Hermann Huber (politician)

Hermann Huber (born July 15, 1863 in Besenbüren ; † July 25, 1915 in Wohlen ; resident in Besenbüren) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ). From 1905 to 1909 he was Councilor of the Canton of Aargau.

biography

After graduating from the district school in Muri and the canton school in Aarau , Huber studied law and economics . In 1866 he received his doctorate from the University of Basel and in the same year opened a law firm in Wohlen. He soon developed into a leading figure in the Liberal Free Office and made numerous enemies in the Catholic-conservative camp that dominated there, which is why he was initially denied political offices. Huber headed the committee that ensured that Wohlen was one of the first communities in Aargau to be supplied with electricity in 1894. He also secured the financing of a new water supply. In 1902 he was one of the co-founders of the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn .

In 1901 Huber was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau. In 1905 he was elected to the government council, where he succeeded Gottlieb Käppeli in the finance department. During his tenure, the parishes received back those beneficiaries that had fallen to the state in 1841 as a result of the Aargau monastery dispute . In addition, Huber campaigned for the expansion of the cantonal electricity supply. Health problems forced him to resign in 1909. He continued to run his law firm in Wohlen and was again a member of the Grand Council until 1912.

literature

• Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 365-366 .

Web links

• Anton Wohler: Huber, Hermann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .