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Emile Constant is a french politician borned on July, 20th 1861 in Bordeaux and died in Paris on December, 4th 1950.

Biography
Emile Constant studied law in Bordeaux before becoming lawyer in Bazas. He became president of the Bar in 1892. Moreover he wrote articles in some local newspapers.

Mandates
He started politics by being elected as town councillor in Bazas in 1884 and then departmental councillor of Gironde.

Member of Parliament for Gironde from 1893 to 1919

 * district of Bazas, he was elected in the general legislative elections of 20 August 1893 in the first round of voting, by 7,648 votes to 5,919 to Mr Amédée de Lur-Saluces, out of 13,963 voters. He joined the Republican Group and belonged to various special committees. For the 1897 year budget he was responsible of reporting the worship budget for that year and supported it in the gallery.
 * Re-elected in the general elections of 8 and 22 May 1898, in the second round of voting, by 7,174 votes against 7,079 to Mr Darquet, out of 14,364 voters. He joined the Republican Group and sat on various committees, including the Income Tax Committee and the Administrative Savings Committee. He participated in the discussion: of the 1900 finance law to talk about the canals of the South and the questioning on the frauds committed in the wine section of the 1900 Universal Exhibition.
 * He was elected in the general elections of 27 April 1902 in the first round of voting against Mr. Papon. As a member of the Democratic Union Group, he joined the Commission on Life Insurance and Annuities, the Commission on Judicial Reform and the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Protectorates and Colonies. He intervened in connection with the discussion of the 1904 budget of the Ministry of Finance to ask for the creation of a tobacco shop in La Réole in 1903. As well as the public works budget for the year 1905 to criticize the vicinal service of the Gironde.
 * Similarly, in the general elections of May 6, 1906, in the first round of voting against Mr. Brune and Mr. Sage. He joined the Democratic Left Group, which he was no longer to leave, and sat on the Judicial Reform Commission, the External Affairs, Protectorates and Colonies Commission and the 1909 Budget Commission. He intervened several times on Morocco's issues.
 * Re-elected in the general elections of 24 April 1910, in the first round of voting against Mr. Giraut. He served as a member of the Electoral Programs Committee, the Education and Fine Arts Committee and the Post and Telegraph Committee. He intervened during the discussion of the draft law aimed at guaranteeing the origin of Champagne wines following the revolt of the Champagne winegrowers in 1911. He joined the government on March 2. Then returned to its seat with the formation of the Joseph Caillaux Government.

Under-Secretary of State for the Interior from March 2 to June 27, 1911 in the Ernest Monis government.
The general elections of 26 April and 10 May 1914 gave him another seat in the second round of voting by 7,634 votes against 2,892 for Mr Courrèges, out of 11,718 voters. Still a member of the Commission of teaching and fine arts.

Withdrawal
Running in the general elections of 16 November 1919, which were held in the list vote, he was labelled as an anti-clémencist candidate, in third place on the Republican list, which had no elected representatives. He personally received only 31,336 votes out of 159,336 votes cast. He had been defeated in the cantonal elections of 14 May 1922. He tried to enter the Senate at the renewal on 6 January 1924, but obtained only 478 votes out of 1,294 votes in the third round. He again suffered a failure in the senatorial by-election of February 2, 1930, which took place to replace Mr. Fernand Faure, who died on November 6, 1929. He won only 9 votes in the second round of voting, out of 1,325 voters.