Cantonal Council (Solothurn)

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The Cantonal Council is the parliament of the Canton of Solothurn . It meets in the town hall of Solothurn and is the legislative and supreme supervisory authority of the canton. Its 100 members are elected on a proportional basis for four years. He enacts all fundamental and important provisions in the form of laws. Parliament usually meets seven times a year, each of which takes place in January, March, May, June, August, November and December. A session comprises two to four days, depending on the volume of transactions to be processed. The current legislative period lasts from May 2017 to April 2021. The last general election took place on March 12, 2017.

tasks

The Cantonal Council elects a President and two Vice-Presidents, each of whom has a term of one year. All three together make up the presidium. Furthermore, the canton council elects the state clerk and his deputy, the members and substitute judges of all those courts where this is not done by popular election, the chief public prosecutor and his deputy, the public prosecutors, the youth attorneys and the head of financial control .

The Cantonal Council enacts all fundamental and important provisions in the form of laws. If the government council has not been authorized to conclude international treaties and concordats, such legal transactions are approved by the cantonal council. Furthermore, the Cantonal Council decides on one-off expenses of up to 5 million francs or annually recurring expenses of up to 500,000 francs. Expenses that exceed this limit must also be confirmed by referendum.

The Cantonal Council can give the government council orders, from which the government council can deviate in justified cases in its own area of ​​responsibility. Submitted popular initiatives are checked by the Cantonal Council for formal requirements, illegality or impracticability and, if necessary, declared invalid.

Article 28 of the cantonal constitution also provides that the cantonal council can be recalled by the people. If it is possible to collect 6,000 signatures for such a request within six months, a referendum on the removal must take place two months after the signatures have been submitted. If the request for dismissal is approved by the majority of the people, a new election for the Cantonal Council must be scheduled within four months.

Parties

GPS
PLC
GLP
EPP
CVP
BDP
FDP
SVP
GPS PLC GLP EPP CVP BDP FDP SVP 
A total of 100 seats
Composition of the Cantonal Council
year FDP a CVP SP b SVP LdU EPP GLP BDP POCH Green c FPS Total
1896 67 34 7th 108
1900 66 33 9 108
1904 76 37 12 125
1908 70 34 21st 125
1912 83 40 24 147
1917 68 41 38 147
1921 62 34 34 130
1925 64 35 32 131
1929 67 34 30th 131
1933 73 42 31 146
1937 77 31 38 146
1941 67 37 31 11 146
1945 55 34 40 1 130
1949 58 36 36 130
1953 68 35 39 142
1957 65 36 41 142
1961 69 34 41 144
1965 68 37 39 144
1969 66 36 36 6th 144
1973 65 40 37 1 1 144
1977 65 41 37 1 144
1981 66 45 33 144
1985 64 44 32 4th 144
1989 53 42 33 9 7th 144
1993 54 39 36 8th 7th 144
1997 54 36 37 7th 6th 4th 144
2001 53 32 37 21st 1 144
2005 30th 23 25th 17th 1 4th 100
2009 27 25th 21st 18th 1 2 6th 100
2013 26th 22nd 19th 19th 1 4th 2 7th 100
2017 26th 20th 23 18th 1 3 2 7th 100
a2009: Merger of the Liberal Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP) and Liberal Party of Switzerland (LPS) at national level under the name “FDP. The liberal"
b 2017: Including a member of the Junge SP.
cOriginally, the Solothurn Greens belonged to the left-wing alternative Green Alliance Switzerland . 1993 joined the Swiss Green Party

Members

eligibility

According to the separation of powers prescribed in the Solothurn cantonal constitution, members of the cantonal council may not be members of the government council or the higher court at the same time. Officials and employees of the cantonal administration and courts are also excluded from membership in the Cantonal Council. The term of office is set for four years.

Number and distribution among the constituencies

The canton council has 100 members who are elected according to a proportional representation system. Up to and including the election of the cantonal council in 2001, the number of members was 144. The allocation of seats to the constituencies is based on a resolution of the cantonal council. The decisive factor is the ratio of the population of the offices to one another as of December 31 of the second year before the next election.

According to Article 43 of the cantonal constitution, the constituencies are identical to the five offices. These are amalgamations of two of the previously ten districts that formed the constituencies up to and including the 2001 elections. The distribution of the seats in the Cantonal Council to the offices was last determined on June 12, 2016 and did not result in any changes compared to the previous determination.

