Chamber of Representatives (France)
The Chamber of Representatives (French: Chambre des représentants) was the popularly elected lower body of the French Parliament set up under the Charter of 1815. The body had 629 members who were to serve five-year terms.[1] The upper body was the Chamber of Peers.
History
The Chamber of Representatives was short-lived. At the end of the Hundred Days, with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the chamber issued Napoleon a demand for abdication as Emperor of the French.[3] On 22 June 1815 the Chamber of Representatives elected three members (Carnot, the duc d'Otrante, and the comte Grenier) of a five-member commission, the Commission de gouvernement, to constitute a new government, and on 23 June 1815 the Chamber of Representatives named Napoleon II as Emperor.[3]
The allied powers of the
With the restoration of the Bourbons, the
Proposed 1873 Chamber of Representatives
During the first years of the
References
- ^ The Act Additional April 22, 1815
- ^ "Les Présidents de l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ a b c France: Commission of Government: 1815