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This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Grisons.
This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Grisons.
| Councillor (Party) | Election | Councillor (Party) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joh. Rudolf Brosi Free Democratic Party 1848–1849 | Appointed | Anton Philipp Ganzoni Free Democratic Party 1848–1851 | ||
| Giuseppe a Marca Conservative 1849–1851 | ||||
| Ludwig Anton Vieli Conservative 1851–1852 | Peter Conradin von Planta Free Democratic Party 1852–1852 | |||
| Johann Andreas von Sprecher Liberal Party 1853–1854 | Johann Bartholome Caflisch Free Democratic Party 1853–1856 | |||
| Caspar Latour Liberal Party 1854–1855 | ||||
| Joh. Gaudenz von Salis Free Democratic Party 1855–1855 | ||||
| Peter Conradin von Planta Free Democratic Party 1856–1856 | ||||
| Joh. Rudolf Brosi Free Democratic Party 1856–1857 | Ludwig Anton Vieli Conservative 1856–1857 | |||
| Caspar Latour Liberal Party 1857–1857 | Joh. Baptist Friedrich Tscharner Liberal Party 1857–1858 | |||
| Ludwig Anton Vieli Conservative 1858–1859 | Joh. Gaudenz von Salis Free Democratic Party 1858–1860 | |||
| Johann Bartholome Caflisch Free Democratic Party 1859–1860 | ||||
| Johann Bartholome Arpagaus Conservateurs modérés 1860–1861 | Johann Andreas von Sprecher Liberal Party 1860–1861 | |||
| Alois Latour Liberal Party 1861–1862 | Johann A. Romedi Liberal Party 1861–1862 | |||
| Herkules Oswald Liberal Party 1862–1863 | Peter Conradin von Planta Free Democratic Party 1862–1863 | |||
| Johann A. Romedi Liberal Party 1863–1864 | Ludwig Anton Vieli Conservative 1863–1864 | |||
| Peter Conradin von Planta Free Democratic Party 1864–1872 | Remigius Peterelli Conservative 1864–1865 | |||
| Gaudenz Gadmer Free Democratic Party 1865–1866 | ||||
| Remigius Peterelli Conservative 1866–1868 | ||||
| Johann Bartholome Caflisch Free Democratic Party 1868–1869 | ||||
| Remigius Peterelli Conservative 1869–1871 | ||||
| Hans Hold Free Democratic Party 1871–1872 | ||||
| Jochen Ulrich Könz Liberal Party 1872–1873 | Remigius Peterelli Conservative 1872–1873 | |||
| Prospero Albrici Free Democratic Party 1873–1874 | Hans Hold Free Democratic Party 1873–1881 | |||
| Florian Gengel Free Democratic Party 1874–1880 | ||||
| Andreas Bezzola Free Democratic Party 1880–1881 | ||||
| Remigius Peterelli Conservative 1881–1892 | Peter Conradin Romedi Conservateurs réformés 1881–1898 | |||
| Luzius Raschein Free Democratic Party 1892–1899 | ||||
| Felix Ludw. Calonder Free Democratic Party 1899–1913 | Franz Peterelli Conservative 1899–1907 | |||
| Friedrich Brügger Conservative 1907–1930 | ||||
| Andreas Laely Free Democratic Party 1913–1935 | ||||
| Johann Josef Huonder Conservative 1930–1935 | ||||
| 1931 | ||||
| Albert Lardelli Swiss Democrats 1935–1956 | 1935 | Georg Willi Conservative 1935–1938 | ||
| 1939 | Josef Vieli Conservative 1939–1956 | |||
| 1943 | ||||
| 1947 | ||||
| 1951 | ||||
| 1955 | ||||
| Arno Theus Swiss Democrats 1956–1974 | 1956 | Gion Darms Conservative 1956–1968 | ||
| 1959 | ||||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1968 | Gion Clau Vincenz Christian Social Conservative Party 1968–1979 | |||
| 1971 | ||||
 Leon Schlumpf Swiss People's Party 1974–1979 | 1974 | |||
| 1975 | ||||
| 1979 | Luregn Mathias Cavelty Christian Democratic People's Party 1979–1995 | |||
| Ulrich Gadient Swiss People's Party 1980–1995 | 1980 | |||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
 Christoffel Brändli Swiss People's Party 1995–2011 | 1995 | Theo Maissen Christian Democratic People's Party 1995–2011 | ||
| 1999 | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
 Martin Schmid FDP.The Liberals 2011–present | 2011 |  Stefan Engler Christian Democratic People's Party 2011–2023 The Centre 2023–present | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| 2023 |
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1848 | Johann Baptist Bavier (Liberal) | Alois Latour (Liberal) | Georg Michel (FDP/PRD) | Andreas Rudolf von Planta (Liberal) | 4 seats 1848–1863 | |||||||
| 1849 | Joh. Rudolf Brosi (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1851 | Johann Bartholome Arpagaus (Conservative) | Georg Michel (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1854 | Alois Latour (Liberal) | |||||||||||
| 1856 | Peter Conradin von Planta (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1857 | Caspar Latour (Liberal) | Johann Andreas von Sprecher (Liberal) | ||||||||||
| 1860 | Johann Bartholome Caflisch (FDP/PRD) | Joh. Gaudenz von Salis (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1861 | Johann Rudolf von Toggenburg (Conservative) | |||||||||||
| 1863 | Simeon Bavier (Liberal) | Alois Latour (Liberal) | 5 seats 1863–1911 | |||||||||
