Rodolphe Thomas

Rodolphe Thomas
Rodolphe Thomas in 2010
Mayor of Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Assumed office
18 June 2001
Preceded byFrançois Geindre
Member of the National Assembly for Calvados's 2nd constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 20 June 2007
Preceded byLouis Mexandeau
Succeeded byLaurence Dumont
Personal details
Born (1962-08-08) 8 August 1962 (age 62)
Falaise, Calvados, France
Political partyMoDem

Rodolphe Thomas (born 8 August 1962) is a French politician and member of the MoDem.[1]

Born in Falaise, he moved to the new town of Hérouville-Saint-Clair in 1966, where his parents opened one of the first stores in the city.[2]

After one term in the municipal council, sitting on the right-wing opposition benches, he won a surprise victory in the traditionally Socialist town of Hérouville-Saint-Clair in the 2001 local elections, mostly due to the division of the left. He became first vice-president of the Agglomeration community of Caen la Mer. In the 2002 legislative election, he defeated the Socialist incumbent Louis Mexandeau in the Calvados's 2nd constituency as a Union for French Democracy (UDF) candidate.

He was politically close to Jean-Louis Borloo, but also a close supporter of UDF leader François Bayrou. However, he supported Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of the 2007 presidential election and ran for re-election supported by the Presidential Majority and Bayrou's new party, the MoDem. He was, however, defeated by Laurence Dumont (PS).[3]

Following his defeat, he became a closer supporter of Bayrou and ran simultaneously for re-election as Mayor of Hérouville-Saint-Clair in the 2008 municipal elections but also against a PS incumbent in Caen's 6th canton in the cantonal elections. He was re-elected Mayor with over 53% of the votes by the first round, and won his cantonal race in Caen-6 in the runoff.

In 2009, he was selected to be the MoDem's candidate in Lower Normandy for the 2010 regional elections.

References

  1. ^ Prison de Caen : Rodolphe Thomas reçu à Paris - Caen Ouest-France (in French)
  2. ^ BON, Fanette (March 24, 2014). "L'atypique Rodolphe Thomas, maire star". Ouest-France.fr.
  3. ^ Le MoDem a largement aidé les candidats de gauche Le Point (in French)