Silesian constituency 4

Electoral District Austrian Silesia | Silesia 4
country	Austria-Hungary
Crown land	Silesia
Constituency number	4th
Type	Constituency
region	Teschen , Oderberg , Freistadt , Schwarzwasser
Present population	33,326   (1910)
Colloquial languages	German  (56.2%),  Polish (37.4%),  Bohemian (6.3%)
Eligible voters	5,506   (1911)
MPs
Leonhard Demel von Elswehr (1907–1911) Leonhard Demel von Elswehr (1911–1918)

The constituency of Silesia 4 was a constituency for the elections to the House of Representatives in the Austrian Crown Land of Silesia . The electoral district was created in 1907 with the introduction of the Reichsrat election regulations and existed until the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy .

history

After the Reichsrat had decided on the general, equal, secret and direct male suffrage in autumn 1906, the major reform of the electoral law through the sanctioning of Emperor Franz Joseph I came into effect on January 26, 1907 . The new Reichsrat election regulations created a total of 416 electoral districts, with the exception of Galicia in each constituency one member was elected in the course of the Reichsrat election. The MP had to prevail with an absolute majority in the first ballot or in a runoff election. The constituency of Silesia 4 included the cities of Teschen , Oderberg , Freistadt and Schwarzwasser .

The mayor of Teschen, Leonhard Demel von Elswehr (1856–1915), a son of Johann Demels and a candidate of the German Liberals , emerged victorious from the 1907 Reichsrat election . His opponents were Eduard Engelmann, a legal advisor from Vienna ( Christian Social Party ), socialist Maurice Arbeitel from Teschen and Hilary Filasiewicz, a national candidate from Poland.

In the 1911 Reichsrat election Leonhard Demel won again. His opponents at that time were Leopold Doppler (Christian Social Party), socialist Maurice Arbeitel and Franciszek Tomiczek, Polish master mason from Bobrek .

Election results

Reichsrat election 1907

The 1907 Reichsrat election was held on May 14, 1907 (first ballot) and May 23, 1907 (runoff).

First ballot

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Leonhard Demel from Elswehr	German Progressive Party	1812 Teschen: 1444 Oderberg: 113 Free City: 125 Blackwater: 130	39.7% Teschen: 51.8% Oderberg: 13.4% Free city: 18.9% Blackwater: 48%
Maurice Arbeitel	Social Democratic Labor Party	1196 Teschen: 436 Oderberg: 527 Free City: 226 Schwarzwasser: 7	26.2% Teschen: 15.6% Oderberg: 62.4% Free City: 34.1% Black water: 2.6%
Eduard Engelmann	Christian Social Party	933 Teschen: 569 Oderberg: 110 Free City: 242 Schwarzwasser: 12	20.4% Teschen: 20.4% Oderberg: 13% Free city: 36.6% Black water: 4.4%
Hilary Filasiewicz	Polish People's Party	595 Teschen: 330 Oderberg: 88 Free City: 63 Blackwater: 114	13% Teschen: 11.8% Oderberg: 10.4% Free city: 9.5% Black water: 42.1%
	Other parties	30th	0.6%
Eligible voters: 4840, invalid / empty votes: 29, turnout: 94.9%

Runoff

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Leonhard Demel from Elswehr	German Progressive Party	2797 Teschen: 2136 Oderberg: 144 Free City: 305 Schwarzwasser: 212	63.4% Teschen: 78.6% Oderberg: 17.5% Free city: 48.4% Blackwater: 88.3%
Maurice Arbeitel	Social Democratic Labor Party	1617 Teschen: 583 Oderberg: 581 Free City: 325 Schwarzwasser: 28	36.6% Teschen: 21.4% Oderberg: 82.5% Free city: 51.6% Black water: 11.7%
Eligible voters: 4,840, invalid votes: 79, voter turnout: 92.8%

Reichsrat election 1911

The 1911 Reichsrat election took place on June 13, 1911 (first ballot).

candidate	Political party	Constituency votes	percent
Leonhard Demel from Elswehr	German Progressive Party	2541 Teschen: 1803 Oderberg: 242 Free City: 355 Schwarzwasser: 141	51.4% Teschen: 59.5% Oderberg: 25.6% Free City: 49.4% Blackwater: 56%
Maurice Arbeitel	Social Democratic Labor Party	1393 Teschen: 612 Oderberg: 548 Free City: 207 Schwarzwasser: 26	28.2% Teschen: 20.2% Oderberg: 58% Free City: 28.8% Black water: 10.3%
Leopold Doppler	Christian Social Party	695 Teschen: 415 Oderberg: 133 Freistadt: 65 Schwarzwasser: 81	14.1% Teschen: 13.7% Oderberg: 14.1% Free city: 9% Black water: 32.1%
Franciszek Tomiczek	Polish People's Party	283 Teschen: 180 Oderberg: 11 Free City: 88 Schwarzwasser: 4	5.7% Teschen: 5.9% Oderberg: 1.2% Free City: 12.2% Black water: 1.6%
	Other parties	32	0.6%
Eligible voters: 5506, invalid / empty votes: 59, voter turnout: 90.9%

literature

• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1907. In: Austrian Statistics. LXXXIV. Volume, 2nd issue, Vienna 1908 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), SI 78
• The results of the Reichsrat elections in the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrat in 1911. In: Austrian Statistics. New episode. 7th volume, 1st issue, Vienna 1912 (published by the k .k. Central Statistical Commission), p. 112
• Grzegorz Wnętrzak: Stosunki polityczne i narodowościowe na pograniczu Śląska Cieszyńskiego i Galicji zachodniej w latach 1897-1920 [Political and national relations in the border area of ​​Cieszyn Silesia and Western Galicia in the years 1897-1920] . Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2014, ISBN 978-83-7780-882-5 (Polish).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and countries represented in the Reichsrath. 1907, IX. Piece, No. 17: "Law of January 26, 1907 regarding the election of the members of the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat"
2. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , April 14, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Tagblatt , April 14, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ Article  in:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , April 24, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
5. ^ The elections to the Reichsrat. In:  Prager Abendblatt. Supplement to the Prager Zeitung / Prager Abendblatt , June 13, 1911, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).