title: List of senators of Rhône
text: # List of senators of Rhône
  
  Following is a list of senators of Rhône, people who have represented the department of Rhône in the Senate of France.
  
  ## Third Republic
  
  Senators for Rhône under the French Third Republic were:
  
  * Marie-Edmond Valentin (1876–1879)
  * Jules Favre (1876–1880)
  * Jean-Baptiste Perret (1876–1882)
  * Lucien Mangini (1876–1882)
  * Germain Vallier (1880–1883)
  * Édouard Millaud (1880–1912)
  * Louis Munier (1882–1896)
  * Émile Guyot (1882–1906)
  * Jean-Claude Perras (1885–1899)
  * François Thévenet (1892–1900)
  * Albert Bouffier (1897–1909)
  * Louis Million (1899–1900)
  * Léon Repiquet (1900–1909)
  * Antonin Gourju (1900–1909) and (1920–1926)
  * Henry Fleury-Ravarin (1906–1909)
  * Antoine Ponteille (1909–1918)
  * Victor Vermorel (1909–1920)
  * Georges Eugène Charles Beauvisage (1909–1920)
  * Paul Cazeneuve (1909–1920)
  * Édouard Herriot (1912–1919)
  * Eugène Ruffier (1920–1924)
  * Jean Coignet (1920–1927)
  * Paul Duquaire (1920–1927)
  * Eugène Bussy (1920–1927)
  * Laurent Bonnevay (1924–1927)
  * Justin Godart (1926–1940)
  * Robert Lacroix (1927–1931)
  * Jean Voillot (1927–1936)
  * Irénée Giraud (1927–1936)
  * Camille Rolland (1927–1940)
  * Émile Bender (1931–1940)
  * Joseph Depierre (1936–1940)
  * Jean Froget (1936–1940)
  
  ## Fourth Republic
  
  Senators for Rhône under the French Fourth Republic were:
  
  * Maria Pacaut (1946–1948)
  * Germain Pontille (1946–1948)
  * Louis Dupic (1946–1959)
  * Joseph Voyant (1946–1959)
  * Auguste Pinton (1946–1959)
  * André Lassagne (1948–1953)
  * Claudius Delorme (1948–1959)
  * Florian Bruyas (1953–1959)
  
  ## Fifth Republic
  
  Senators for Rhône under the French Fifth Republic:
  
  * Florian Bruyas (1959–1968)
  * Auguste Pinton (1959–1977)
  * Joseph Voyant (1959–1977)
  * Claudius Delorme (1959–1977)
  * Camille Vallin (1959–1968) and (1977–1986)
  * Francisque Collomb (1968–1995)
  * Léon Chambaretaud (1968–1974)
  * Pierre Vallon (1974–1995)
  * Franck Sérusclat (1977–1999)
  * Alfred Gerin (1977–1986)
  * Serge Mathieu (1977–2004)
  * Jean Mercier (1977–1986)
  * René Trégouët (1986–2004)
  * Emmanuel Hamel (1986–2003)
  * Roland Bernard (1986–1995)
  * Guy Fischer (1995–2014)
  * Gilbert Chabroux (1995–2004)
  * Jacques Moulinier (2003–2004)
  * Muguette Dini (2004–2014)
  * Christiane Demontès (2004–2014)
  * Jean-Jacques Pignard (2009–2012) then in 2014
  * Michel Mercier, Union pour la démocratie française (1995-2009), Named minister 23 June 2009, replaced by Jean-Jacques Pignard from 24 July 2009 to 16 May 2012, resigned 22 April 2014, replaced by Jean-Jacques Pignard
  
  ### Senators from 2014
  
  Senators from 2014 were:
  
  | In office | Name | Party or group | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | From 2014 | François-Noël Buffet | Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) | |
  | From 2014 | Catherine Di Folco | Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) | |
  | From 2014 | Michel Forissier | Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) | |
  | From 2014 | Élisabeth Lamure | Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) | |
  | 2014–2017 | Gérard Collomb | Socialist Party (PS) | Named to cabinet 17 June 2017 |
  | From 2017 | Gilbert-Luc Devinaz | Socialist and Republican | From 18 June 2017, replacing Gérard Collomb |
  | From 2014 | Annie Guillemot | Socialist Party (PS) | |
  | 2014–2017 | Michel Mercier | Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) | Resigned 30 September 2017 |
  | From 2017 | Michèle Vullien | Union Centriste | From 1 October 2017, replacing Michel Mercier |
  