Enrique Chevalier Chardón (c. 1856 – 19 July 1931) was the Mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
, in 1902.
Background
Chevalier Chardón was born in Ponce around 1856. His parents were Juan Felix Chevalier and Ramona A. Chardón. He married Antonia Valdivieso Ortiz with whom Chevalier Chardón had a daughter named Antonia. He died in Ponce on 19 July 1931. A member of the
Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño
Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño (English: Puerto Rican Republican Party) was a political party founded in Puerto Rico on July 4, 1899. The party dissolved in 1924 when it split into two factions, both factions forming alliances with other lo ...
, Chevalier had also been a member of the Ponce municipal assembly before becoming mayor.
Mayoral term
In 1902, the Puerto Rico Legislature approved a law that annexed the municipality of
Guayanilla to the municipality of Ponce. As such, during his one year as mayor of Ponce, Mayor Chevalier was effectively the mayor of both Ponce and Guayanilla. The law was repealed in 1905. In terms of medical care, Chevalier is also credited with establishing the position for a municipal physician to care for the medical needs of residents in the growing
Barrio Playa
Barrio Playa, also known as Playa de Ponce, Ponce Playa, or La Playa, is one of the thirty-one barrios that comprise the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Bucaná, Canas, Vayas, and Capitanejo, Playa is one of the municipality' ...
. The municipal ordinance established that the person occupying such position was to be a resident of that barrio. While he was a member of the Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño, his mayoral term was marked by an
ayuntamiento
''Ayuntamiento'' ()In other languages of Spain:
* ().
* ().
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led by the opposition, the
Union of Puerto Rico
The Union of Puerto Rico (, UPR), also known as the Unionist PartyBolivar Pagan. ''Historia de los Partidos Políticos Puertorriqueños (1898-1956).'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Litografía Real Hermanos, Inc. 1959. Tomo I. p. 114. (Spanish: ''Partido ...
party.
[Eli D. Oquendo-Rodríguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. ''A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce – Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX.'' First edition. June 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 226. ]
See also
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or ...
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List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
References
Further reading
* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 332. Item 1655.
* Ponce. Oficina del Alcalde. ''Al pueblo de Ponce y el Hon. Gobernador de Puerto Rico.'' Tipografía Baldorioty. 1902-1906. (Universidad de Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.)
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1850s births
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20th-century mayors of places in Puerto Rico
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico