List of members of the Styrian Landtag (II legislative period)
This list of MPs to the Styrian Landtag (II legislative period) lists all MPs to the Styrian Landtag in the II legislative period from November 5, 1949 to April 15, 1953. After the state elections in 1949 , the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had 22 members, although it had lost four seats compared to the state elections in 1945. In addition, the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) was represented with 18 seats in the state parliament, whereby the SPÖ had lost two seats. The electoral party of the Independents (WdU) was newly represented in the state parliament and immediately moved into the state parliament with seven mandataries. The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ), on the other hand, only had one deputy after it had lost one seat in 1945.
After the deputies were sworn in on November 5, 1949, the members of the state parliament elected the members of the state government Josef Krainer senior II on November 12, 1949 . The legislative period ended with the inauguration of the deputies of the III. Legislative period on April 15, 1953.
Functions
Landtag President
The previous Landesrat Franz Thoma (ÖVP) was elected as the new 1st President of the State Parliament of the second legislative period, replacing the previous President of the State Parliament, Josef Wallner (ÖVP). The SPÖ politician Franz Stockbauer took over the office of the previous state parliament president . Both state parliament presidents were unanimously elected in the open election.
Club chairmen
In the constituent session of the ÖVP, the previous President of the Landtag, Josef Wallner, assumed the function of parliamentary group chairman.
Folder and secretary
In the first state parliament session, Franz Wegart (ÖVP), Friedrich Hofmann (SPÖ), Viktor Strohmayer (WdU) and Ditto Pölzl (KPÖ) were elected secretaries. The function of files was taken over by MPs Peter Hirsch (ÖVP), Stefan Plaimauer (SPÖ), Georg Kandutsch (WdU) and Ditto Pölzl (KPÖ).
Member of the state parliament
The 56 state parliament mandates were awarded in four state electoral districts. These were the Landtag constituencies 1 (Graz and the surrounding area) , 2 (West and South Styria) , 3 (East Styria) and 4 (Upper Styria) . Of the 56 mandates, three mandates were awarded as mandates with residual votes (R).
Committees
In the constituent meeting, the MPs formed six committees, each comprising between seven and nine members and substitute members. The following list includes the names of the committees, the number of members or substitute members and the distribution of members between the parties.
- "Finance Committee" (9 members: 4 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 WdU)
- "Municipal and Constitutional Committee" (9 members: 4 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, 1 WdU)
- "People's Education Committee" (7 members: 3 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 WdU)
- "Landeskulturausschuß" (7 members: 3 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 WdU)
- "Transport and Economics Committee" (7 members: 3 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 WdU)
- "Welfare Committee" (7 members: 3 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 WdU)
literature
- Josef Rauchberger (Ed.): Keyword Federal States - Federal Council. Elections and representative bodies of the federal states from 1945 to 2000. Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-901111-05-0 .
- Stenographic report. Meeting of the Styrian Parliament. II legislative period