Memelland Agriculture Party
The Memelland Agricultural Party ( MLWP ) was the strongest party of the German majority population in the Memelland , based in Heydekrug . It existed from 1925 until it was banned in 1934.
The party was initially a peasant party , which represented bourgeois positions in the middle. From 1933, the party increasingly represented right-wing extremist positions that were shaped by the NSDAP in the Reich.
The chairman was Heinrich Conrad (1888–1941) from 1925 to 1927 and James Charles Gubba (1869–1945) from 1927 to 1934
Elections to the Seimas
In May 1926 the three “owners” August Milbrecht -Robkojen, Pogegen district, Johann Schuischel -Uszaneiten, Memel district, and George Waschkies- Blausden, Heydekrug district, were elected as representatives of the Agricultural Party as members of the Lithuanian Seimas in Kovno .
Elections to the Seimelis
In the elections for Seimelis , the MLWP was the strongest party. According to Jürgen W. Falter , the MLWP achieved the following results. Mads Ole Balling comes up with slightly different percentages, the number of seats is the same for both.
| Electoral term | percent | Mandates |
|---|---|---|
| I. electoral term 1925 | 38.1% | 11 |
| Second electoral term, 1927 | 33.6% | 10 |
| III. 1930 parliamentary term | 31.8% | 10 |
| IV. 1932 parliamentary term | 37.1% | 11 |
| Electoral term | MP | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| I. Election term | August Baldszus | |
| I. Election term | Nickel Baltromejus | |
| I. Election term | Heinrich Conrad | |
| I. Election term | Konrad von Dressler | |
| I. Election term | James Gubba | |
| I. Election term | Franz Habedanck | |
| I. Election term | Bruno Hahn | |
| I. Election term | Christoph Jonischkies | |
| I. Election term | Christoph Pagalies | |
| I. Election term | Martin Rugullis | |
| I. Election term | Fitz Alexander Schimkat | |
| II electoral term | August Baldszus | |
| II electoral term | Nickel Baltromejus | |
| II electoral term | Heinrich Conrad | |
| II electoral term | Konrad von Dreßler | |
| II electoral term | James Gubba | |
| II electoral term | Franz Habedanck | |
| II electoral term | Christoph Jonischkies | |
| II electoral term | Johann Krawolitzki | |
| II electoral term | Christoph Pagalies | |
| II electoral term | Martin Rugullis | |
| III. Electoral term | Nickel Baltromejus | |
| III. Electoral term | Michel Bertuleit | |
| III. Electoral term | Georg Borbe | |
| III. Electoral term | Konrad von Dreßler | |
| III. Electoral term | James Gubba | |
| III. Electoral term | Franz Habedanck | |
| III. Electoral term | Christoph Jonischkies | |
| III. Electoral term | Johann Krawolitzki | |
| III. Electoral term | Christoph Pagalies | |
| III. Electoral term | Martin Rugullis | |
| IV. Term | Michel Bertuleit | July 1934 mandate revocation (successor: M. Skrandies) |
| IV. Term | Heinrich Buttkereit | January 26, 1935 mandate dismissal (no successor) |
| IV. Term | Eugene Dommasch | 26 July 1934 mandate revocation (successor: Johannes Buttkereit) |
| IV. Term | Konrad von Dreßler | July 26, 1934 mandate cancellation (successor: Hermann Kroll) |
| IV. Term | James Gubba | July 26, 1934 mandate withdrawal (no successor) |
| IV. Term | Hugo Haase | July 1934 mandate cancellation (successor: Hermann Wittösch) |
| IV. Term | Christoph Jonischkies | Died June 30, 1933 (successor: G. Plogesties) |
| IV. Term | Martin Killus | |
| IV. Term | Johann Krawolitzki | June 1934 mandate withdrawal (no successor) |
| IV. Term | Michel Schernus | September 1934 mandate revocation (successor: Heinrich Buttkereit) |
| IV. Term | Otto Sziegaud | Renunciation of mandate on June 6, 1932 (successor Johann Krawolitzki) |
| IV. Term | Georg wash gravel | August 1934 mandate withdrawal (no successor) |
| IV. Term | Johann Krawolitzki | from June 6, 1932 for Otto Sziegaud |
| IV. Term | G. Plogesties | from July 6, 1933 for Christoph Jonischkies |
| IV. Term | M. Skrandies | August 4, 1934 for Michel Bertuleit |
| IV. Term | Hermann Wittösch | September 11, 1934 for Hugo Haase / waiver of mandate at the end of 1934 (no successor) |
| IV. Term | Hermann Kroll | August 5, 1934 for Konrad von Dreßler |
| IV. Term | Johannes Buttkereit | July 26, 1934 for Eugen Dommasch |
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 2, 2nd edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-5-0 , pp. 694-695 .
- Jürgen W. Falter / Thomas Lindenberger / Siegfried Schumann: Elections and Voting in the Weimar Republic: Materials on Voting Behavior, 1919-1933 . Munich 1986, ISBN 3-406-31583-6 , pp. 114 .