Édouard Barthe


Édouard Barthe was a French politician. He represented the French Section of the Workers' International from 1910 to 1933, the Socialist Party of France – Jean Jaurès Union from 1933 to 1935 and the Socialist Republican Union from 1935 to 1940 in the Chamber of Deputies. On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the Cabinet presided by Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France. He was Senator from 1948 to 1949.