Léopold Maissin (9 June 1854 - May 1937) was an engineering graduate of the École Polytechnique and industrialist who also became a politician. He served for many years as the mayor of Le Relecq-Kerhuon, a small coastal municipality in the extreme north-west of France. In 1889 he was elected to the departmental council, representing the canton (grouping of municipalities and rural administrative districts) of Landerneau. In 1904 he was elected vice-president of the Departmental council for Finistère. His electoral fortunes were otherwise mixed, but he retained his mayoral position till 1914, at which point he was succeeded in the post by his son (also called Léopold Maissin).
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| - Léopold Emmanuel Louis Eugène Maissin, né le 9 juin 1854 à Paris et mort en mai 1937 à Coat-ar-Hars, commune d'Hanvec, était un polytechnicien, ingénieur, industriel et homme politique français, qui fut maire du Relecq-Kerhuon, conseiller général du Finistère, directeur de l'usine de poudres du Moulin blanc au Relecq-Kerhuon. (fr)
- Léopold Maissin (9 June 1854 - May 1937) was an engineering graduate of the École Polytechnique and industrialist who also became a politician. He served for many years as the mayor of Le Relecq-Kerhuon, a small coastal municipality in the extreme north-west of France. In 1889 he was elected to the departmental council, representing the canton (grouping of municipalities and rural administrative districts) of Landerneau. In 1904 he was elected vice-president of the Departmental council for Finistère. His electoral fortunes were otherwise mixed, but he retained his mayoral position till 1914, at which point he was succeeded in the post by his son (also called Léopold Maissin). (en)
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| - Léopold Maissin (9 June 1854 - May 1937) was an engineering graduate of the École Polytechnique and industrialist who also became a politician. He served for many years as the mayor of Le Relecq-Kerhuon, a small coastal municipality in the extreme north-west of France. In 1889 he was elected to the departmental council, representing the canton (grouping of municipalities and rural administrative districts) of Landerneau. In 1904 he was elected vice-president of the Departmental council for Finistère. His electoral fortunes were otherwise mixed, but he retained his mayoral position till 1914, at which point he was succeeded in the post by his son (also called Léopold Maissin). It was not his political career but his career with the Poudrerie nationale de Sevran-Livry that brought his name to wider attention. He distinguished himself as an exceptionally inventive engineer with the explosives manufacturer. In 1907 he became a director of the company's powder mill at Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch, in succession to the engineer-politician Albert Louppe. The munitions firm hit the headlines in connection with the explosions and sinkings, in 1907 and 1911, of the Iéna and the Liberté, two battleships anchored at the vast Toulon naval base. The disasters were traced back to "Powder B" (Nitrocellulose gunpowder), recently introduced to the formulation of explosives used by the navy, and which was found to have become unstable, thus triggering the explosions. Disagreement arose over whether or not the product issues resulted from sub-standard ingredients having been delivered to the "Moulin-Blanc" plant (till 1907 under the control of Léopold Maissin) by the "Pont-de-Buis" factory (at the time when the unstable explosives were produced under the direction, of Albert Louppe), or from failure to implement proper inspections of raw materials delivered to the "Pont-de-Buis" manufacturing plant. The apparently spontaneous sinkings of two major battleships within four years had caught the attention of many influential people both inside and beyond the political establishment: much of the intense and unresolved rancour that ensued between Louppe and Maissin was played out in full public view through the press and other political channels of the time. (en)
- Léopold Emmanuel Louis Eugène Maissin, né le 9 juin 1854 à Paris et mort en mai 1937 à Coat-ar-Hars, commune d'Hanvec, était un polytechnicien, ingénieur, industriel et homme politique français, qui fut maire du Relecq-Kerhuon, conseiller général du Finistère, directeur de l'usine de poudres du Moulin blanc au Relecq-Kerhuon. (fr)
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