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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chamber of Deputies canonical | 9 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
defunct legislative body
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lower house of parliament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Chambre des députés ⓘ |
| authorityOver |
ratification of treaties (with Senate)
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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
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surface form:
Palais Bourbon hemicycle
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| memberOf | bicameral legislature of the Third Republic ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | about 600 ⓘ |
| oversightOf |
Council of Ministers of France
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surface form:
Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic
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| partOf |
French Third Republic
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Parliament of France ⓘ |
| politicalCulture | characterized by strong party fragmentation and coalition governments ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | parliamentary republic ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Legislative Assembly (France)
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surface form:
Legislative Assembly of the Second Empire
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| replaced | Corps législatif ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
National Assembly of France
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surface form:
National Assembly (France)
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| role |
controlled the government through votes of confidence and censure
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debated and voted laws ⓘ initiated legislation ⓘ |
| seat | Palais Bourbon ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
central to political life of the French Third Republic
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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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President of the Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
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President of the Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
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