Camille Ournac
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Camille Ournac | |
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.jpg) Camille Ournac in 1914 | |
| Born | Jean Joseph Hippolyte Camille[1] 31 August 1845 |
| Died | 24 January 1925 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Years active | 1888–1920 |
| Mayor of Toulouse | |
| In office 1888–1902 | |
| Senator in French Third Republic | |
| In office 1897–1920[2] | |
Camille Ournac (31 August 1845 – 24 February 1925) was a wine merchant, miller and French politician. In his political life, he was a member of the Departmental council, and socialist mayor of Toulouse where he initiated several reforms and improvements to the city. He later became senator for Haute-Garonne in the Third French Republic.
Born in Toulouse on 31 August 1845, Camille Ournac, became a wholesale wine merchant, a miller and then Conseil général of French Departments,[2] Ournac was the first of a succession of radical socialist mayors of Toulouse who founded the labor exchange and set up the first horse-drawn streetcars in the city.[3] His tenure was from 20 May 1888 until 12 October 1892.[4]
Like his brother Henry, Ournac was a cartoonist, signing his works "Ka-Mill".[5] He was made a knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1889.[1][2] Ournac's son, Jean, died in Royan age thirty-six on 15 December 1911[6] while his father, Camille, was 79 years of age when he died on 24 January 1925 in Toulouse.[2]
