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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Predicate Object
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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