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Marc-David Alba, dit Lasource
b. 22 Jan 1763, (near?) Anglès, Haut-Languedoc (now Tarn)
d. 31 Oct 1793, Paris |
| Title: |
Président de la Convention nationale (President of the National Convention) |
| Term: |
18 Apr 1793 - 2 May 1793 |
| Chronology: |
18 Apr 1793,
elected, assumed the chair immediately upon the proclamation of election, session of the Convention, Salle du Manège, Paris [1] |
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2 May 1793,
ceased to exercise the functions of office upon the election of a successor [2] |
| Names/titles: |
In some sources first name recorded as Marie-David; La Source (Lasource) is a nom de guerre adopted by Alba as a Protestant priest prosecuted by official authorities |
| Biography: |
| Studied theology at the seminary of Lausanne and received a certificate of consecration on 18 Jun 1784; held the position of secretary at the provincial synod of Haut-Languedoc (1 May 1788); was a Protestant minister at Castres; elected (30 Aug 1791) as a representative of the département of Tarn to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792); appointed a member of the Commission extraordinaire des Douze (Extraordinary Commission of Twelve) (12 Aug 1792 - 21 Sep 1792); elected (3 Sep 1792) to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1793) as a deputy for Tarn; was associated with the Girondins; voted for the death sentence in the trial of King Louis XVI; was sent on a mission to Nice and called for unification of this city with France; member of the Comité de sûreté générale (Committee of General Security) (24 Jan 1793 - Apr 1793); elected President of the National Convention (18 Apr 1793 - 2 May 1793); accused Georges Danton of complicity in the treason of Dumouriez (1 Apr 1793); proscribed (2 Jun 1793) and condemned to death by the revolutionary tribunal (30 Oct 1793); guillotined (31 Oct 1793). |
| Biographical sources: Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, 376-377;
Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1789-1889, 1:26-27. |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
Votes (18 Apr 1793) |
| Marc-David Alba, dit Lasource |
213 |
| voters/absolute majority |
305/153 |
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| Source of electoral results: Archives parlementaires - Série 1, 62:685;
Procès-verbal de la Convention nationale, 10:48.
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| [1] |
Archives parlementaires - Série 1, 62:685;
Procès-verbal de la Convention nationale, 10:48 |
| [2] |
Archives parlementaires - Série 1, 64:24;
Procès-verbal de la Convention nationale, 11:24. |
