State government Gröger

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The provincial government Gröger formed the Carinthian provincial government in the 12th legislative period under Governor Florian Gröger . The government succeeded the state government of Lemisch I and held office from the inauguration of the government on July 22, 1921 to the election of the Schumy state government on November 6, 1923.

The Social Democratic Workers' Party of German Austria (SDAPDÖ) had achieved a relative majority in the 1921 state elections and provided three of the five regional councilors and the governor. The Carinthian Farmers' Union (SBB, then part of the Landbund ) sent the 1st Deputy Governor and a Regional Councilor, the Christian Social Party the 2nd Deputy Governor and the Greater German People's Party (GDVP) a Regional Council.

development

The result of the state elections in 1921 brought a stalemate in the state parliament and thus a difficult government formation. With 19 of 42 MPs, the Social Democrats narrowly missed an absolute majority and could not find a partner among the “bourgeois” parties (CS with 8 MPs, KWG with 9 MPs, GDVP with 4 MPs). These in turn quickly agreed on a joint state parliament club, which, however, did not represent an absolute majority. A collaboration with the party of Carinthian Slovenes (2 MPs) was against the background of just the Carinthian plebiscite ended Carinthian defense fight excluded for all parties. Ultimately, it was agreed that the social democrat Florian Gröger should become governor. However, Vinzenz Schumy (KBB) and Sylvester Leer (CS) were put by his side. Gröger was required to make decisions only in consensus with both of them, which undermined his office and brought with it great potential for conflict. The state government of Gröger therefore only lasted from July 22, 1921 to 1923.

In line with the difficult initial situation, Florian Gröger received only 20 of the 41 votes cast in the election for governor, with 20 ballot papers remaining blank. Vinzenz Schumy was elected First Deputy Governor with 13 of 42 votes cast. In Schumy's election, 29 ballot papers were left blank. In the election for the second deputy governor, Silvester Leer was able to unite 10 out of 41 votes. 31 ballot papers were left blank in this election. In the election of the state councils, all candidates received 41 out of 41 votes.

The unanimity principle in the state government made government work very difficult. After the low turnout of only 69.67%, the discussion about a new right to vote took up a lot of space. The bourgeois parties pushed for the introduction of compulsory voting, the Social Democrats saw this as a means of pressure to indirectly influence the voters through superiors. After turbulent sessions and several blockades of the Landtag, Ferdinand Kernmaier submitted the successful application on July 30, 1923 to dissolve the Landtag and to hold elections parallel to the National Council election in Austria in 1923 . The question of compulsory voting remained unsolved.

Government members

Office Surname Political party Presentations
Governor Florian Groeger SDAPDÖ
1. Deputy Governor Vincent Schumy KBB
2. Deputy Governor New Year's Eve CS
Provincial Council Fritz Dörflinger GDVP
Provincial Council Hans Lagger SDAPDÖ
Provincial Council Arthur Lemisch KBB
Provincial Council August Neutzler SDAPDÖ
Provincial Council Matthias Zeinitzer SDAPDÖ

literature

  • Constituent Parliament of Carinthia. Klagenfurt 1921-23

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dachs, Herbert; Dippelreiter, Michael; Schausberger, Franz: Radical phrase, electoral alliances and continuities. State election campaigns in Austria's federal states 1919 to 1932 (=  publication series of the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library No. 57 ). Böhlau, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-205-20498-5 , pp. 99 f . ( Google Books ).