Cantonal Council (Zug)

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The Cantonal Council is the parliament of the Canton of Zug . It meets in the Cantonal Council Chamber in the government building in Zug and is the canton's legislative and supreme supervisory authority. Its 80 members are distributed over eleven constituencies and are elected for four years using the proportional procedure , whereby the biproportional seat allocation procedure according to Pukelsheim is used. The Cantonal Council enacts all fundamental and important provisions in the form of laws. It usually meets once a month on a Thursday. The last general renewal elections took place on October 7, 2018.

tasks

Basic requirements for the Cantonal Council can be found in the Cantonal Constitution of Zug in Paragraphs 38 to 44.

The 80 members of the Cantonal Council are elected for a term of four years. The council exercises supreme power, subject to the rights of the people. It passes laws and oversees the canton's state organs, i.e. the government council , courts and other authorities. If it does not fall within the competence of the government council, the canton council approves or terminates international and intercantonal agreements.

Budget drafts and statements by the government council are approved or rejected by the canton council. A referendum can be enforced by the people against new expenditures of more than CHF 500,000 or a recurring type of more than CHF 50,000 if 1,500 eligible voters request a referendum within 60 days of the publication of the resolution (optional financial referendum).

The office of the Cantonal Council initially consists of the President and a Vice-President; they are elected in a secret ballot by the Cantonal Council for a period of two years. Furthermore, the council office has two tellers. They are also elected for two years by the Cantonal Council. In addition, two deputy tellers are elected, but they are not members of the council office. The office is completed by the land clerk and his deputy. Both are elected for four years and may not belong to the cantonal and government councils or a court.

Parties

Elections to the Cantonal Council on October 7, 2018
Turnout: 41.38%
 %
30th
20th
10
0
25.58
22.35
20.93
13.32
11.85
5.32
0.64
ALG
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-1.20
-1.28
-1.22
+0.54
+2.60
+0.35
+0.21
ALG
Otherwise.
11
9
4th
21st
17th
18th
11 9 4th 21st 17th 18th 
A total of 80 seats

In the general renewal elections in 2018, the participating parties achieved the following number of seats and voting shares:

statistics
Number of seats 80
Last choice October 7, 2018
Legislative period 2018-2021
Eligible voters 75,131
Ballot papers submitted 31,092
voter turnout 41.38%
Political party Percent
(2018)		 Seats
Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) 25.58% 21st
Swiss People's Party (SVP) 22.35% 18th
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 20.93% 17th
Joint list of Greens, Christian-Social, Young Alternative (ALG) 13.32% 11
Social Democratic Party (SP) 11.85% 9
Green Liberal Party (glp) 5.32% 4th
Action of independent citizens (AuBü) 0.64% 0

Source:

Members

eligibility

Section 21 of the cantonal constitution stipulates that members of the government council and the judiciary cannot be members of the cantonal council. Members of the cantonal administration who report directly to the government council or one of its members are also not allowed to sit on the cantonal council.

Number and distribution among the constituencies

According to Paragraph 38, Paragraph 3 of the cantonal constitution, the municipalities of the canton of Zug form the constituencies for the elections to the cantonal council. This results in eleven constituencies. The 80 representatives are distributed as follows:

No. Constituency Population as of December 31, 2016 Number of representatives
01 Zug municipality 29,804 19th
02 Oberägeri community 5,994 4th
03 Unterägeri community 8,576 6th
04 Menzingen community 4,467 3
05 Baar municipality 24,129 15th
06 Cham municipality 16'216 10
07 Hünenberg community 8,827 6th
08 Steinhausen community 9,735 6th
09 Risch community 10'355 7th
10 Walchwil community 3,626 2
11 Neuheim community 2,219 2

compensation

In accordance with Section 4 of the Law on Compensation for Part-Time Members of the Authority, the Presidium of the Cantonal Council receives CHF 307.00 and the members CHF 184.00 per half day of the meeting.

For meetings of the Cantonal Council commissions, the Presidium and the members receive CHF 104.00 for the first two hours and CHF 26.00 for each additional half hour.