Office Number of representatives
Solothurn livers 23
Bucheggberg water authority 22nd
Thal-Gäu 13
Olten-Gösgen 29
Dorneck-Thierstein 13

compensation

The Cantonal Council Act lays down general principles for the reimbursement of expenses for members in Article 28. The compensation is then regulated in detail in the business regulations of the Cantonal Council.

Each member is entitled to an annual basic compensation of CHF 3,000, which compensates for studying files and private infrastructure. In addition, there is an attendance fee of CHF 130 per participation in council and commission meetings. The attendance fee is increased to 200.- if council and commission meetings took place on one day or a meeting lasted longer than five hours and was not connected with an excursion. The attendance fee is doubled for council members who hold council, parliamentary group or commission meetings in a leading role.

In addition, the President of the Council receives an additional annual compensation of CHF 10,000. In turn, all council members are entitled to compensation of CHF 100 per half-day if there is evidence of loss of income due to participation in council and commission meetings.

Members

As of November 18, 2019

Surname Political party place of residence vintage Election year function
Michel Aebi FDP Riedholz 1966 2018 member
Markus Ammann SP Olten 1961 2013 Group President (SP)
Philippe Arnet FDP Beaverist 1977 2006 member
Richard Aschberger SVP Grenchen 1984 2017 member
Johanna Bartholdi FDP Egerkingen 1951 2013 member
Markus Baumann SP Their endings 1964 2014 member
Remo Bill SP Grenchen 1951 2017 member
Hubert Bläsi FDP Grenchen 1957 2001 member
Matthias Borner SVP Olten 1982 2017 member
Johannes Brons SVP Schönwerd 1959 2012 member
Peter Brotschi CVP Grenchen 1957 2009 member
Simon Bürki-Kopp SP Beaverist 1981 2010 member
Hans Büttiker FDP Dornach 1951 2009 member
Karin Büttler FDP Laupersdorf 1966 2009 member
Daniel Cartier  FDP Gretzenbach 1966 2017 member
Enzo Cessotto FDP Balsthal 1959 2007 member
Alois Christ CVP Mümliswil 1956 2019 member
Roberto Conti SVP Solothurn 1958 2013 member
Markus Dick SVP Beaverist 1969 2017 member
Markus Dietschi BDP Selzach 1975 2013 member
Anna Engeler Green Olten 1985 2019 member
Simon Esslinger SP Seewen 1972 2013 member
Tobias Fischer SVP Hägendorf 1980 2013 member
Heinz Flück Green Solothurn 1954 2019 member
Josef Fluri SVP Mümliswil 1970 2017 member
Martin Flury BDP Deitingen 1978 2013 member
Kuno Gasser CVP Nunningen 1957 2017 member
Fabian Gloor CVP Oensingen  1989 2017 member
Simon Gomm Young SP Olten 1990 2017 member
Walter Gurtner SVP Daniken 1952 2005 member
Nicole Hirt GLP Grenchen 1964 2013 member
Peter Hodel FDP Schönwerd 1967 2012 Parliamentary group president (FDP)
Urs Huber SP Obergösgen 1961 1997 member
Jonas Hufschmid CVP Olten 1991 2016 member
Stefan Hug SP  Zuchwil 1954 2017 member
Hardy Jaggi SP Recherswil 1966 2013 member
Sibylle Jeker SVP Erschwil 1983 2019 member
Karin Kälin SP Rodersdorf  1962 2017 member
Karin Kissling CVP Wolfwil  1974 2013 member
Susanne Koch Hauser CVP Erschwil 1960 2009 member
Sandra Kolly-Altermatt CVP Neuendorf 1970 2009 member
Angela grief SP Grenchen 1982 2015 member
Michael Kummli FDP Subingen 1979 2017 member
Kevin Kunz (politician) SVP Deitingen 1989 2019 member
Beat Künzli SVP Laupersdorf 1972 2013 member
Edgar Kupper-Kellerhals CVP Laupersdorf 1970 2011 member
Peter Kyburz CVP Obergösgen 1962 2016 member
Barbara Leibundgut FDP Bed laugh 1963 2017 member
Dieter Leu CVP Rickenbach 1952 2018 member
Georg Lindemann (politician, 1968) FDP Wolfwil 1968 2017 member
Peter M. Linz SVP Büsserach 1944 2015 member
Marco Lupi FDP Solothurn 1977 2016 member
Thomas Lüthi (politician) GLP Hägendorf 1978 2019 member
Daniel Mackuth CVP Trimbach 1965 2009 member
Thomas Marbet SP Olten 1965 2015 member
Josef Maushart CVP Solothurn 1965 2017 member
Verena Meyer-Burkhard FDP Mühledorf 1960 2005 President of the Cantonal Council
Simon Michel FDP  Solothurn 1977 2017  member
Mara Moser SP Niedergösgen 1992 2017 member
Tamara Mühlemann CVP Zuchwil 1978 2013 member
Georg Nussbaumer CVP Hauenstein-Ifenthal 1964 2009 member
Michael Ochsenbein-Bertini CVP Luterbach 1976 2011 Group President (CVP / EPP / GLP / BDP)
Stefan Oser SP Flüh 1975 2015 member
Daniel Probst FDP Olten 1973 2019 member
Stephanie Ritschard SVP Riedholz 1973 2017 member
Franziska Rohner SP Beaverist 1968 2009 member
Franziska Roth SP Solothurn 1966 2009 member
Anna Rüefli SP Solothurn 1985 2008 member
Martin Rufer FDP Lüsslingen 1977 2019 member
Christine Rütti SVP Balsthal 1960 2017 member
Christof Schauwecker Green Solothurn 1986 2017 member
Christian Scheuermeyer FDP Deitingen 1970 2017 member
Andreas Schibli FDP Olten 1969 2001 member
Hugo Schumacher SVP Luterbach 1966 2013 2nd Vice-President of the Cantonal Council
Rolf Sommer SVP Olten 1953 2001 member
Markus Spielmann FDP Starrkirch-Wil 1975 2016 member
Lucia Stocker SP Olten 1966 2013 member
Mathias Stricker SP Bed laugh 1968 2012 member
Heiner Studer FDP Nunningen 1957 2009 member
Thomas Studer CVP Selzach 1964 2013 member
Christian Thalmann FDP Breitenbach 1973 2007 member
Kuno Tschumi FDP Their endings 1951 2009 member
Urs Unterlerchner FDP Solothurn 1981 2014 member
Daniel Urech Green Dornach 1983 2011 1st Vice-President of the Cantonal Council
Nadine Vögeli SP Hägendorf 1979 2017 member
Bruno Vögtli CVP High forest 1956 2013 member
Urs von Lerber SP Luterbach 1959 2007 member
Susan by Sury-Thomas CVP Solothurn 1961 2007 member
Jonas Walther GLP Hessigkofen 1974 2017 member
Christian Werner SVP Olten 1984 2009 Group President (SVP)
Felix Wettstein Green Olten 1958 2010 member
Marie-Theres Widmer CVP Steinhof 1961 2013 member
Beat Wildi FDP Wangen near Olten 1954 2007 member
Mark Winkler FDP Witterswil 1954 2013 member
André Wyss EPP pipe 1976 2018 member
Marianne Wyss SP Trimbach 1963 2017 member
Nicole Wyss SP Oensingen 1969 2019 member
Barbara Wyss Flück Green Solothurn 1963 2007 Group President (Greens)
Simone Wyss Send Green Beaverist 1975 2018 member
Rémy Wyssmann SVP Kriegstetten 1967 2017 member

