Hyacinthe de Gailhard-Bancel (1 November 1849 – 22 March 1936) was a French politician, lawyer, and pioneer of agricultural syndicalism.

[1] He is also credited by historian Kevin Passmore as a "pioneer of agrarian corporatism", dreaming of the day that French peasants would "look upon the château and say 'there's our star'".

[4] Gailhard-Bancel's ideology has been called a precursor to the rural Catholic Action movement.

[5] From 1884, Gailhard-Bancel engaged himself with the formation of agricultural unions in the Drôme and collaborated with Christian socialist movements.

This opponent's term ended in 1912 with their death, at which point Gailhard-Bancel won back the office, holding it until 1924, when he was beaten again.