Emil Hardegger

Emil Hardegger (born September 6, 1881 in Rorschacherberg ; † March 18, 1977 in St. Gallen , entitled to live in Gams ) was a Swiss politician ( SP ).

biography

Family and work

Emil Hardegger, son of the teacher Jakob Hardegger and Anna Maria née Buob, a graduate of the teachers' college in Rorschach , then worked as a primary school teacher in Rorschacherberg, as an assistant teacher at the St. Gallen institution for the deaf, and then as a teacher in the special classes for the less gifted at the city center. St. Gallic School used.

Emil Hardegger was married to the teacher Anna Martina, born Wäspi, from Ernetschwil . He died in 1977 at the old age of 95 in St. Gallen.

Political career

Emil Hardegger, who joined the Social Democratic Party (SP), was a member of the Central School Council from 1918 to 1927 and of the Education Council from 1925 to 1927. After his party since 1918 in the St. Gallen town council had represented, took place in 1924 he was elected to the St. Gallen City Council , where he was the tax administration as well as the technical operations before, in 1948 he resigned his positions. In addition, Emil Hardegger was a member of the St. Gallen Grand Council at the cantonal level from 1918 to 1948 , and the National Council at the federal level from 1927 to 1935 .

Emil Hardegger, who presided over the SP of the canton of St. Gallen for years, was a member of the local strike leadership during the national strike in November 1918, which was able to successfully handle the strike without escalation.

literature

• AZ of Eastern Switzerland from March 29, 1977.
• Sankt-Gallen history 2003: The time of the canton 1914-1945, In: Volume 7 of Sankt-Gallen history 2003, Office for Culture of the Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, 2003 ISBN 3-9080-4843-5 . Page 61, 172.

Web links

• Louis Specker: Hardegger, Emil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Emil Hardegger on the website of the Federal Assembly