List of members of the Vorarlberg state parliament (XXX legislative period)

Allocation of seats in the Vorarlberg state parliament from 2014

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A total of 36 seats

• ÖVP : 16
• FPÖ : 9
• GREEN : 6
• SPÖ : 3
• NEOS : 2

This list provides an overview of the members of the XXX. Vorarlberger Landtag in the legislative period from 2014 to 2019. The XXX. Vorarlberger Landtag was sworn in at the constituent meeting on October 15, 2014. On September 21 of the same year, the election for the Vorarlberg state parliament took place (see also state elections in Vorarlberg 2014 ).

Landtag President

The Landtag Presidium is composed of the Landtag President and his two Vice-Presidents. The task of the Presidium is to lead the sessions of the state parliament and to represent the Vorarlberg state parliament externally. In the constituent session of the state parliament of the XXX. Harald Sonderegger (ÖVP) was elected President of the State Parliament for the legislative period . Gabriele Nussbaumer (ÖVP) and Ernst Hagen (FPÖ) were appointed as vice-presidents. On January 31, 2018, Martina Rüscher succeeded the retired Gabriele Nussbaumer as the second vice- president of the state parliament.

The group chairmen of the five parliamentary groups also belong to the enlarged presidium. Together they form an advisory body that assists the President of the State Parliament in drawing up the agendas and determining the times of the meetings.

Officials / assessors

Every session of the state parliament is attended by two non-attached officials who monitor the orderly business of the Vorarlberg state parliament. The state parliament director is the secretary of each meeting and the state office director is entitled to participate as the highest-ranking official of the office of the Vorarlberg state government. Neither the state office director nor the state parliament director have a right to vote in the Vorarlberg state parliament. Günther Eberle was State Office Director , Borghild Goldgruber-Reiner State Parliament Director.

In addition, all members of the Vorarlberg state government are entitled to participate, but not vote, in the sessions of the state parliament. This is to ensure that the executive body , which has to implement resolutions of the state parliament, is accountable to this legislative body .

Federal Councilors

The Vorarlberg state parliament is entitled to send three representatives to the Federal Council in Vienna. In the XXX. In the legislative period, these were initially the Federal Councilors Magnus Brunner (ÖVP), Edgar Mayer (ÖVP) and Christoph Längle (FPÖ, from April 22, 2019 independent). On September 30, 2018, Edgar Mayer resigned and the state parliament then elected Martina Ess (ÖVP) as his successor.

MPs

In the XXX. The Vorarlberger Landtag was represented by 36 members from five parties. These were the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the Greens , the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum (NEOS).

The respective group chairmen were highlighted in color. Gray stands for the ÖVP Landtag Club , red for the SPÖ Landtag Club , blue for the Freedom Landtag Club and green for the Landtag Club “The Greens” . NEOS forms its own parliamentary group in the state parliament, but with only two mandates did not reach the club's strength (from three mandates).

Member of the state parliament

image	Surname	fraction		Constituency	Remarks
	Allgäuer Daniel		FPÖ	Feldkirch	Club chairman of the FPÖ from December 23, 2015
	Except Manuela		SPÖ	National election proposal	sworn in on November 15 as a replacement for Reinhold Einwallner
	Aydın Vahide		The green	Dornbirn
	Bitschi Christof		FPÖ	National election proposal
	Egger Dieter		FPÖ	Feldkirch	Club chairman of the FPÖ until December 23, 2015
	Barrels Julian		ÖVP	National election proposal
	Feuerstein Bernhard		ÖVP	Bregenz	November 5, 2014 substitutes for Bernadette Mennel sworn in
	Breakfast Roland		ÖVP	Bregenz	Club chairman ÖVP
	Gross Adi		The green	Bregenz	Club chairman "The Greens"
	Gruber Beate		ÖVP	Bregenz	November 5, 2014 Nachrückerin for Erich Schwaerzler sworn in
	Hagen Ernst		FPÖ	Dornbirn	1st Vice President of the State Parliament
	Hartmann Markus		ÖVP	Feldkirch	on March 7, 2018 as substitutes for Barbara Schöbi Finch sworn in
	Hofer Albert		ÖVP	Dornbirn
	Hosp Nicole		FPÖ	National election proposal
	Huber Werner		ÖVP	Feldkirch
	Kinz Hubert		FPÖ	Bregenz
	Marte Veronika		ÖVP	Bregenz	sworn in on April 3, 2019 as successor for Matthias Kucera
	Matt Daniel		NEOS	National election proposal	sworn in on October 4th as a replacement for Martina Pointner
	Mayr Steve		ÖVP	Feldkirch	January 31, 2018 as substitutes for Gabriele Nussbaumer sworn in
	Metzler Christoph		The green	Feldkirch	November 5, 2014 substitutes for John Rauch sworn in
	Michalke Cornelia		FPÖ	Bregenz
	Ritsch Michael		SPÖ	Bregenz	Club chairman SPÖ
	Rüscher Martina		ÖVP	Bregenz	from January 31, 2018 2nd Vice-President of the State Parliament
	Scheffknecht Sabine		NEOS	National election proposal	Group leader NEOS
	Schoch Sandra		The green	Bregenz	sworn in on November 5, 2014 as a replacement for Katharina Wiesflecker
	Sonderegger Harald		ÖVP	Feldkirch	President of the Landtag
	Sprickler-Falschlunger Gabriele		SPÖ	National election proposal
	Steinhofer Daniel		ÖVP	Dornbirn	November 5, 2014 substitutes for Christian Bernhard sworn in
	Tomaselli Nina		The green	Feldkirch
	Doorman Josef		ÖVP	Bludenz
	Vonier Monika		ÖVP	Bludenz
	Waibel Christoph		FPÖ	Dornbirn
	Weixlbaumer Joachim		FPÖ	Bludenz
	Winsauer Thomas		ÖVP	Dornbirn
	Widower Harald		ÖVP	Bludenz	on May 9, 2018 as substitutes for Christian Gantner sworn in
	Zadra Daniel		The green	National election proposal

Retired MPs

image	Surname	fraction		Constituency	Remarks
	Bernhard Christian		ÖVP	Dornbirn	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014
	Einwallner Reinhold		SPÖ	National election proposal	until October 31, 2017, successor Manuela Auer
	Gantner Christian		ÖVP	Bludenz	Resigned from the state government after election on April 11, 2018, successor Harald Witwer
	Kucera Matthias		ÖVP	Bregenz	sworn in on November 5, 2014 as a replacement for Karlheinz Rüdisser ; until March 13, 2019, successor Veronika Marte
	Mennel Bernadette		ÖVP	Bregenz	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014
	Nussbaumer Gabriele		ÖVP	Feldkirch	2. Vice-President of the State Parliament; until January 2, 2018, successor Steve Mayr
	Pointner Martina		NEOS	National election proposal	until September 7, 2017, successor Daniel Matt
	Rauch Johannes		The green	Feldkirch	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014
	Rüdisser Karlheinz		ÖVP	Bregenz	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014
	Schöbi-Fink Barbara		ÖVP	Feldkirch	sworn in on November 5, 2014 as a replacement for Markus Wallner ; Retired from the state government after election on January 31, 2018, successor Markus Hartmann
	Schwarzler Erich		ÖVP	Bregenz	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014
	Wallner Markus		ÖVP	Feldkirch	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014
	Wiesflecker Katharina		The green	Bregenz	resigned from the state government after election on October 15, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Egger sworn in as mayor of Hohenems . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at from December 23, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2015.
2. ↑ orf.at: Vice-President of the State Parliament resigns . Article dated December 14, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017.