Joseph Defaux
Joseph Defaux (Gaurain-Ramecroix, 20 April 1860 – 28 June 1931)[1] was a Belgian politician, a member of the Chamber of Representatives and mayor. He entered parliament in 1918.[2]
Biography[edit]
He was born in Gaurain-Ramecroix, Tournai, on April 20, 1860.[3] Defaux was first a stonemason and soon became involved in trade union activity, trying to organize the working class. For this reason, he had a hard time dealing with the local employers and had to look for another job, which he found during the construction of the Edingen-Ronse-Vloesberg railway.[2]
He nevertheless became the first permanent secretary of the stonemasons' union in Tournai and remained so until 1918.
In his native village he became a municipal councilor (1904), alderman (1908) and mayor (1912–1920). He was also a provincial councilor for Hainaut (1912–1918).[1]
In 1918 he succeeded Émile Royer, who died during the World War I, as a socialist representative for the Tournai – Aat district. He then exercised this mandate until his death.[2] He remained unmarried.
In Gaurain-Ramecroix a monument was erected in his memory and there is a Résidence Joseph Defaux.
Bibliography[edit]
- Paul Van Molle, Het Belgisch Parlement, 1894–1972, Antwerpen, 1972
References[edit]
- ^ a b Delhaye, Jean-Pierre (1985). Hainaut occidental. Présence et Action Culturelles. pp. 33–171.
- ^ a b c "Belgian Chamber of Representatives • Session of 30 June 1931". Chamber of Representatives (Belgium). June 30, 1931. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
- ^ Institut Emile Vandervelde (1982). Socialisme Issues 169–174. Institut Emile Vandervelde. p. 420.