This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Fribourg. [1]
Councillor (Party) | Election | Councillor (Party) | ||
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André Castella Free Democratic Party 1848–1850 | Appointed | Jean-J. Page Free Democratic Party 1848–1851 | ||
Julien de Schaller Free Democratic Party 1850–1851 | ||||
Karl-Fr. Chatoney Free Democratic Party 1851–1853 | Pierre-A. Comte Free Democratic Party 1851–1854 | |||
Jean N.-E. Berchtold Free Democratic Party 1853–1854 | ||||
Julien de Schaller Free Democratic Party 1854–1858 | Nicolas-L. Glasson Free Democratic Party 1854–1857 | |||
Pierre-Th. Fracheboud Conservative 1857–1863 | ||||
François-Romain Werro Conservateurs modérés 1858–1860 | ||||
Frédéric-J. Gendre Conservative 1860–1868 | ||||
Louis de Weck Conservative 1863–1866 | ||||
F. Xavier Bondallaz Conservative 1866–1870 | ||||
Joseph Jaquet Conservative 1868–1872 | ||||
Henri Gaspard de Schaller Conservative 1870–1896 | ||||
Fr.-Xavier Menoud Conservative 1872–1883 | ||||
Alphonse Theraulaz Conservative 1883–1884 | ||||
Alois Bossy Conservative 1884–1898 | ||||
Georges Python Conservative 1896–1920 | ||||
Louis Cardinaux Conservative 1898–1914 | ||||
Ernest de Weck Conservative 1914–1915 | ||||
Georges-Jean-Joseph de Montenach Conservative 1915–1925 | ||||
Emile Savoy Conservative 1920–1935 | ||||
Bernard Weck Conservative 1925–1950 | ||||
Joseph Piller Conservative 1935–1947 | ||||
Maxime Quartenoud Conservative 1947–1956 | ||||
Joseph Piller Conservative 1950–1954 | ||||
Paul Torche Conservative 1954–1972 | ||||
Jean Bourgknecht Conservative 1956–1959 | ||||
Alphons Roggo Christian Social Conservative Party 1960–1968 | ||||
Gustave-Laurent Roulin Christian Social Conservative Party 1968–1972 | ||||
Jean-François de Bourgknecht Christian Democratic People's Party 1972–1979 | 1972 | Pierre Dreyer Christian Democratic People's Party 1972–1987 | ||
1975 | ||||
Otto Piller Social Democratic Party 1979–1995 | 1979 | |||
1983 | ||||
1987 | Anton Cottier Christian Democratic People's Party 1987–2003 | |||
1991 | ||||
Pierre Aeby Social Democratic Party 1995–1999 | 1995 | |||
Jean-Claude Cornu Free Democratic Party 1999–2003 | 1999 | |||
Alain Berset Social Democratic Party 2003–2011 | 2003 | Urs Schwaller Christian Democratic People's Party 2003–2015 | ||
2007 | ||||
2011 | ||||
Christian Levrat Social Democratic Party 2012–present | 2012 | |||
2015 | Beat Vonlanthen Christian Democratic People's Party 2015–present | |||
2019 | Johanna Gapany FDP.The Liberals 2019–present | |||
Issabelle Chassot The Centre 2023–present | 2023 |
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
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1848 | François-X. Badoud (FDP/PRD) | Jean Folly (FDP/PRD) | Nicolas-L. Glasson (FDP/PRD) | Christophe J. Marro (FDP/PRD) | Jacques J. Remy (FDP/PRD) | 5 seats 1848–1863 | ||||||||
1851 | J.-F.-Marcelin Bussard (FDP/PRD) | Julien de Schaller (FDP/PRD) | Léon Pittet (FDP/PRD) | Henri Benj. Presset (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
1853 | Hubert Charles (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1854 | F. Xavier Bondallaz (Conservative) | Louis de Wuilleret (Conservative) | Joh. Friedr. L. Engelhard (LibCons*) | Alfred von der Weid (Conservative) | ||||||||||
1857 | ||||||||||||||
1860 | Joh. Anton Engelhard (LibCons*) | |||||||||||||
1863 | Fr. Laurent Chaney (Conservative) | Pierre-Th. Fracheboud (Conservative) | Samuel Presset (Conservative) | 6 seats 1863–1890 | ||||||||||
1866 | Louis de Weck (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1869 | ||||||||||||||
1872 | Louis Grand (Conservative) | Karl Vissaula (FDP/PRD) | Joseph Jaquet (Conservative) | |||||||||||
1875 | Ph.-A.-Arthur de Techtermann (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1878 | ||||||||||||||
1881 | Paul Aeby (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1881 | Eduard D. Huber (FDP/PRD) | Louis-Auguste Marmier (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||||
1883 | Paul Aeby (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
' 1884 | ' | Georges Cressier (Liberal) | Georges Python (Conservative) | Alphonse Theraulaz (Conservative) | ||||||||||
1887 | ||||||||||||||
1889 | Friedrich A. Stock (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||||
1890 | 5 seats 1890–1898 | 5 seats 1890–1898 | ||||||||||||
1893 | Constant Dinichert (FDP/PRD) | Louis de Diesbach de Belleroche (CoLi->Cons) | ||||||||||||
1896 | Henri Gaspard de Schaller (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1898 | Alois Bossy (Conservative) | Vincent Gottofrey (Conservative) | 6 seats 1898–1911 | |||||||||||
