Jean-Pierre Michel

Jean-Pierre Michel
Member of the French Senate for Haute-Saône
In office 1 October 2004 – 1 October 2014
Preceded by	Bernard Joly
Succeeded by	Michel Raison Alain Joyandet
Mayor of Héricourt
In office 13 March 1983 – 30 September 2004
Preceded by	André Girard
Succeeded by	Jean-Michel Villaumé
Member of the National Assembly from Haute-Saône's 2nd constituency
In office 23 June 1988 – 18 June 2002
Preceded by	Proportional representation
Succeeded by	Maryvonne Briot
In office 2 July 1981 – 1 April 1986
Preceded by	Jean-Jacques Beucler
Succeeded by	Proportional representation
Personal details
Born	(1938-08-05)5 August 1938 Nîmes, France
Died	24 January 2021(2021-01-24) (aged 82) Trévenans, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse	Myriam Michel

Jean-Pierre Michel (5 August 1938 – 24 January 2021) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Saône department from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Socialist Party. In 2014 he ran for a second term, but lost by a 57%-34% margin to Alain Joyandet and by a 60%-34% margin to mayor Michel Raison.

Michel died on 24 January 2021 at the age of 82.

Political career

As part of the study of the bill opening marriage to same-sex couples, as rapporteur of the Committee on Laws, he declared on February 13, 2013: "Me, my position is that something is just [or fair] because that's what the law says, that's all. And the law does not refer to some natural order. It refers to a given balance of power at some point in time, period, nothing else." The philosopher Thibaud Collin interjects: "Ah, I see, the basis of justice is thus the result of a balance of power?" And the socialist rapporteur concludes: "This is my point of view, it is the Marxist point of view on law."(Starting at 1:40:01 in the full video of the committee hearing on 13 February 2013, can be found on YouTube but not linked to.)

Electoral history

Haute-Saône Senate Election 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Michel Raison	560	59.77
	UMP	Alain Joyandet	535	57.10
	PS	Jean-Pierre Michel	317	33.83
	PS	Jean-Pierre Chausse	313	33.40
Majority
Turnout			960	98.77
	UMP gain from PS		Swing

Haute-Saône Senate Election 2004 (Runoff)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Pierre Michel	465	50.11
	UMP	Marie-Odile Hagemann	463	49.89
Majority			2	0.22
Turnout			948	99.37
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Haute-Saône's 2nd constituency Election 2002 (Runoff)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Maryvonne Briot	19 045	51.09
	PS	Jean-Pierre Michel	18 234	48.91
Majority			811	2.18
Turnout			39 782	64.97
	UMP gain from PS		Swing

External links

• Page on the Senate website