Albert Métin
| Emile Albert Métin | |
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Albert Métin in 1913
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| Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | |
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In office 9 December 1913 – 3 June 1914 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Chéron |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Baptiste Abel |
| Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | |
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In office 29 October 1915 – 12 December 1916 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin |
| Succeeded by | Étienne Clémentel |
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28 January 1871 Besançon, Doubs, France |
| Died | 16 August 1918 (aged 47) San Francisco, US |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Politician |
Emile Albert Métin (28 January 1871 – 16 August 1918) was a French professor of history and geography, a prolific author and a politician who was twice Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.
Albert Métin was born on 23 January 1871 in Besançon, Doubs. He was a brilliant scholar, and gained degrees in History and Geography. He became a professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers.
Métin was one of the first to receive a travel grant from the University of Paris. He spent 18 months travelling around the world, and visited Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand in 1899 he found that the radical social legislation in New Zealand had been implemented in a series of pragmatic steps that addressed specific issues, and had little grounding in political theory. He could not understand how New Zealand could have the world's "most advanced labor legislation" with "the weakest labor party." He coined the phrase "Socialism with no doctrine" (Le socialisme sans doctrines) to describe the Australasian reforms.
On his return Métin wrote Le socialisme sans doctrines: la question agraire et la question ouvrière en Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande in which he described "these countries in which the state has set limits to the right of property, has instituted the eight-hour day, the minimum wage, compulsory arbitration, with many other measures which have given the English antipodean colonies the surname Paradise of Workingmen." He strongly disapproved of the support given by labor to queen, empire and church. He wrote that labor was, "not in the least interested in building a socialist society, but in aping the bourgeoisie and in winning for themselves all the concessions and advantages possible within a capitalist society."
In October 1904 Métin was head of a French delegation that visited the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, US. The delegation visited Quebec, mainly Quebec City and Montreal, from 12–15 October. The party included several leading radicals, including Alphonse Verville, Joseph-Alphonse Rodier, Joseph Ainey, Isisdore Tremblay and Narcisse Arcand.
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