Lucien Bernier

After studying law in mainland France, Lucien Bernier settled as a lawyer in Guadeloupe. He was initially a member of the Radical Party (France) before joining the French Section of the Workers' International. On October 7, 1945, he was elected General Councillor of Pointe-à-Pitre.In 1947, he was elected mayor of Saint-François, Guadeloupe, and in 1949, he was elected General Councillor for the same town. As a General Councillor, he was a member of the Socialist group, and in October 1953 was elected Conseiller de French Union by his General Council colleagues.^[1]

In the 1958 senatorial elections, he was elected by one vote to the incumbent,Maurice Satineau, on a “Gauche guadeloupéenne” list. In the upper house, he was a member of the Socialist group in the Senate.^[1]

• page on the French Senate website

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