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The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Austria who died in office.
Member | Party | Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
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Victor Adler | SPÖ | 11 November 1918 [26] | 66 | ||
Rudolf Sommer | DNP | 20 January 1919 | 46 | ||
Kamill Kuranda | DNP | 1 February 1919 [27] | 67 | ||
Michael Mayr | CS | 21 May 1922 | 58 | Kidney failure [28] | |
Hans Laimer | SPÖ | 23 November 1922 [29] | 42 | ||
Theodor Scheffauer | CS | 20 March 1923 [30] | 44 | ||
Friedrich Waneck | DVP | 18 April 1923 [31] | 42 | ||
Josef Siegl | CS | 20 August 1923 | 36 | ||
Robert Kleißl | CS | 21 August 1923 [32] | 35 | ||
Ferdinand Hanusch | SPÖ | 28 September 1923 [33] | 56 | ||
Josef Wiedenhofer | SPÖ | 4 November 1924 [34] | 51 | ||
Fritz Reiner | CS | 13 November 1925 | 45 | ||
Emmy Stradal | GDVP | 21 November 1925 [35] | 48 | ||
Hermann Schulz | SPÖ | 18 February 1926 [36] | 51 | ||
Julie Rauscha | SPÖ | 19 February 1926 [37] | 47 | Pneumonia | |
Rudolf Gruber | CS | 13 October 1926 | 45 | ||
Karl Niedrist | CS | 9 November 1926 [38] | 63 | Peritonitis | |
Laurenz Widholz | SPÖ | 19 November 1926 [39] | 65 | ||
Johann Nepomuk Hauser | CS | 8 February 1927 [40] | 61 | ||
Heinrich Zwenk | SPÖ | 16 April 1927 [41] | 51 | ||
Josef Eisenhut | CS | 29 February 1928 [42] | 63 | ||
Friedrich Schönsteiner | CS | 2 April 1928 | 48 | Colon cancer [43] | |
Franz Odehnal | CS | 24 December 1928 [44] | 57 | ||
Karl Volkert | SPÖ | 24 February 1929 [45] | 61 | ||
Jodok Fink | CS | 1 July 1929 [46] | 76 | ||
Franz Domes | SPÖ | 11 July 1930 [47] | 67 | ||
Simon Geisler | CS | 11 April 1931 | 62 | ||
Matthias Eldersch | SPÖ | 20 April 1931 [48] | 62 | ||
Franz Birbaumer | CS | 17 September 1931 [49] | 59 | ||
Josef Wiesmaier | CS | 21 December 1931 [50] | 60 | ||
Johannes Schober | National Economy Bloc | 19 August 1932 | 57 | Heart disease | |
Johann Janecek | SPÖ | 24 October 1932 [51] | 51 | ||
August von Wotawa | National Economy Bloc | 23 May 1933 [52] | 56 | ||
Hermann Hermann | SPÖ | 21 July 1933 | 62 | ||
Hermann Fischer | SPÖ | 6 September 1933 | 56 | ||
Franz Ertl | CS | 9 December 1933 | 61 | ||
Josef Stemberger | ÖVP | 8 July 1947 [53] | 57 | ||
Josef Ninaus | SPÖ | 22 September 1947 [54] | 68 | ||
Paul Speiser | SPÖ | 8 November 1947 [55] | 70 | ||
Franz Lach | ÖVP | 15 September 1948 [56] | 61 | ||
Hilde Krones | SPÖ | 16 December 1948 | 38 | Suicide by drug overdose [57] | |
Hans Lagger | SPÖ | 12 April 1949 [58] | 66 | Complications from a bladder operation | |
Otto Steinegger | ÖVP | 17 January 1950 [59] | 61 | ||
