SP Canton of Bern

The Social Democratic Party of the Canton of Bern - in short: SP Canton Bern - is the largest cantonal section of the SP Switzerland . It comprises 7 regional associations, over 130 local sections and around 6,300 members (as of January 2019). The SP Canton Bern was founded in 1905. Since November 2018, Councilor Mirjam Veglio from Zollikofen and Councilor Ueli Egger from Hilterfingen have shared the Co-Presidium .

SP Canton of Bern

Establishment date:	May 1, 1905
Presidium:	Ueli Egger , Mirjam Veglio
Vice Presidium:	Tanja Bauer , Matteo Langenegger, Cédric Némitz, Margrit Junker Burkhard
Secretary General:	David Stampfli
Members:	approx. 6,300 (as of January 2019)
Share of voters:	22.2% (as of 2018 elections)
Fraction (BV):	SP-JUSO-PSA parliamentary group, 39 members
Group President:	Elisabeth Striffeler-Mürset
Home address:	SP Canton Bern Monbijoustrasse 61 P.O. Box 2947 3001 Bern
Website:	www.spbe.ch

profile

The latest party program of the SP Canton Bern was decided in 2007. According to these principles, the party strives for a just society. She advocates a strong constitutional state because only this can protect weak members of society and ensure that the rules are observed by everyone. The SP Canton of Bern stands for a bilingual canton that actively acts as a bridge between German and French-speaking Switzerland .

As for the SP Switzerland, central values of the party are equal opportunities and material justice as the basis for social diversity. People should be given opportunities to develop regardless of religion, origin, nationality, gender or economic circumstances. Everyone is entitled to the same conditions to be able to find happiness.

organization

Party leadership

The party leadership manages the day-to-day business of the SP Canton Bern with the planning and organization of events and committees, with media work and contacts with other organizations. It comprises the party presidium, the vice presidency and the parliamentary group presidium as well as the party secretariat.

Management

The management is responsible for the strategic management of the SP Canton Bern. It decides on political guidelines as well as voting and election campaigns. It consists of the party leadership, members of the SP government and members elected by the party congress.

Party congress

The party congress is the supreme body of the SP Canton Bern. Its resolutions are binding for the members, the sections and the regional associations. Party conferences are public and take place 3-4 times a year.

Sections

The SP Canton of Bern consists of over 130 local sections. These mostly represent a political municipality, in some cases several. For their part, the SP City of Bern and the SP City of Biel are composed of several sections.

Members

The SP Canton of Bern has around 6,300 members (as of January 2019). Usually a member belongs to the section of the relevant community of residence. The members determine the policy of the SP Canton of Bern via section, regional association and party congress.

people

Great advice

The SP-JUSO-PSA parliamentary group in the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern consists of 39 people in the 2018-2022 legislature. The Parti Socialiste Autonome has two parliamentary groups . The parliamentary group president has been Grand Councilor Elisabeth Striffeler-Mürset from Münsingen since 2017.

Grand Council Presidium

All Grand Council Presidencies of the SP:

1922/1923 Robert Grimm , Bern
1925/1926 Oskar Schneeberger, Bern
1928/1929 Ernst Jakob, Port
1931/1932 Ernst Bütikofer, Bern
1935/1936 Konrad Ilg, Bern
1938/1939 Hermann Hulliger, Heimberg
1941/1942 Robert Bratschi, Bern
1944/1945 Friedrich Meyer, Roggwil
1947/1948 Karl Geissbühler, Liebefeld
1950/1951 Walter Stünzi, Thun
1953/1954 René Vuilleumier, Tramelan
1956/1957 Reynold Tschäppät , Bern
1959/1960 Walter König, Biel
1962/1963 Adolf Blaser, Urtenen
1965/1966 Ernst Bircher, Bern
1968/1969 Guido Nobel, Biel
1971/1972 Hans Mischler, Bern
1974/1975 Kurt Meyer, Roggwil
1977/1978 Theodor Lehmann, Bolligen
1980/1981 Walter Stoffer, Biglen
1983/1984 René Bärtschi, Heiligenschwendi
1986/1987 Margrit Schläppi-Brawand, Unterseen
1989/1990 Otto Krebs, Twann
1993/1994 Peter Bieri, Oberdiessbach
1997/1998 Roland Seiler, Moosseedorf
2001/2002 Barbara Egger-Jenzer , Bremgarten
2005/2006 Thomas Koch, Laupen
2009/2010 Chantal Bornoz Flück, La Heutte
2013/2014 Bernhard Antener , Langnau i. E.
2017/2018 Ursula Zybach , Spiez

history

A brief chronology of the SP Canton of Bern:

1888 Foundation of the SP Switzerland
1890 Foundation of the Cantonal Association of Bernese Grütli and Workers' Associations
1902 The cantonal association Bernese Grütli- and workers' associations joins the SP Switzerland at
1905 Due to the revised statutes, the Cantonal Association becomes the Social Democratic Party of the Canton of Bern
1912 Opening of the cantonal SP party secretariat in the city of Bern
1935 The SP becomes the party with the largest number of voters and seats in the canton of Bern in the National Council elections
1938 Robert Grimm and Georges Moeckli become the first social democratic councilors in the canton of Bern
1946 In the Grand Council elections, the SP becomes the party with the largest number of voters in the Canton of Bern
1946 Fritz Giovanoli takes the third seat in the government council for the SP

1948 Foundation of the Social Democratic Women's Group of the Canton of Bern

1948 Georges Moeckli becomes the first Bernese social democrat in the Council of States

1968 With the support of the SP, women’s right to vote is adopted in the canton of Bern

1974 Marie Boehlen and Ruth Hamm are the first SP-women in the Great Council elected

1975 Foundation of the Parti socialiste du Jura Bernois after the split of the northern Jura

1987 For the first time, the SP women run their own list in the National Council elections and win two seats

1992 Dori Schär becomes the first SP woman in Bern to be a member of the government

2003 Simonetta Sommaruga becomes the first SP woman in Bern

2006 Together with the Greens , the SP Canton of Bern wins a majority in the Bern government council

2010 Simonetta Sommaruga becomes the first Federal Councilor in Bern

2016 The red-green majority in the government council is lost in a replacement election

Web links

Website of the SP Canton of Bern

Individual evidence

↑ party platform. Retrieved July 31, 2017 .
↑ Current party leadership members of the SP Canton Bern .
↑ Current executive board members of the SP Canton Bern .
^ Overview of the sections of the SP Canton Bern .
^ All parliamentary groups of the SP Canton Bern
^ Website of the Grand Council. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
↑ Class struggle (rhetoric) and reform policy: 100 years of SP Canton Bern, hep verlag ag, Bern 2005.

[1] party platform. Retrieved July 31, 2017 .

[2] Current party leadership members of the SP Canton Bern .

[3] Current executive board members of the SP Canton Bern .

[4] Overview of the sections of the SP Canton Bern .

[5] All parliamentary groups of the SP Canton Bern

[6] Website of the Grand Council. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .

[7] Class struggle (rhetoric) and reform policy: 100 years of SP Canton Bern, hep verlag ag, Bern 2005.