Tongeren (Chamber of Representatives constituency)

Tongeren was a constituency used to elect a single member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives between 1839 and 1900. It replaced the Maastricht constituency after the Belgian claim to Maastricht was relinquished to the Netherlands under the Treaty of London (1839). In the Belgian parliament, two members elected for Maastricht in 1837 simply continued to sit as members for Tongeren.

Representatives

Election Representative
(Party)
Representative
(Party)
1837 Henri Simons
(Catholic)
Maximilien de Renesse
(Liberal)
1841
1845 Jean Raikem
(Catholic)
1848 Louis Julliot
(Catholic)
Maximilien de Renesse
(Liberal)
1852
1856
1857
1861
1864 Gustave de Woelmont
(Catholic)
1868 François de Borchgrave d'Altena
(Catholic)
1870
1874
1878 Oscar de Schaetzen
(Catholic)
1882 François Meyers
(Catholic)
1886
1890
1892
1894 Camille Desmaisières
(Catholic)
Joseph Indekeu
(Catholic)
1898 Henri Gielen
(Catholic)
1900 Merged into Tongeren-Maaseik

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