Ernest Ferroul

Life & Legacy

Ernest Joseph Antoine Ferroul (13 December 1853 – 29 December 1921) was a French physician and politician.
He held extreme left political views.
He was twice a deputy for the southern department of Aude between 1888 and 1902, was first elected mayor of Narbonne in 1891 and held that office from 1903 until his death.
He is known as one of the leaders of the successful 1907 revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers, in which up to 800,000 vineyard smallholders and workers demonstrated to demand government action to end unfair competition.