Joseph Aveline

Joseph Aveline (December 10, 1881, Dorceau, Orne, France – December 12, 1958, Dorceau, Orne, France) was a 20th-century French politician and agricultural expert from the Orne department of France, who served as mayor of Dorceau for a half century and, as parliamentary deputy, opposed full powers to Marshall Philippe Pétain in July 1940.

Background

Joseph Louis Aveline was born on December 10, 1881, on a cattle-breeding farm in Dorceau (now part of the Rémalard-en-Perche commune) in Orne, France. His parents were Louis Joseph Aveline and Cécile Aline Poussin. His father had started the "New Farm" (French le Ferme-Neuve) there to breed Percheron horses and cattle of Normandy. He kept 40 Percheron horses, which he exported worldwide.

Career

Aveline spent his life as both politician and champion of Norman animal husbandry.

Ferme-Neuve

In 1851, Aveline's father built la Ferme-Neuve ("the New Farm") into a closed-court estate at a former farm. In 1908, Aveline encircled with ten redwood (sequoia) as natural protection. (He had brought the trees back from a trip to Illinois in 1902. ) The farm was famed for breeding Percheron horses and Normande dairy cattle bulls.

World War I In 1914, Aveline began serving for France in World War I through the war's end in 1918, for which he received the Croix de Guerre. His relative, Charles Paul Aveline (1853-1917) received a short biographical entry in the 1917 book A History of the Percheron Horse: of particular note was M. Charles Aveline' brown Percheron named "Dragon." In 1889, there is mention that Percheron "Gris-Blue 9477" was appartenant à M. Joseph Aveline ("owned by Mr. Joseph Aveline"). In 1917, a photo of his farm in Dorceau appears in A History of Percheron Horses.

Politician

In 1908, at age 27, Aveline was elected mayor of Dorceau–an office he would hold for the next 50 years. )

Later life

After World War II, Aveline continued as mayor, advised agricultural organizations and government ministries (particularly the Ministry of Agriculture), and participated in a French trade mission to South America. )

Legislation

Aveline led the following legislation: 1939: Law on trade in products for animals law bears his name)

He supported the following legislation: 1936: Creation of a professional wheat board 1937: Finance Act of 1937, Customs Tariffs 1938: Veterinary medicine 1939: Finance Act of 1939 1940: Civil Service Budget for 1940, Rural Leases

Prix Joseph Aveline (horse racing) Salle Joseph Avelines des mariages et conseils dans Rémalard-en-Perche (2018) Commander of the Legion of Honor (Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur) Croix de Guerre Commander of Agricultural Merit (Commandeur du Mérite agricole)