Central Valais National Council constituency

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The Central Valais National Council constituency was a constituency in elections to the Swiss National Council . It existed from 1848 to 1902 and covered the central part of the canton of Valais .

Electoral process

This was a singles constituency. This means that only 1 seat was available and the pure majority suffrage was used. Each voter had one vote.

designation

Central Valais is an unofficial geographical name. In official use, consecutive numbering applied across the whole of Switzerland, arranged according to the order of the cantons in the Swiss Federal Constitution, was common . Due to the changing number over the years, some constituencies were given a new number several times. Central Valais was numbered 46 from 1851 (first application of a uniform federal law), number 44 from 1863, number 45 from 1872, number 46 from 1881 and number 48 from 1890.

expansion

Constituencies of the Canton of Valais, 1848
Constituencies of the Canton of Valais 1851–1863
Constituencies of the Canton of Valais 1863–1902

The area of ​​the constituency was made binding for the first time on December 21, 1850 with the "Federal Act on the Election of Members of the National Council", whereby constituency II, created in 1848 by the cantonal government of Valais , was adopted unchanged. The constituency of Central Valais comprised:

The "supplementary law concerning the elections to the National Council" of July 23, 1863 moved the area to the west. For this purpose, the municipalities in the Leuk district and the Sierre district were assigned to the Oberwallis constituency and, in return, three municipalities in the Conthey district were added by the Unterwallis constituency . The constituency of Central Valais now comprised:

  • in the Conthey district the municipalities of Conthey , Nendaz and Vétroz
  • the district of Hérens
  • the district of Sion

The “Federal Law on the National Council constituencies” of June 4, 1902 resulted in the dissolution of the Central Valais constituency and its amalgamation with the Upper Valais constituency.

National Councils

  • G = total renewal election
  • Catholic Conservatives (KK)
    • date choice Elected Political party
    10/15/1848 G   Antoine de Riedmatten KK
    10/26/1851 G   Antoine de Riedmatten KK
    October 29, 1854 G   Antoine de Riedmatten KK
    25.10.1857 G   Adrien de Courten KK
    10/28/1860 G   Adrien de Courten KK
    10/25/1863 G   Charles de Rivaz KK
    10/28/1866 G   Maurice Evéquoz KK
    10/31/1869 G   Maurice Evéquoz KK
    10/27/1872 G   Maurice Evéquoz KK
    10/31/1875 G   Ferdinand de Montheys KK
    10/27/1878 G   Ferdinand de Montheys KK
    30.10.1881
    11.06.1881    		 G   Maurice Evéquoz KK
    10/26/1884 G   Maurice Evéquoz KK
    10/30/1887 G   Joseph Favre KK
    10/26/1890 G   Joseph Kuntschen sr. KK
    October 29, 1893 G   Joseph Kuntschen sr. KK
    10/25/1896 G   Joseph Kuntschen sr. KK
    October 29, 1899 G   Joseph Kuntschen sr. KK

    source

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Federal law on the election of members of the National Council (of December 21, 1850). (PDF, 676 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 61 of December 28, 1850. admin.ch , May 21, 2013, accessed on November 1, 2014 .
    2. ↑ Supplementary Act on Elections to the National Council. (PDF, 1.0 MB) In: Federal Gazette No. 24 of June 6, 1863. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on November 1, 2014 .
    3. ^ Federal law on the electoral districts of the National Council (of June 4, 1902). (PDF, 281 kB) In: Federal Gazette No. 24 of June 11, 1902. admin.ch, May 21, 2013, accessed on November 1, 2014 .