List of members

As of September 26, 2019:

Surname Political party Constituency vintage function
Heinz Achermann CVP Hünenberg member
In there Alaj SP Cham 1990 member
Pirmin Andermatt CVP Baar 1966 member
Urs Andermatt FDP Baar 1969 member
Michael Arnold FDP Baar 1987 member
Kurt Balmer CVP Risch member
Monika Barmet CVP Menzingen 1961 President of the Cantonal Council
Hans Baumgartner CVP Cham 1959 member
Anna Bieri CVP Hünenberg 1985 member
Manuel Brandenberg SVP train 1972 Group leader SVP
Philipp C. Brunner SVP train 1955 member
Laura Dittli CVP Oberägeri 1991 member
Zari Dzaferi SP Baar 1985 member
Ivo Egger ALG Baar 1984 member
Benny Elsener CVP train 1951 member
Luzian Franzini ALG train 1996 member
Thomas Gander FDP Cham 1984 member
Alois Gössi SP Baar 1959 Group leader SP
Barbara Gysel SP train 1977 member
Esther Haas ALG Cham 1956 Vice-President of the Cantonal Council
Barbara Häseli CVP Baar 1980 member
Andreas Hausheer CVP Steinhausen 1973 member
Mariann Hess ALG Unterägeri 1960 member
Rita Hofer ALG Hünenberg 1963 member
Andreas Hürlimann ALG Steinhausen 1982 member
Beat Iten SP Unterägeri 1958 member
Patrick Iten CVP Oberägeri 1975 member
Fabio Iten CVP Unterägeri member
Manuela Käch CVP Cham 1975 member
René Kryenbühl SVP Oberägeri 1966 member
Hans Küng SVP Baar 1990 member
Manuela Leemann CVP train member
Rainer Leemann FDP train member
Peter Letter FDP Oberägeri 1970 member
Isabel Liniger SP Baar 1995 member
Andreas Lustenberger ALG Baar 1986 member
Thomas Magnusson FDP Menzingen member
Thomas Meierhans CVP Steinhausen 1963 Group leader CVP
Stefan Moos FDP train member
Adrian Moss FDP train member
Jean-Luc Mösch CVP Cham 1966 member
Petra Muheim Quick FDP Cham 1969 member
Karl Nussbaumer SVP Menzingen 1964 deputy Vote counter
Anastas Odermatt ALG Steinhausen 1985 ALG parliamentary group leader
Marc Reichmuth SVP Steinhausen member
Mario Reinschmidt FDP Steinhausen member
Michael Riboni SVP Baar 1984 member
Silvan Renggli CVP Hagendorn 1972 member
Beni Riedi SVP Baar 1988 member
Adrian Risi SVP train member
Flavio Roos SVP Risch 1970 member
Richard Rüegg CVP train 1960 member
Peter Rust CVP Walchwil member
Ralph Ryser SVP Unterägeri 1964 Vote counter
Heini Schmid CVP Baar 1961 member
Steffen Schneider FDP Risch member
Hanni Schriber-Neiger ALG Risch 1959 member
Hubert Schuler SP Hünenberg 1957 member
Emil Schweizer SVP Neuheim member
Markus Simmen CVP Neuheim member
Rupan Sivaganesan SP train 1981 member
Claus Soltermann GLP Cham 1955 member
Anna Spescha SP train member
Markus Spörri FDP Unterägeri deputy Vote counter
Daniel Stadlin GLP train 1954 member
Cornelia Stocker FDP train 1963 member
Rainer Suter SVP Cham 1968 member
Guido Suter SP Walchwil 1961 member
Karen Umbach FDP train 1961 FDP parliamentary group leader
Beat Unterährer FDP Hünenberg 1962 member
Thomas Villiger SVP Hünenberg 1978 member
Stéphanie Vuichard ALG train member
Oliver Wandfluh SVP Baar 1969 member
Brigitte Wenzin Widmer SVP Cham 1969 member
Matthias Werder SVP Risch 1980 member
Thomas Werner SVP Unterägeri 1972 member
Roger return CVP Risch 1966 member
Helene Zimmermann FDP Risch Teller
Martin Zimmermann GLP Baar 1978 member
Tabea Carpenter Gibson ALG train member
Nicole doubt GLP train member

Zug assassination attempt

On September 27, 2001, an attack was carried out during a meeting of the Cantonal Council in the Zug parliament building. The assassin Friedrich Leibacher shot 14 politicians, including three members of the government and the president of the cantonal council, and then committed suicide.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mention on the website of nike-kultur
  2. ↑ Results of the general election 2014
  3. ↑ admin.ch Constitution of the Canton of Zug
  4. ↑ § 21 of the Cantonal Constitution of Zug
  5. ↑ ZG elections 2018
  6. ↑ Canton of Zug: national and cantonal elections since 1919. Federal Statistical Office, October 8, 2018, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ § 38 of the Zug canton constitution
  8. ^ Law on the compensation of part-time members of the authorities in the canton of Zug
  9. ^ Council members. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .