pas-de-Calais "conseillers generaux" from 1945 to 1958: the renewal ofa group of notables?

Authors
Citation
P. Roger, The Pas-de-Calais "conseillers generaux" from 1945 to 1958: the renewal ofa group of notables?, REV NORD, 83(339), 2001, pp. 125-144
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
History
Journal title
REVUE DU NORD
ISSN journal
00352624 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
339
Year of publication
2001
Pages
125 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-2624(200101/03)83:339<125:TP"GF1>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The Second World War results in a major upheaval of the political circles o f the Pas-de-Calais: more than 80% of the people elected in 1945 did not ha ve a seat in the Conseil General before the war. A new political personnel, among whom a majority of teachers, is taking root in the department and of ten holds several elective positions: the majority of the "conseillers gene raux" are also mayors of their communes and a large proportion of them is a lso elected at the national level. The stability of these new councillors m ay even lead to a certain immobility: thus no woman ever sat at the "Consei l General" during the Fourth Republic. The 1945 elections mark also the beg inning of a long period of Socialist domination in the Department's Assembl y. From 1947 onwards, the SFIO manages to fight with a certain efficiency a gainst a double opposition, that of the right wing parties and that of the Communist Party.