VAN RAALTE, EDUARD ELLIS

VAN RAALTE, EDUARD ELLIS
VAN RAALTE, EDUARD ELLIS (1841–1921), Dutch lawyer and statesman. Born in The Hague, after his academic studies he became a solicitor in Rotterdam, where in 1877 he joined the city council as a Liberal member, serving as an alderman in the period from 1892 to 1897. From 1885 to 1901 he was a member of the Liberal Union Party, of which he became chairman in 1907. Twice he served as a member of Parliament, namely, in the periods 1897 to 1905 and 1913 to 1918. In the De Meester administration (1905–08) he was minister of justice; in 1907 he initiated the Labor Contracts Act that bears his name. That same year an attempt was made against   his life by a malcontent musician. Van Raalte was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Onze Afgevaardigden, bevattende portretten en biographieën der leden van de Eerste en Tweede Kamer der Staten Generaal (1897; 1901; 1905; 1913). (Peter Manasse (2nd ed.)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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