List of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Neuchâtel

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This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Neuchatel.

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Members of the Council of States

Councillor
(Party)
ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Charles Louis Jeanrenaud
Free Democratic Party
1848–1854
AppointedGonzalve A. H. Petitpierre
Free Democratic Party
1848–1853
Aimé Challandes
Free Democratic Party
1853–1854
Aimé Humbert-Droz
Free Democratic Party
1854–1856
D. Frédéric Verdan
Free Democratic Party
1854–1855
Auguste Lambelet
Free Democratic Party
1855–1856
Louis Denzler
Indépendant (rad.diss.) (GE)
1856–1856
Jules Philippin
Free Democratic Party
1856–1860
Aimé Humbert-Droz
Free Democratic Party
1857–1860
Louis Denzler
Indépendant (rad.diss.) (GE)
1860–1865
Aimé Humbert-Droz
Free Democratic Party
1860–1862
Ariste Lesquereux
Free Democratic Party
1862–1863
Louis H. Brandt
Free Democratic Party
1863–1864
Henri-Pierre Jacottet
Liberal Party
1864–1865
Victor Eugène Borel
Free Democratic Party
1865–1872
Aimé Humbert-Droz
Free Democratic Party
1865–1866
P. J. Edouard Desor
Free Democratic Party
1866–1867
Augste G. A. Cornaz
Free Democratic Party
1867–1868
P. J. Edouard Desor
Free Democratic Party
1868–1869
Jules Grandjean
Free Democratic Party
1869–1871
Fritz Berthoud
Free Democratic Party
1871–1872
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Numa Droz
Free Democratic Party
1872–1875
Marcelin Jeanrenaud
Free Democratic Party
1872–1874
P. Gustave Virchaux
Free Democratic Party
1874–1875
A. Frédéric E. Soguel
Free Democratic Party
1875–1876
Augste G. A. Cornaz
Free Democratic Party
1876–1893
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Henri Morel
Free Democratic Party
1876–1880
Auguste Alb. Leuba
Free Democratic Party
1880–1881
Louis Alex. Martin
Free Democratic Party
1881–1883
Jean Ed. Berthoud
Free Democratic Party
1883–1889
J. Arnold Robert
Free Democratic Party
1889–1913
Frédéric A. Monnier
Free Democratic Party
1893–1896
Jean Ed. Berthoud
Free Democratic Party
1896–1908
Auguste H. Pettavel
Free Democratic Party
1908–1921
Paul Robert
Liberal Party
1913–1916
H. Pierre de Meuron
Liberal Party
1916–1934
Ernest Béguin
Free Democratic Party
1921–1942
Marcel de Coulon
Liberal Party
1934–1945
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Max Petitpierre
Free Democratic Party
1942–1944
Jean-Louis Barrelet
Free Democratic Party
1945–1969
Fritz Henry Eymann
Social Democratic Party
1945–1949
Sydney de Coulon
Liberal Party
1949–1963
1951
1955
1959
1963 Blaise Clerc
Liberal Party
1963–1971
1967
Carlos Grosjean
Free Democratic Party
1969–1979
1969
1971 Pierre Aubert
Social Democratic Party
1971–1977
1975
1978René Meylan
Social Democratic Party
1978–1987
Jean-François Aubert
Liberal Party
1979–1987
1979
1983
Jean Cavadini
Liberal Party
1987–1999
1987 Thierry Béguin
Free Democratic Party
1987–1999
1991
1995
Jean Studer
Social Democratic Party
1999–2005
1999 Michèle-Irène Berger
Free Democratic Party
1999–2003
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Gisèle Ory
Social Democratic Party
2003–2009
Pierre Bonhôte
Social Democratic Party
2005–2007
2005
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Didier Burkhalter
Free Democratic Party
2007–2009
FDP.The Liberals
2009-2019
2007
2009
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Raphaël Comte
FDP.The Liberals
2010–2019
2011
2015
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Céline Vara
Green Party
2019–present
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Phillippe Bauer
FDP.The Liberals
2019–present
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Baptiste Hurni
Social Democratic Party
2023–present

