The Bern People's Party (German : Bernische Volkspartei, BVP; French : Parti populaire bernois, PPB) was a Protestant conservative political party in Switzerland.
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The Bern People's Party (German : Bernische Volkspartei, BVP; French : Parti populaire bernois, PPB) was a Protestant conservative political party in Switzerland.
The BVP was established in 1882. [1] It ran eight candidates in the Bern-Oberaargau and Bern-Seeland constituencies in the 1884 federal elections, but failed to win a seat. However, Johannes Schär the BVP's first member of the National Council after winning a by-election in Bern-Oberaargau on 9 May 1886.
In the 1887 elections the party put forward nine candidates in the Bern-Emmental and Bern-Oberaargau constituencies. Schär was re-elected in Oberaargau, alongside Emil Elsässer and Ulrich Burkhalter; Schär and Elsässer were elected in the first round of voting and Burkhalter in the second. In the 1890 elections the party only contested Bern-Oberaargau; four candidates were nominated, including Burkhalter and Schär, but only Burkhalter was re-elected.
The same four candidates contested the 1893 elections in Bern-Oberaargau, and although Burkhalter was re-elected again, he joined the Liberal group after the elections. In the 1896 elections party founder Ulrich Dürrenmatt was its only candidate, again running in Bern-Oberaargau and failing to win a seat. The 1899 elections saw BVP candidates Dürrenmatt and Johann Egger contest Bern-Oberaargau, again failing to win a seat.
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