Karl Seitz | SPÖ | 3 February 1950 [60] | 80 | Heart failure | |
Victor Petschnik | SPÖ | 8 July 1951 [61] | 51 | ||
Karl Gföller | SPÖ | 6 August 1952 [62] | 61 | ||
Anton Gasselich | VdU | 9 February 1953 [63] | 64 | ||
Georg Franz | ÖVP | 4 March 1953 | 53 | ||
Leopold Kunschak | ÖVP | 13 March 1953 [64] | 81 | ||
Josef Böck-Greissau | ÖVP | 21 April 1953 [65] | 60 | ||
Hans Draxler | SPÖ | 5 July 1953 [66] | 61 | ||
Josef Hummer | ÖVP | 7 October 1954 [67] | 53 | ||
Franz Stoll | ÖVP | 15 November 1956 [68] | 54 | Heart attack | |
Andreas Stampler | SPÖ | 12 January 1958 [69] | 60 | ||
Leo Geiger | SPÖ | 5 February 1958 [70] | 58 | ||
Anton Haller | ÖVP | 15 April 1958 [71] | 50 | Heart attack | |
Karl Gruber | ÖVP | 16 September 1958 | 49 | ||
Alfred Horn | SPÖ | 10 March 1959 [72] | 60 | Heart disease | |
Johann Böhm | SPÖ | 13 May 1959 [73] | 73 | ||
Peter Strasser | SPÖ | 6 June 1962 | 44 | Cancer | |
Julius Raab | ÖVP | 8 January 1964 [74] | 72 | ||
Josef Afritsch | SPÖ | 25 August 1964 | 63 | Heart attack [75] | |
Leopold Figl | ÖVP | 9 May 1965 [76] | 62 | Kidney cancer | |
Barthold Stürgkh | ÖVP | 22 June 1965 [77] | 66 | ||
Josef Matejcek | SPÖ | 4 October 1965 | 61 | ||
Erwin Steinmaßl | SPÖ | 29 April 1967 [78] | 42 | ||
Rosa Weber | SPÖ | 24 July 1967 | 47 | Accident [79] | |
Karl Kummer | ÖVP | 15 August 1967 [80] | 63 | ||
Wilhelm Liwanec | SPÖ | 17 June 1968 [81] | 54 | ||
Franz Prinke | ÖVP | 4 January 1969 [82] | 70 | ||
Otto Kranzlmayr | ÖVP | 4 May 1972 [83] | 60 | ||
Franz Horr | SPÖ | 6 January 1974 [84] | 60 | ||
Hermann Wielandner | SPÖ | 21 November 1974 | 54 | ||
Ernst Ulbrich | SPÖ | 5 December 1974 [85] | 59 | ||
Karl Schleinzer | ÖVP | 19 July 1975 | 51 | Road accident [86] | |
Josef Ofenböck | ÖVP | 16 November 1975 [87] | 56 | ||
Karl Kinzl | ÖVP | 4 August 1977 [88] | 60 | ||
Karl Troll | SPÖ | 17 August 1977 [89] | 54 | ||
Karl Czernetz | SPÖ | 3 August 1978 [90] | 68 | ||
Otto Probst | SPÖ | 22 December 1978 [91] | 66 | ||
Michael Maderthaner | SPÖ | 14 August 1981 [92] | 56 | ||
Josef Hirscher | SPÖ | 24 April 1983 [93] | 52 | ||
Johann Gassner | ÖVP | 5 July 1985 [94] | 52 | ||
Roland Minkowitsch | ÖVP | 22 January 1986 [95] | 66 | ||
Jakob Brandstätter | ÖVP | 25 February 1987 [96] | 58 | ||
Walter Heinzinger | ÖVP | 27 January 1993 [97] | 58 | ||
Jakob Pistotnig | FPÖ | 24 July 2001 | 56 | Workplace accident [98] | |
Brunhilde Plank | SPÖ | 31 July 2001 | 45 | Accident [99] | |
Josef Trinkl | ÖVP | 26 April 2004 [100] | 52 | ||
Barbara Prammer | SPÖ | 2 August 2014 | 60 | Pancreatic cancer [101] | |
Sabine Oberhauser | SPÖ | 23 February 2017 | 53 | Abdominal cancer [102] | |
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