List of members of the Liechtenstein Parliament (1862)

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This list shows the members of the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein , which emerged from the Landtag elections of 1862. This election was the first after Liechtenstein on September 26, 1862 suspended the constitution of 1818 that had been in force until then and received a new one. As a result, the Landtag was granted considerable rights of participation for the first time; no law could be passed, amended or repealed without the consent of the Landtag - unless the Reigning Prince considered it necessary to restore the security of the country. The state parliament consisted of twelve elected members, three more were appointed by the sovereign.

Every eligible voter elected electors in their community, who then met in Vaduz to elect the representatives there. In order to be elected to the state parliament, you needed an absolute majority of all electors in the first two ballots. If not enough members could be elected by then, a relative majority was sufficient in the third ballot. The deputies were then elected using the same procedure.

Since, according to the new constitution, an electoral term should last six years and half of the parliament should be re-elected every three years, a lot was drawn at the end of 1865 to decide who had to be re-elected in the next election in early 1866 or who had to be elected for the full six years in parliament was allowed to be active.

Number of electors

The election of the electors took place between November 3rd and 17th, 1862 in the school buildings of the communities. It was compulsory to vote; non-participation was punished with a fine. All men over the age of 24 who had a job were eligible to vote, although they were not allowed to be in servitude. Those who received poor relief, were charged or found guilty in court, or were acquitted only for lack of evidence were excluded. Instead, the right to vote was not linked to a voter's wealth or tax revenue, and each vote counted equally.

The number of electors that a municipality provided was based on the number of inhabitants of the municipality. For every 100 inhabitants it provided two electors, whereby the number of inhabitants was rounded to a full 100. The eleven municipalities provided the following electors for the state elections in 1862:

local community electors
Balzers 20th
Ash trees 18th
Gamprin 6th
Moors 20th
Planks 2
Ruggell 12
Schaan 20th
Schellenberg 6th
Triesen 16
Triesenberg 20th
Vaduz 16
total 156

List of members

The electors met on November 24, 1862 in the hall of the castle in Vaduz to elect the Liechtenstein state parliament, all electors were present. Ten of the twelve were elected in the first ballot. After an unsuccessful second round, the last two mandates were finally awarded. The five deputies were then elected in three ballots. On September 26, 1862, Prince Johann II appointed the remaining three deputies.

Surname Remarks
Josef Bargetze First ballot
Johann Baptist Büchel the Elder First ballot
Josef Erni First ballot
Gregor Fischer Third ballot
Anton Gmelch Appointed
Markus Kessler First ballot
Andreas Kieber First ballot
Franz Josef child Appointed
Franz Anton Kirchthaler First ballot
Johann Georg Marxer Appointed; subsequently appointed
Baptist Quaderer Third ballot
Karl Schädler First ballot
Johann Josef Schafhauser First ballot
Christoph Wanger First ballot
Franz Wolfinger First ballot
Josef Wolfinger Appointed; however declined

List of deputies

After the deputies, their deputies were elected. Here, too, an absolute majority was required in the first two ballots and a relative majority in the third ballot.

Surname Remarks
Johann Baptist Beck Third ballot
Franz Josef Laternser Second ballot
Franz Josef Schlegel Third ballot
Wilhelm Schlegel First ballot
Josef Walser First ballot

Web links

literature

  • Paul Vogt: 125 years of the Landtag. Published by the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Vaduz 1987 2nd edition.