| 1866 | ||||||||||||
| 1869 | Johann Bartholome Caflisch (FDP/PRD) | Gaudenz Gadmer (FDP/PRD) | Johann A. Romedi (Liberal) | |||||||||
| 1872 | Johann Anton sen. Casparis (Liberal) | Hermann Jakob U. von Sprecher (FödP*) | ||||||||||
| 1875 | Anton Steinhauser (FDP/PRD) | Joh. Gaudenz von Salis (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1876 | Andreas Rudolf von Planta (Liberal) | |||||||||||
| 1878 | Hermann Jakob U. von Sprecher (FödP*) | |||||||||||
| 1881 | Johann Schmid (Conservative) | Andreas Bezzola (FDP/PRD) | Caspar Decurtins (FödP*) | |||||||||
| 1882 | Luzius Raschein (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1883 | Peter Theophil Bühler (Liberal) | |||||||||||
| 1884 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | ||||||||||||
| 1890 | Matthäus Risch (Liberal) | |||||||||||
| 1893 | Thomas von Albertini (Liberal) | Johann Anton jun. Casparis (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1896 | Alfred von Planta (FödP*) | |||||||||||
| 1899 | Andreas Vital (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1902 | Johann Anton Caflisch (FDP/PRD) | Eduard Walser (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1905 | Johann Schmid (Conservative) | |||||||||||
| 1908 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | Paul Raschein (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | Alois Steinhauser (Conservative) | |||||||||||
| 1917 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | Hans Meng (SP/PS) | Julius E. F. Dedual (Conservative) | Johann Bossi (Conservative) | Johann Vonmoos (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||
| 1922 | Christian-Albert Hitz (Communist) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Gaudenz Canova (SP/PS) | Paul Raschein (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1925 | Christian Foppa (Conservative) | Andreas Gadient (SD/DS) | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Anton Meuli (FDP/PRD) | Gaudenz Canova (SP/PS) | ||||||||||
| 1931 | Georg Hartmann (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1932 | Anton Meuli (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1935 | Josef Condrau (Conservative) | Ruben Lanicca (SD/DS) | ||||||||||
| 1939 | Rudolf Planta (SD/DS) | |||||||||||
| 1942 | Georg Sprecher (SD/DS) | |||||||||||
| 1943 | Luigi Albrecht (Conservative) | Adolf Nadig (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1947 | Ettore Tenchio (Conservative) | Gian Rudolf Mohr (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1951 | Paul Raschein (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Rudolf Toggenburg (Conservative) | |||||||||||
| 1959 | Paul Bruggmann (CCS) | |||||||||||
| 1959 | Georg Brosi (SD/DS) | Christian Bühler (SD/DS) | Hans Stiffler (SP/PS) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Oscar Mayer (SP/PS) | |||||||||||
| 1963 | Donat Cadruvi (CCS) | 5 seats 1963-present | Josias Grass (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||
| 1966 | Leon Schlumpf (SD/DS) | |||||||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Toni Cantieni (CVP/PDC) | Luregn Mathias Cavelty (CVP/PDC) | ||||||||||
| 1974 | Elisabeth Lardelli (SVP/UDC) | |||||||||||
| 1975 | Martin Bundi (SP/PS) | Jakob Schutz (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1979 | Leonhard Flepp (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Ulrich Gadient (SVP/UDC) | Dumeni Columberg (CVP/PDC) | Christian Jost (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||
| 1980 | Simeon Bühler (SVP/UDC) | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Peter Aliesch (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Théo Christian Portmann (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Andrea Hämmerle (SP/PS) | Duri Bezzola (FDP/PRD) | ||||||||||
| 1995 | Brigitta M. Gadient (SVP/UDC) | Silva Anita Semadeni (SP/PS) | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Hansjörg Hassler (SVP/UDC) | Walter Decurtins (CVP/PDC) | ||||||||||
| 2003 | Sep Cathomas (CVP/PDC) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Jürg Michel (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Tarzisius Caviezel (FDP/PRD) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Heinz Brand (SVP/UDC) | Silva Semadeni (SP/PS) | Martin Candinas (CVP/PDC / The Centre) | Josias F. Gasser (GLP/PVL) | ||||||||
| 2015 | Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (SVP/UDC) | Duri Campell (BDP/PBD) | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Jon Pult (SP/PS) | Sandra Locher Benguerel (SP/PS) | Anna Giacometti (FDP.The Liberals) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Roman Hug (SVP/UDC) | |||||||||||
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