List of members of the Liechtenstein Parliament (1877)

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This list shows the members of the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein , which emerged from the Landtag elections of 1877. The election of 1877 was the last election in which Liechtenstein consisted of a single constituency. It became necessary after the so-called coin turmoil , in which the Unterländer vigorously opposed the introduction of the gold currency in January 1877, the state parliament was dissolved by Prince Johann II and new elections were scheduled.

The electors elected by the people between March 22nd and April 14th, 1877 met on April 30th at Vaduz Castle to elect twelve members. Since eight MPs from the Oberland had already been elected in the first ballot, it quickly became clear that the electors from the Oberland must have agreed against the Unterländer. The Unterländer did not want to accept this and boycotted the continuation of the election by not participating anymore. Since this meant that two thirds of the electors were no longer present, the election was canceled. It was only after months of negotiations that it was decided to continue the election if Liechtenstein were to be divided into two constituencies and the controversial Coin Act would remain in force. After this compromise, the election could be continued on October 18, 1877 and the remaining MPs were elected. In addition, on November 10, 1877 three deputies were appointed by Prince Johann II. The constituencies will in future have a total of twelve members, the constituency Oberland seven and Unterland five - according to the proportion of their population. The Landtag was constituted in 1877 only to implement the constitutional amendment that had already been negotiated, and then dissolved again. A year later, the first elections with two constituencies took place.

In order to be elected to the state parliament, an absolute majority of all electors present was required in the first two ballots. If not enough members could be elected by then, a relative majority was sufficient in the third ballot.

Number of electors

According to the Liechtenstein constitution, the state parliament was not elected directly, but by means of electors. Between March 22nd and April 14th, 1877, the elections took place in the parish halls of all parishes. 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 1877.

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 April 30, 1877 in the castle hall in Vaduz to carry out the election of the deputies. It was important that the election started at the announced time, even if not all of the electors were present. But at least two thirds of the electors had to be present. Therefore, of the 160 elected electors, only 154 were present. After the dispute between the two regions, the election was not continued until October after the first ballot.

On October 18, 1877, the electors from both regions met again at Vaduz Castle. A total of 148 of the 160 electors appeared. Since one of them had rejected the election in April and another had moved to Sigmaringen in the meantime, six MPs and five deputies had to be elected. In addition, three deputies were appointed by the sovereign in November.

Surname Remarks
Franz Josef Biedermann First ballot in October
Josef Erni First ballot in April
Wendelin Erni First ballot in April
Johann Georg Hasler First ballot in October
Sebastian Heeb First ballot in October
Jakob Kaiser First ballot in October
Markus Kessler April first ballot, turned down the election
Franz Josef child First ballot in October
Johann Georg Matt Appointed
Rudolf Schädler First ballot in October
Johann Alois Schlegel First ballot in April
Wilhelm Schlegel First ballot in April
Johann Georg Vogt First ballot in April
Ferdinand Walser April first ballot, turned down the election
Josef Walser Appointed
Christoph Wanger First ballot in April
Franz Wolfinger Appointed

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.

Surname Remarks
Anton Amann First ballot
Josef Gassner First ballot
Alois Rheinberger Third ballot
Peter Rheinberger First ballot
Josef Tschetter 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.