List of the National Councils of the Canton of Schwyz

This list shows all members of the National Council from the canton of Schwyz since the founding of the federal state in 1848 until today.

Party abbreviations

• BV: Farmers' Association
• CSP: Christian Social Party
• CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party
• FDP: Liberal Democratic Party , since 2009 FDP. The Liberals
• KVP: Swiss Conservative People's Party
• SP: Swiss Social Democratic 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
Alois Ab Yberg	FDP	1928-1935	1878	1959
Karl Bachmann	CSP	1959-1971	1915	2004
Karl Benziger	KK	1863-1866	1821	1890
Nikolaus Benziger	KK	1883-1905	1830	1908
Elisabeth Blunschy	CVP	1971-1987	1922	2015
Armin Bruhin	FDP	1955-1959	1912	1990
Josef Anton Georg Büeler	KK	1857-1863	1824	1891
Josef Anton Ferdinand Büeler	KK / KVP	1896-1919	1858	1939
Jakob Bürgi	CVP	1987-1995	1934
Josef Bürgi	FDP	1919-1928	1864	1932
Marcel Dettling	SVP	2015–	1981
Toni Dettling	FDP	1991-1999	1943
Josef Diethelm	SP	1959-1978	1914	1978
Toni Eberhard	CVP	1995-2003	1949
Ambros Eberle	KK	1874-1883	1820	1883
Josef Anton Eberle	LM	1866-1872	1808	1891
Peter Foehn	SVP	1995-2011	1952
Hans Fuchs	CIP	1951-1967	1911	1996
Alois Gmür	CVP	2011–	1955
Petra Gössi	FDP	2011–	1976
Josy Gyr	SP	2003-2007	1949	2007
Jakob Meinrad Hegner	FL	1854-1857	1813	1879
Josef Heinzer	SP	1947-1959	1886	1961
Anton von Hettlingen	KK / KVP	1908-1919	1859	1921
Fridolin Holdener	KK	1872-1896	1829	1904
Alois Kessler	SP	1979	1925	1994
Kaspar Knobel	FDP	1905-1909	1842	1909
Kaspar Knobel	CIP	1943-1953	1882	1953
Maya Lalive d'Epinay	FDP	1999-2003	1957
Josef Risi	CVP	1975-1987	1920	1999
Erhard Ruoss	FDP	1935-1951	1901	1959
Franz Karl Schuler	LM	1848-1852	1817	1854
Josef Schuler	BV	1943-1947	1889	1957
Pirmin Schwander	SVP	2003–	1961
Vital Schwander junior	CIP	1919-1925	1884	1973
Vital Schwander senior	KK	1881-1908	1841	1909
Fritz Stahli	CIP	1928-1939	1895	1961
Johann Michael Stählin	KK	1872-1874	1805	1874
Johann Anton Steinegger	KK	1848-1854	1811	1867
Martin Steinegger	FDP	1910-1919	1857	1837
Hans Steiner	CIP	1919-1924	1884	1964
Karl Styger	KK	1852-1872	1822	1897
Andy Tschümperlin	SP	2007-2015	1962
Josef Ulrich	CIP	1953-1955	1916	2007
Klemenz Ulrich	CIP	1939-1943	1875	1951
Johann Wattenhofer	SP	1925-1928	1869	1941
Joachim Weber	FDP	1967-1975	1913	1999
Karl Weber	FDP	1979-1991	1935
Karl von Weber	CIP	1925-1943	1879	1964
Reto Wehrli	CVP	2003-2011	1965
Arthur Züger	SP	1987-1995	1940

Web links

• Database of all council members

Individual evidence and explanations

1. ↑ Erwin Horat: Schuler, Josef. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
2. ↑ Official Bulletin Nationalrat 1943 p. 245 ( http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=20033828 ), where BV Nationalrat Schuler clearly describes himself as one of nine savages ("ie non-attached") )
3. ↑ Josef Bürgi was elected to the lists of the Liberal People's Party (then the name of the Schwyzer FDP), but was a member of the BGB parliamentary group in the National Council .