1st Legislature of the Haitian Parliament

The 1st Legislature of the Haitian Parliament held office from April 22, 1817, to March 31, 1822. It was the first bicameral parliament, introduced by the Revised Constitution of 1806 under President Alexandre Pétion. It succeeded the 1st unicameral Senate of Haiti, adding the 29-member "Chamber of Representatives of the Communes" as the lower house. Despite the expansion of the parliament, Pétion's also revised the constitution to designate himself as president for life, and the Senate approved his designation of Jean-Pierre Boyer as his successor.[1] In addition, the revision adjusted the 24 Senate members' terms entirely to nine-year terms, and the Chamber of Commons regularly accepted Pétion's slates of nominations for appointments to the Senate. Initially a supporter of democracy, Pétion found the constraints imposed on him by the senate onerous and suspended the legislature in 1818.[2] It was reconstituted following Boyer's succession to the presidency on 30 March 1818.

The parliament only governed southern Haiti until 1820, when the northern Kingdom of Haiti was overthrown in a coup and reintegrated under Boyer's government in Port-au-Prince.

Members

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Senate

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Senator Appointment End of term Department Notes
Pierre Simon
Hilaire Martin[3] 5 December 1815
Jean-Louis Larose 28 February 1817 previous held office 1807-?
Casimir Célestin Panayoty 5 December 1815
Jean-Baptiste Bayard 5 December 1815
Antoine Gédéon 5 December 1815
Etienne Célestin Obas 5 December 1815
Jean Augustin Hogu 5 December 1815
Noel Viallet 28 April 1817 28 April 1826 Port-au-Prince re-elected 14 July 1834
Eloy 28 April 1817 28 April 1826 Port-au-Prince
Stanislas Lamothe 28 April 1817 28 April 1826 Port-au-Prince
François Arrault 28 April 1817 28 April 1826 Port-au-Prince
Alexandre Dégand 28 April 1817 28 April 1826 Anse-à-Veau
Jean-Baptiste Désiré Canaux 29 May 1820 29 May 1829 Port-au-Prince
Louis Bazelais 24 September 1821 24 September 1830 Port-au-Prince
Amédé Gayot 24 September 1821 24 September 1830 Port-au-Prince
Antoine Lerebours 24 September 1821 24 September 1830 Port-au-Prince re-elected 14 July 1834
Jean Thézan 24 September 1821 24 September 1830 Port-au-Prince
Germain Linard 24 September 1821 24 September 1830 Port-au-Prince
Samon Roche 24 September 1821 24 September 1830 St. Marc
Noël Colard 26 September 1821 24 September 1830 Jean-Rabel
Joseph Philiaire 26 September 1821 24 September 1830 Cap-Haïtien
Stanislas Latortue 26 September 1821 24 September 1830 Cap-Haïtien

Chamber of Representatives

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Representative Commune
Louis Vérac Mirebalais
Plomba Ladouceur Croix-des-Bouquets
Pierre André Port-au-Prince
Godefroy Port-au-Prince
Rasteau Port-au-Prince
Vilbon Léogâne
Desnoyers jeune Grand-Goâve
Louque Petit-Goâve
Doret Miragoâne
Erasme Anglade Anse-à-Veau
Doizé Pouponneau Petit-Trou
Dutreuilh Corail
Laraque ainé Jérémie
Labissiere Abricots
Pierre Lundi Dalmarie
N/A Anse d'Hainault
Pierre-Louis Mozaine Tiburon
George Mallet Coteaux
F. Dubreuil Torbeck
D. Sully Port-Salut
Salomon fils Cayes
Lafargue Cayes
Verdier Cavaillon
Lefranc Saint-Louis
Baudouin Acquin
Arbouet Baynet
Louis Baronnet Jacmel
Pierre Maillard Marigot
Gédéon Saltrou

Leaders

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Senate

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Name Took office Left office Party
Pierre Simon 1817 August 1817
Jean-Louis Larose August 1817 ?
Hilaire Martin[3] ? – 1820 1820 – ?
Amédé Gayot 1821 ?

Chamber of Representatives

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Name Took office Left office Party
Pierre André ? - 1817 1817–?
N.-D. Lafargue[4] ? - July 1820 July 1820–?
Pierre André[5] ? - 1820 1820–?
Doizé Pouponneau ? - November 1821 November 1821–?

References

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  1. ^ "Constitution of Haiti from 27 December 1806, and its revision from 2 June 1816, year 13 of independence". Saint Marc. 1820. p. Article 142.
  2. ^ Senauth, Frank (2011). The Making and the Destruction of Haiti. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. p. 25. ISBN 9781456753832.
  3. ^ a b Lhérisson, L.-C. Auteur du texte (8 November 1895). La Législation de l'instruction publique de la république d'Haïti (1804–1895). ... par Sténio Vincent,... L.-C. Lhérisson,... – via gallica.bnf.fr.
  4. ^ "Loi sur la fo1·n2at ion et les attributions des conseils. de notables" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2019.
  5. ^ Lhérisson, L.-C. Auteur du texte (8 November 1895). La Législation de l'instruction publique de la république d'Haïti (1804–1895). ... par Sténio Vincent,... L.-C. Lhérisson,... – via gallica.bnf.fr.