Ernest Roche

Ernest Jean Roche
Ernest Roche from Le Monde moderne (December 1898)
Deputy for the Seine
In office 6 October 1889 – 31 May 1906
Deputy for the Seine
In office 8 May 1910 – 31 May 1914
Personal details
Born	(1850-10-19)19 October 1850 Bordeaux, France
Died	27 December 1917(1917-12-27) (aged 67) Paris, France
Occupation	Engraver, politician

Ernest Jean Roche (19 October 1850 – 27 December 1917) was a French engraver and socialist politician. He was of working class origin, and became involved in trade union activity while young. He was a supporter of the revolutionary socialist Louis Auguste Blanqui. He was imprisoned for his role in a strike of coal miners in 1886. He was elected to the national legislature in 1889, holding office until 1906, and was reelected from 1910 to 1914. He always supported workers and people who were suppressed for their views or political activities. Later he moved towards antisemitism and a more nationalistic form of socialism.