Jules Uhry

Jules Uhry is a French politician, born the November 12th 1877 with Constantine (Algérie) and deceased the February 13rd 1936 with Neuilly-sur-Seine (the Seine, act. Hauts-de-Seine).

Jules Uhry is initially brilliant studying and an intellectual, author of a thesis of doctorate on the strikes in France, and lawyer with Paris.

Engaged very early on the left, it militates in an association of socialist students, and becomes, in 1907, legal writer with the newspaper of SFIO, Humanity.

It is presented without success to legislative in Meurthe-et-Moselle, then in the Puy-de-Dôme, before settling in the Oise.

He is elected general adviser of Oise and, in 1919, mayor of Creil, mandate which he preserves until his death.

In December of this same year, it is socialist chief candidate to the legislative elections and enters to the Palate-Bourbon. It there defends the amnesty for André Marty (in the same way that, in the following legislature, it will be opposed to the continuations against the communist deputies), and takes part in the debates around the transposition of the right of the Republic to the Alsace and the Moselle, being vice-president of the parliamentary commission devoted to these released areas.

Re-elected in 1924 and 1928, it starts to be interested in the housing problems, and very often takes the defense of the tenants, then relatively little protected by the right.

In 1932, it is beaten little by the candidate of the center, but question the election, acquired with less than 30 votes of majority. After the invalidation of the elected deputy, Georges Chauvel, it represents and finds its seat, in January 1933.

Its health is degraded however quickly. It must gradually cease its political activity and dies before the end of its mandate, the February 12th 1936.

Jules Uhry gave his name to a street of Creil and the college of this city.

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