List of the National Councils of the Canton of St. Gallen

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

Party abbreviations

AP: car party AV: General People's List CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party DP: Democratic Party FDP: Liberal Democratic Party , since 2009 FDP. The Liberals FPS: Freedom Party of Switzerland GLP: Green Liberal Party

GPS: Swiss Green Party JB: Young farmers movement KVP: Swiss Conservative People's Party LdU: State ring of the independents SP: Swiss Social Democratic Party SVP: Swiss People's Party

Other party currents or directions:

• DL: Democratic Left ( Democrats , Sociopolitical Group)
• ER: Evangelical Rights (Evangelical / Reformed Conservatives)
• 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
Arnold Otto Aepli	LM	1872-1883	1816	1897
Hans Albrecht	FDP	1952-1959	1909	1995
Fredi Alder	SP	1995-1999	1943
Johann Ulrich Ambühl	LM	1869-1872	1819	1872
Thomas Ammann	CVP	2015-2019	1964
Walter Ammann	SP	1976-1991	1946
Emil Anderegg	FDP	1943-1951	1903	1967
Georg Friedrich Anderegg	LM	1863-1875	1823	1883
Johann Georg Anderegg	LM	1848-1856	1792	1856
Remigius Bärlocher	KVP / CVP	1963-1971	1915	1984
Alfred Baumgartner	FDP	1942-1944	1895	1944
Johann Georg Berlinger	FL / FDP	1890-1900	1841	1900
Friedrich Bernet	DL	1864-1869	1829	1872
Urs Bernhardsgrütter	GPS	2006-2007	1962
Josef Leonhard Bernold	FL (until 1857) LM (from 1860)	1848-1857 1860-1872	1809	1872
Elmar Bigger	SVP	1999-2011	1949
Jakob Biroll	CIP	1922-1931	1854	1939
Johannes Blumer	FL	1887-1893	1835	1928
Emil Boesch	LdU	1951-1963	1909	1992
Johann Jakob Boesch	FDP	1902-1908	1849	1912
Paul Brandt	SP	1902-1905	1852	1910
Anton Brugger	FDP	1924-1931	1877	1932
Thomas Brunner	GLP	2019–	1960
Toni Brunner	SVP	1995-2018	1974
Roland Rino Büchel	SVP	2010–	1965
Jakob Büchler	CVP	2003-2018	1952
René Bühler	FDP	1951-1959	1905	1987
Rolf Bühler	FDP	1941-1943 1944-1947	1903	1992
Kurt Bürer	CVP	1975-1987	1925	2009
Paul Bürgi	FDP	1959-1975	1921	2004
Elisabeth Caspar-Hutter	SP	1991-1995	1949
Basil Ferdinand Curti	DL	1860-1866	1804	1888
Carl Theodor Curti	DL / DP	1881-1890 1896-1902	1848	1914
Eugene David	CVP	1987-1999	1945
Marcel Dobler	FDP	2015–	1980
John's fragrance	CIP	1919-1939	1883	1957
Andreas Dürr	KVP / CVP	1970-1983	1923	2004
Barbara Eberhard-Halter	LdU	1995	1945
Christian Eggenberger	LdU	1946-1951	1894	1967
Mathias Eggenberger	SP	1947-1971	1905	1975
Ulrich Eggenberger	LdU	1935-1939 1943-1946	1882	1968
Mike Egger	SVP	2019–	1992
Johann Baptist Eisenring	KK / KVP	1909-1919	1868	1925
Theodor Eisenring	CIP	1947-1961	1898	1961
Susanne Eppenberger	FDP	1979-1991	1931
Franz Eduard Erpf	FL	1848-1851	1807	1851
Gallus Eugster	CIP	1939-1959	1894	1971
Hildegard Fässler	SP	1997-2013	1951
Jakob Fenk	SP	1925-1947	1879	1968
Robert Forrer	FDP	1908-1924	1868	1927
Simon Frick	FDP	1963-1967	1914	2011
Claudia Friedl	SP	2013–	1960
Esther Friedli	SVP	2019–	1977
Kurt Furgler	KVP / CVP	1954-1971	1924	2008
Johann Jakob Gabathuler	FDP	1919-1929 1935-1947 1951	1883	1958
Johann Jakob Gächter	KK	1899-1905	1833	1905
Johann Baptist Gaudy	DL (until 1869) FL (from 1869)	1866-1881	1831	1901