1899 | ||||||||||||||
1900 | Louis de Diesbach de Belleroche (CoLi->Cons) | |||||||||||||
1902 | Eugène Grand (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1905 | ||||||||||||||
1907 | Max F. de Diesbach de Torny (Conservative) | Charles de Wuilleret (Conservative) | ||||||||||||
1908 | ||||||||||||||
1911 | Alexandre-François-Louis Cailler (FDP/PRD) | Eugène Deschenaux (Conservative) | Hermann Liechti (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
1914 | Jean-Marie Musy (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1916 | Franz Boschung (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1917 | ||||||||||||||
1918 | Oscar Genoud (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1919 | Ernest Perrier (Conservative) | Fernand Torche (Conservative) | ||||||||||||
1920 | Paul Morard (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1922 | Jakob Gutknecht (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||||
1925 | Fernand Torche (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1926 | Emile Gross (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||||
1928 | Peter Benninger (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1930 | Eugène Grand (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1931 | Pierre Aeby (Conservative) | Joseph Delatena (Conservative) | ||||||||||||
1932 | Charles Chassot (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1935 | James Glasson (FDP/PRD) | Samuel Gutknecht (FDP/PRD) | Franz Müller (Conservative) | Jean-Marie Musy (Conservative) | Maxime Quartenoud (Conservative) | |||||||||
1937 | Charles Chassot (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1939 | Robert Colliard (PAB) | |||||||||||||
1943 | Laurent Ruffieux (PAB) | |||||||||||||
1943 | René Mauroux (SP/PS) | Albert Pasquier (Conservative) | Eusèbe Philipona (Conservative) | |||||||||||
1944 | Jakob Meyer (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1947 | Charles Chassot (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1947 | Armand Droz (FDP/PRD) | Joseph Ackermann (Conservative) | Pierre Glasson (FDP/PRD) | Paul Torche (Conservative) | ||||||||||
1948 | Edmond Blanc (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||||
1949 | Fritz Herren (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1951 | Charles Strebel (SP/PS) | Max Aebischer (Conservative) | Pierre Glasson (FDP/PRD) | Jean Bourgknecht (Conservative) | Robert Colliard (PAB) | |||||||||
1954 | Henri Gendre (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1955 | Constant Overney (Conservative) | |||||||||||||
1959 | Franz Hayoz (CCS) | |||||||||||||
1960 | Gabriel Kolly (PAB) | |||||||||||||
1963 | Louis Barras (CCS) | Paul Genoud (FDP/PRD) | 6 seats 1963–2003 | |||||||||||
1966 | Gérard Glasson (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||||
1967 | Jean Riesen (SP/PS) | |||||||||||||
1971 | Laurent Butty (CVP/PDC) | Liselotte Spreng (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||||
1975 | Félicien Morel (SP/PS) | Paul Zbinden (CVP/PDC) | ||||||||||||
1979 | ||||||||||||||
1983 | Pierre Rime (FDP/PRD) | Joseph Cottet (SVP/UDC) | Jean Savary (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
1987 | Cyrill Brügger (SP/PS) | Elisabeth Déglise (CVP/PDC) | Jean-Nicolas Philipona (FDP/PRD) | Bernard Rohrbasser (SVP/UDC) | ||||||||||
1991 | Joseph Deiss (CVP/PDC) | Hugo Fasel (CSP/PCS) | Alexis Gobet (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
1995 | Rose-Marie Ducrot (CVP/PDC) | Erwin Jutzet (SP/PS) | Hubert Lauper (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
1999 | Thérèse Meyer-Kaelin (CVP/PDC) | Liliane Chappuis (SP/PS) | Jean-Paul Glasson (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
2003 | Christian Levrat (SP/PS) | Jean-François Rime (SVP/UDC) | Dominique de Buman (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
2007 | Jacques Bourgeois (FDP/PRD) | Liliane Chappuis (SP/PS) | ||||||||||||
2008 | Jean-François Steiert (SP/PS) | Marie-Thérèse Weber-Gobet (CSP/PCS) | ||||||||||||
2011 | Christine Bulliard-Marbach (CVP/PDC / The Centre) | Valérie Piller Carrard (SP/PS) | ||||||||||||
2012 | Ursula Schneider Schüttel (SP/PS) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Pierre-André Page (SVP/UDC) | |||||||||||||
2017 | Ursula Schneider Schüttel (SP/PS) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Gerhard Andrey (GP/PV) | Marie-France Roth Pasquier (CVP/PDC / The Centre) | ||||||||||||
2023 | Nadine Gobet (FDP/PRD) | Nicolas Kolly (SVP/UDC) |
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