List of members of the Liechtenstein Parliament (1875)

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This list shows the members of the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein that emerged from the Landtag elections of 1875. The electors elected by the people between April 26 and 30, 1875 met on May 8, 1875 in the hall of the castle in Vaduz. Since the term of office of an MP was six years, but the elections were held every three years, only half of the seats were reassigned in each election.

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.

Number of electors

The election of the electors took place between April 26th and 30th, 1875 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. Excluded were those who received poor relief, were charged or found guilty in court, or were acquitted for lack of evidence. 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 1875.

local community electors
Balzers 22nd
Ash trees 18th
Gamprin 6th
Moors 18th
Planks 2
Ruggell 10
Schaan 20th
Schellenberg 8th
Triesen 18th
Triesenberg 20th
Vaduz 18th
total 160

List of members

The electors met on May 8, 1875 in the hall of the castle in Vaduz to elect the Liechtenstein state parliament. 156 out of 160 electors were present. The now outgoing six MPs could stand for election again, some did so. An absolute majority was required in the first two ballots, and a relative majority was sufficient in the third. After the election of the deputies, their deputies were elected according to the same principle. In addition to Wilhelm Schlegel , who had already been confirmed in office a year earlier , the Reigning Prince appointed two more MPs.

Surname Remarks
Josef Anton Amann moved up for M. Kessler
Josef Erni Elected in 1872
Baptist Fritsche Second ballot
Sebastian Heeb First ballot
Michael Kaiser Second ballot
Markus Kessler First ballot, subsequently rejected the mandate
Franz Josef child
Johann Georg Matt Appointed
Martin Oehry Elected in 1872
Peter Rheinberger Elected in 1872
Rudolf Schädler Elected in 1872
Alois Schlegel Elected in 1872
Johann Alois Schlegel First ballot
Wilhelm Schlegel Appointed
Ferdinand Walser First ballot, rejected the election
Josef Walser Appointed
Christoph Wanger Elected in 1872
Franz Wolfinger Elected in 1872

List of deputies

After the deputies, their deputies were elected. An absolute majority was also required in the first two ballots and a relative majority in the third ballot. A total of five deputies were elected.

Surname Remarks
Josef Anton Amann Second ballot, moved up for M. Kessler
Johann Bargetze Second ballot
Franz Josef Biedermann Second ballot
Johann Georg Näscher Second ballot
Franz Wolfinger Third ballot

Web links

literature

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