Members of the National Council

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1848 L. Eugène Favre
(FDP/PRD)
Frédéric Lambelet
(FDP/PRD)
Jules Matthey
(FDP/PRD)
3 seats
1848–1851
1849Amédor Humbert
(FDP/PRD)
1851 Frédéric A. Courvoisier
(FDP/PRD)
J. Auguste Rougemont
(FDP/PRD)
P. Hugues Thomas
(FDP/PRD)
4 seats
1851–1872
1854 Charles-Jules Matthey
(FDP/PRD)
Alexis Marie Piaget
(FDP/PRD)
Frédéric Auguste Zuberbühler
(FDP/PRD)
1855Frédéric Lambelet
(FDP/PRD)
1857 Henri Grandjean
(FDP/PRD)
Gustave-Albert Irlet
(FDP/PRD)
Louis Constant Lambelet
(Liberal)
1860 Ami Girard
(FDP/PRD)
Louis Grandpierre
(FDP/PRD)
Jules Philippin
(FDP/PRD)
1863
1866 Henri Grandjean
(FDP/PRD)
1869 P. J. Edouard Desor
(FDP/PRD)
Louis Constant Lambelet
(Liberal)
Zélim Perret
(FDP/PRD)
1872 Fritz Berthoud
(FDP/PRD)
5 seats
1872–1902
1875 J. Fritz Rüsser
(FDP/PRD)
1878 L. Arnold Grosjean
(FDP/PRD)
Louis Alex. Martin
(FDP/PRD)
Charles Alfred Petitpierre
(FDP/PRD)
1880Henri Morel
(FDP/PRD)
1881 Auguste Alb. Leuba
(FDP/PRD)
Charles Emile Tissot
(FDP/PRD)
1883H. Robert Comtesse
(FDP/PRD)
1884 Louis Edouard Coulin
(FDP/PRD)
1885Henri-Louis Henry
(FDP/PRD)
1887
1888Paul-Louis Ducommun
(FDP/PRD)
Alfred Jeanhenry
(FDP/PRD)
1890
1891Louis Alex. Martin
(FDP/PRD)
1893 Donatien Ph. A. A. Fer
(FDP/PRD)
1895Jules Aug. Calame
(LPS/PLS)
1896
1899 J. Albert Piguet
(FDP/PRD)
1900Paul E. Mosimann
(FDP/PRD)
1902 F. F. Louis Perrier
(FDP/PRD)
A. Frédéric E. Soguel
(FDP/PRD)
6 seats
1902–1911
1904Henri W. Calame
(FDP/PRD)
1905
1908
1911 Charles-Théophile Naine
(SP/PS)
7 seats
1911–1922
1912S. A. Eugène Bonhôte
(LPS/PLS)
Ernest-Paul Graber
(SP/PS)
1913F. Auguste Leuba
(FDP/PRD)
1914
1917 Otto A. de Dardel
(LPS/PLS)
1919 Philippe-Henri Berger
(SP/PS)
Fritz Henry Eymann
(SP/PS)
1922 Arnold Bolle
(PPN)
1923Henri Berthoud
(FDP/PRD)
1924Paul Borel
(LPS/PLS)
1925
1927Pierre-Frédéric Favarger
(LPS/PLS)
Philippe-Henri Berger
(SP/PS)
1928 Henri Perret
(SP/PS)
Albert Rais
(FDP/PRD)
7 seats
1928–1931
1931 Henri Berthoud
(FDP/PRD)
6 seats
1931–1943
Alfred Clottu
(LPS/PLS)
6 seats
1931–1943
1933Marcel-René Krügel
(LPS/PLS)
1935 René Robert
(SP/PS)
1939
1940Jean Humbert
(LPS/PLS)
1943 Tell Perrin
(FDP/PRD)
5 seats
1943–2015
5 seats
1943–2015
1946Julien Girard
(LPS/PLS)
1947 Sydney de Coulon
(LPS/PLS)
Paul-René Rosset
(FDP/PRD)
1949André Petitpierre
(LPS/PLS)
1951 Gaston Clottu
(LPS/PLS)
Adolphe Graedel
(SP/PS)
1955 Claude Berger
(SP/PS)
Adrien Favre-Bulle
(FDP/PRD)
1959
1963 André Sandoz
(SP/PS)
1967 Jean-Pierre Dubois
(PdA/PST)
René Felber
(SP/PS)
1971 Jean-François Aubert
(LPS/PLS)
Tilo Frey
(FDP/PRD)
Yann Richter
(FDP/PRD)
Rémy Schläppy
(SP/PS)
1975 Robert Moser
(FDP/PRD)
1977Heidi Deneys
(SP/PS)
1979 Jean Cavadini
(LPS/PLS)
Claude Frey
(FDP/PRD)
François Jeanneret
(LPS/PLS)
1981François Borel
(SP/PS)
1983
1987 Jean Guinand
(LPS/PLS)
Francis Matthey
(SP/PS)
1991 Rémy Scheurer
(LPS/PLS)
1993Rolf Graber
(LPS/PLS)
1995 Daniel Vogel
(FDP/PRD)
Didier Berberat
(SP/PS)
1999 Fernand Cuche
(GPS/PES)
Valérie Garbani
(SP/PS)
2003 Didier Burkhalter
(FDP/PRD)
Yvan Perrin
(SVP/UDC)
2005Francine John-Calame
(GPS/PES)
2007 Laurent Favre
(FDP/PRD/
FDP.The Liberals)
Sylvie Perrinjaquet
(FDP/PRD /
FDP.The Liberals)
2009Jacques-André Maire
(SP/PS)
2011 Alain Ribaux
(FDP.The Liberals)
2013Raymond Clottu
(SVP/UDC)
Sylvie Perrinjaquet
(FDP.The Liberals)
2014Pierre-André Monnard
(FDP.The Liberals)
2015 4 seats
2015-present
Philippe Bauer
(FDP.The Liberals)
4 seats
2015-present
Denis de la Reussille
(PdA/PST)
4 seats
2015-present
2019 Damien Cottier
(FDP.The Liberals)
Fabien Fivaz
(GP/PV)
Baptiste Hurni
(SP/PS)
2023 Didier Calame
(SVP)

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