Victor Ferréol Authier

Born in Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire) on June 16, 1856, died in Treffort (Ain) on April 4, 1945. Member of Parliament for the Ain from 1901 to 1910.

A former magistrate (he had been president of the civil court of Langres), general councillor of Ain and mayor of Treffort, Victor Authier ran in the legislative by-election of 28 April 1901 in the first constituency of Bourg, replacing Mr. Pochon, who had become a Senator. He was elected on the second ballot and came to sit among the Republican left. He was part of various Commissions.

Re-elected in the general elections of April 27, 1902, in the 1st round of voting, and sitting on various Commissions, he only intervened during the discussion of the bill on the repression of fraud in the sale of goods and foodstuffs.

He was re-elected in the general elections of May 6, 1906, in the 1st round of voting, and was appointed member of the Committee on Agriculture. He made himself heard more often; he participated in debates on: the share to be paid to the communes of the tax on bicycles (1908); the need to authorize non-commissioned officers to practice foresight and solidarity (1909); letter carriers (1910); and the assignment of married men who had been mobilized (1910).

He was defeated in the general elections of 1910 by Mr. Pierre Goujon.

Retired in the Ain, he died in Treffort on April 4, 1945, at the age of 89.