List of the national councils of the canton of Nidwalden

This list shows all members of the National Council from the canton of Nidwalden since the state was founded in 1848 until today.

Party abbreviations

• CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party
• FDP: Liberal Democratic Party , since 2009 FDP. The Liberals
• KVP: Swiss Conservative People's Party
• SVP: Swiss People's Party

Other party currents or directions:

• FL: Liberal Left ( Liberal , Radical, Radical Democrats)
• KK: Catholic Conservatives
• LM: Liberal Middle (Liberals, Liberal Democrats)

National Councils

Surname	Party / parliamentary group	Term of office	Born	Died
August Albrecht	CVP	1967-1979	1907	1988
Franz Durrer	KK	1851-1854	1790	1857
Robert Durrer	KK	1874-1889	1836	1889
Eduard Engelberger	FDP	1995-2011	1940
Theodor Gabriel	CIP	1932-1935	1875	1951
Joseph Iten	CVP	1979-1995	1943
Melchior Joller	FL	1857-1860	1818	1865
Peter Keller	SVP	2011–	1971
Karl Niederberger	KK / KVP	1896-1917	1847	1917
Gottfried Odermatt	CIP	1935-1943	1880	1947
Joseph Odermatt	CIP	1955-1967	1892	1977
Hans von Matt senior	KK	1890-1896	1842	1900
Hans von Matt junior	CIP	1917-1932	1869	1932
Arnold Wagner	CIP	1943-1955	1890	1980
Alois Wyrsch	LM (until 1866) KK (from 1866)	1860-1872	1825	1888
Melchior Wyrsch	KK	1848-1851 1854-1857	1817	1873
Walter Zelger	KK	1872-1874	1826	1874

source

• Database of all council members