Johannes Geel	FL	1872-1875	1825	1891
Albert Gemperli	CIP	1947-1963	1893	1982
Walter Gerosa	LdU	1963-1971	1914	1981
Albert Geser	CIP	1933-1935	1868	1935
Titus Giger	FDP	1983-1995	1932
Yvonne Gilli	GPS	2007-2015	1957
Dominik Gmür	FL	1848-1851	1800	1867
Carl Emil Viktor von Gonzenbach	HE	1878-1884	1816	1886
Wilhelm Good	KK	1878-1897	1830	1897
Ernst Grob	FDP	1959-1971	1910	1984
Adolf Grubenmann	DL / DP	1884-1890	1840	1929
Emil Grünenfelder	KK / KVP	1905-1943	1873	1971
Josef Guldin	KK	1857-1860	1811	1898
Eduard Guntli	CIP	1928-1933	1872	1933
Barbara Gysi	SP	2011–	1964
Johann Ulrich Hafner	DL	1872-1874	1827	1891
Walter Hagmann	KVP / CVP	1963-1975	1921	2004
Emil Hardegger	SP	1931-1935	1881	1977
Walter Hess	CVP	1999-2003	1949
Ferdinand Hidber	KK	1898-1905	1861	1909
Kathrin Hilber	SP	1995-1996	1951
Carl Hilty	FL / FDP	1890-1909	1833	1909
Paravizin Hilty	LM	1860-1866	1806	1866
Rudolf Hilty	LM	1872-1884	1815	1905
Joseph Marzell Hoffmann	FL (until 1860) LM (from 1860)	1848-1866	1809	1888
Hans Hofer	FDP	1967-1975	1913	1997
Thomas Holenstein senior	KK / KVP	1902-1928	1858	1942
Thomas Holenstein	CIP	1937-1954	1896	1962
Pia Hollenstein	GPS	1991-2006	1950
Harald Huber	SP	1947-1962	1912	1998
Johann Josef Huber	FL	1875-1878	1817	1897
Johannes Huber	SP	1919-1947	1879	1948
Otto Huber	CIP	1936-1939	1876	1951
Alfred Hummler	FDP	1963-1971	1915	2010
Johann Matthias Hungerbühler	FL	1848-1875	1805	1884
Traugott Hungerbühler	CVP	1975-1979	1918	2007
Jasmine Hutter	SVP	2003-2009	1978
Franz Jaeger	LdU	1971-1995	1941
Arnold Kappler	CIP	1939-1947	1889	1970
Remigius Kaufmann	KVP / CVP	1972-1983	1925	2011
Johann Joseph Keel	KK	1875-1902	1837	1902
Valentin Keel	SP	1919-1931	1874	1945
Barbara Keller-Inhelder	SVP	2015-2019	1968
Margrit Kessler	GLP	2011-2015	1948
Walter Klingler	CIP	1951-1955 1959-1967	1898	1967
Karl Kobelt	FDP	1939-1940	1891	1968
Josef Kuehne	CVP	1979-1999	1938
Roderich Albert Kunkler	DL	1883-1886	1846	1900
Johann Gebhard Lutz	KK	1878-1909	1835	1910
Albert Mächler	FDP	1905-1934	1868	1937
Emil Mäder	CIP	1928-1936	1875	1936
Lucrezia Meier-Schatz	CVP	1999-2015	1952
Johann Rudolf Moser	LM	1878-1882	1827	1911
Jakob Müller	FL	1886-1887	1842	1901
Johann Fridolin Müller	KK	1870-1888	1830	1888
Johannes Muller	CIP	1935-1937	1883	1937
Johann Joseph Müller	KK	1856-1860	1815	1861
Paul Muller	CIP	1928-1935	1865	1942
Thomas Müller	CVP (until 2011) SVP (from 2011)	2006-2019	1952
Walter Müller	FDP	2003-2019	1948
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff	FL (until 1860) LM (from 1860)		1802	1881
Georg Nef	FDP	1971-1987	1927	2018
Jakob Nuesch	AV	1935-1939	1893	1967
Edgar Oehler	CVP	1971-1995	1942
Nicolo Paganini	CVP	2018–	1966
Friedrich Pestalozzi	FDP	1929-1933	1871	1933
Otto Pfänder	LdU	1939-1943	1890	1978
Bruno Pfister	FDP	1925-1935 1938-1939	1889	1955
Theophil Pfister	SVP	1999-2011	1942	2012
Jean Pozzi	FDP	1947-1959	1892	1961
Abraham Raschle	FL	1851-1860	1792	1863
Johann Rudolf Raschle	FL	1860-1863	1798	1867
Paul Rechsteiner	SP	1986-2011	1952
Lukas Reimann	SVP	2007–	1982
Josef Riedener	CIP	1939-1947	1892	1965
Samuel Friedrich Rikli	HE	1878-1878	1829	1885
Jakob Ulrich Ritter	FL	1851 1852-1854 1855-1857	1810	1858