In the government council elections held in April 2017, two applicants from the cantonal council emerged victorious. They therefore left the Cantonal Council. They are:

Manfred Küng resigned after the first session of the 2017–2021 legislature. Rémy Wyssmann took over for him.

Markus Knellwolf resigned from his position at the end of September 2017. Jonas Walther moved up for him.

At the end of December 2017, René Steiner resigned from his position. André Wyss took over for him.

Kurt Henzmann resigned from his position at the end of January 2018. Dieter Leu moved up for him.

Anita Panzer resigned from her position in September 2018. Michel Aebi moved up for them.

At the end of 2018, Hans Marti resigned from his position. Kevin Kunz is new in his position.

At the beginning of January 2019, Fabian Müller resigned. Nicole Wyss took over for him.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Canton Solothurn: national and cantonal elections since 1896. (No longer available online.) Admin.ch , formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 22, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.opendata.admin.ch  
  2. ↑ cf. Année politique suisse 1987, sections «Elections» and «Parties»
  3. ↑ Gabriela Bader et al .: History of the Greens in Switzerland, p. 12. (No longer available online.) Green Party of Switzerland, archived from the original on August 17, 2016 ; accessed on January 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gruene.ch
  4. ↑ http://bgs.so.ch/frontend/versions/3751 Cantonal Council Act of Solothurn
  5. ↑ http://bgs.so.ch/frontend/versions/3752 Business regulations of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn