Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French parliament under the Third Republic, composed of elected representatives and central to the era’s legislative and political life.

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Chamber of Deputies canonical 9

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instanceOf defunct legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chambre des députés ⓘ
authorityOver ratification of treaties (with Senate) ⓘ
state budget approval ⓘ
composition elected representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis constitutional laws of 1875 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1940 ⓘ
electoralDistrict single-member constituencies ⓘ
endTime 1940 ⓘ
governmentalRole key arena for formation and fall of parliamentary cabinets ⓘ
hadPresidingOfficer President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Third Republic ⓘ
house lower house ⓘ
inception 1875 ⓘ
jurisdiction French Third Republic ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor French Third Republic ⓘ
legislativeProcess shared legislative power with the Senate of France ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris ⓘ
location Palais Bourbon ⓘ
meets in regular legislative sessions ⓘ
meetsIn Palais Bourbon ⓘ
surface form: Palais Bourbon hemicycle
memberOf bicameral legislature of the Third Republic ⓘ
numberOfMembers about 600 ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers of France ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic
partOf French Third Republic ⓘ
Parliament of France ⓘ
politicalCulture characterized by strong party fragmentation and coalition governments ⓘ
politicalSystem parliamentary republic ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Assembly (France) ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly of the Second Empire
replaced Corps législatif ⓘ
replacedBy National Assembly of France ⓘ
surface form: National Assembly (France)
role controlled the government through votes of confidence and censure ⓘ
debated and voted laws ⓘ
initiated legislation ⓘ
seat Palais Bourbon ⓘ
significantEvent central to political life of the French Third Republic ⓘ
site of major political crises such as the Dreyfus Affair debates ⓘ
voted full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain in July 1940 ⓘ
startTime 1876 ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation popularly elected chamber ⓘ
votingSystem two-round system ⓘ

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