Markus Ritter	CVP	2011–	1967
Ludwig Rittmeyer	FDP	1935-1944	1897	1963
Willi Rohner	FDP	1951-1952	1907	1977
Christian Rohrer	FL (until 1857) KK (from 1857)	1851-1860	1811	1886
Hans Rohrer	SP	1985-1986	1936
Hans Ruckstuhl	CVP	1983-1999	1947
Franziska Ryser	GPS	2019–	1991
Hanna Sahlfeld-Singer	SP	1971-1975	1943
Carl Georg Jakob Sailer	FL (until 1869) LM (1869/70)	1860-1870	1817	1870
Arnold Saxer	FDP	1933-1938	1896	1975
Gustav Adolf Saxer	DL	1872-1878	1831	1909
Ruedi treasure	FDP	1975-1979	1925	1979
Eduard Scherrer	FDP	1911-1919	1862	1947
Heinrich Scherrer	SP	1902-1911	1847	1919
Joseph Anton Scherrer-Bisi	CIP	1919-1951	1891	1965
Joseph Anton Scherrer-Füllemann	DP	1890-1922	1847	1924
August Schirmer	FDP	1919-1941	1881	1941
Florian Schlegel	SP	1969-1972	1935	1993
Hans Schmid	SP	1972-1985	1935	2010
Ernst Schmidheiny	FDP	1911-1919	1871	1935
Jacob Schmidheiny	FDP	1934-1935	1875	1955
Max Schmidheiny	FDP	1959-1963	1908	1991
Laurenz Schönenberger	KK	1882-1890	1832	1900
Hans Schregenberger	KVP / CVP	1963-1971	1912	1990
Benedikt Schubiger	FL	1851-1859	1801	1859
Johann Baptist Schubiger	KK / KVP	1890-1919	1848	1920
Gallus Schwendener	FDP	1909-1919	1858	1936
Johann Jakob Schwendener	FDP	1944-1951	1888	1972
Michael Schwendener	FDP	1951-1963	1892	1979
Alfons Schwizer	CIP	1947-1963	1897	1966
Eva Segmüller	CVP	1979-1995	1932
Albert Spindler	JB	1943-1947	1906	1988
Anton Stadler	KVP / CVP	1961-1963 1967-1975	1920	2016
Othmar Staub	KK / KVP	1888-1919	1847	1933
Johann Jakob Steger	LM	1848-1851	1798	1857
Eduard Steiger	DP	1891-1896	1843	1911
Walter Steinemann	AP / FPS	1991-1999	1938
Jakob Dionys Steiner	CIP	1919-1928	1864	1941
Gallus August Suter	DL (until 1869) FL (from 1884)	1866-1869 1884-1890	1829	1901
Hanny Thalmann	CVP	1971-1979	1912	2000
Thomas Thoma	DL	1874-1884	1822	1895
Christoph Tobler	ER (until 1890) LM (from 1890)	1884-1899	1838	1907
Burkhard Vetsch	FDP	1975-1984	1937
Florian Vetsch	SP	1963-1969	1921	1972
Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher	FDP	2019–	1967
Ernst Wagner	FDP	1900-1919	1849	1922
Felix Walker	CVP	1999-2006	1935
Heinrich Otto Weber	DP	1911-1928	1872	1962
Johann Baptist Weder	FL (until 1863) LM (from 1863)	1848-1851 1858-1872	1800	1872
Peter Weigelt	FDP	1995-2006	1956
Hans Werner Widrig	CVP	1987-1991 1995-2003	1941
Karl Emil Wild	FL / FDP	1893-1919	1856	1923
Daniel Wirth-Sand	LM	1869-1878	1815	1901
Milli Wittenwiler	FDP	1991-2003	1943
Andreas Zeller	FDP (until 1951) KVP (from 1851)	1947-1951 1955-1970	1903	1970
Andreas Zeller	FDP	2006-2007	1948
Johannes Züblin	FDP	1919-1925	1868	1955
Johannes Zündt	KK	1866-1872	1816	1873
Carl Zurburg	KK / KVP	1905-1925	1859	1928
Walter Zwingli	FDP	1984-1991	1925	2018

annotation

1. ^ Carl Theodor Curti was National Councilor of the Canton of Zurich from 1890 to 1896, from 1881 to 1890 and from 1896 to 1902 National Councilor of the Canton of St. Gallen.
2. ↑ Due to an election by compliments, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff sat for a short time in the National Council in 1851, 1854, 1857, 1860 and 1863, until the following Federal Council elections.

source

• Database of all council members