Cantonal Council (Solothurn)
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
year | FDP a | CVP | SP b | SVP | LdU | EPP | GLP | BDP | POCH | Green c | FPS | Total |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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:
- Susanne Schaffner (successor: Mara Moser)
- Brigit Wyss (successor: Christof Schauwecker)
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ cf. Année politique suisse 1987, sections «Elections» and «Parties»
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://bgs.so.ch/frontend/versions/3751 Cantonal Council Act of Solothurn
- ↑ http://bgs.so.ch/frontend/versions/3752 Business regulations of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn