List of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Basel-Stadt

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This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Basel-Stadt. As one of the cantons defined until 1999 as "half-cantons", Basel-Stadt elects only one member to the Council of States

Members of the Council of States

Election		Councillor (Party)
Appointed		Johann Jakob Stehlin Liberal Party 1848–1853
		Joh. Rudolf Merian Basel-Stadt Centre right 1853–1855
	August Stähelin Basel-Stadt Centre right 1855–1860
	Georg Felber Basel-Stadt Centre right 1860–1861
	August Stähelin Basel-Stadt Centre right 1861–1866
	Alphons Koechlin Basel-Stadt Centre right 1866–1875
	Karl Rudolf Stehlin Basel-Stadt Centre right 1875–1881
		Chr. Friedrich Göttisheim Free Democratic Party 1881–1881
	Wilhelm Klein Free Democratic Party 1881–1896
	Paul Scherrer Free Democratic Party 1896–1919
	Victor Emil Scherer Free Democratic Party 1919–1925
		Eugen Wullschleger Social Democratic Party 1925–1928
		Ernst-Alfred Thalmann Free Democratic Party 1928–1935
		Gustav Wenk Social Democratic Party 1935–1956
	Hans-Peter Tschudi Social Democratic Party 1956–1959
		Eugen Dietschi Free Democratic Party 1960–1967
1963		Eugen Dietschi Free Democratic Party 1960–1967
1967		Willi Wenk Social Democratic Party 1967–1979
1971
1975
1979	Carl jun. Miville Social Democratic Party 1979–1991
1983
1987
1991	Gian-Reto Plattner Social Democratic Party 1991–2003
1995
1999
2003	Anita Fetz Social Democratic Party 2003–2019
2007
2011
2015
2019	Eva Herzog Social Democratic Party 2019–present
2023	Eva Herzog Social Democratic Party 2019–present

Members of the National Council

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1848		Achilles Bischoff (Basel-Stadt Centre right)	1 seat 1848–1863
1851		Achilles Bischoff (Basel-Stadt Centre right)
1853		Johann Jakob Stehlin (Liberal)
1854
1857
1860
1863			Wilhelm Klein (FDP/PRD)	2 seats 1863–1863
1866
1869
1872
1875	Karl Burckhardt (LPS/PLS)
1878			Joh. Rudolf Geigy (Zent)
1881				Wilhelm Klein (FDP/PRD)	3 seats 1881–1890
1884				Wilhelm Klein (FDP/PRD)
1887			Ernst Brenner (FDP/PRD)	Eduard Eckenstein (FDP/PRD)
1889	Paul Speiser (LPS/PLS)
1890					Hermann G. D. Kinkelin (FDP/PRD)	4 seats 1890–1899
1893				Emil Bischoff (LPS/PLS)
1896	Isaac A. Iselin (LPS/PLS)			Eugen Wullschleger (Grut&PS*)
1897			Carl Koechlin (LPS/PLS)
1899		Heinrich David (FDP/PRD)	Carl Koechlin (LPS/PLS)
1902			Paul Speiser (LPS/PLS)	Alfred Brüstlein (SRF (BS)*)		Joh. Emil Müry (FDP/PRD)		Otto Zoller (FDP/PRD)	6 seats 1902–1912
1905					Emil Göttisheim (FDP/PRD)
1908		Christian Rothenberger (FDP/PRD)
1911			Carl Christoph Burckhardt (LPS/PLS)			Johannes L. Frei (SP/PS)		Bernhard Jäggi (Grut&PS)
1912							Eugen Wullschleger (SP/PS)		1 seats 1912–1947
1914
1915			Paul Speiser (LPS/PLS)
1917			Paul Speiser (LPS/PLS)	Ernst Feigenwinter (Conservative)			Rudolf Arnold Gelpke (FP*)				Karl-Oskar Schär (SD/DS)
1919	Max Johann Z'graggen (Conservative)	Rudolf Miescher (LPS/PLS)	Fritz E. Hauser (SP/PS)		Friedrich Schneider (SP/PS)			Albert Belmont (SP/PS)
1922								Albert Belmont (SP/PS)
1925						Franz Welti (Communist)
1928
1929								Victor Emil Scherer (FDP/PRD)
1931		Albert Oeri (LPS/PLS)
1932				Emil Arnold (Communist)
1934				Marino Bodenmann (Communist)
1935	Wilhelm Meile (Conservative)						Ernst Herzog (SP/PS)
1938	Rudolf Niederhauser (Conservative)
1939					Arnold Gfeller (LDU/LdI)						Walter Muschg (LDU/LdI)
1941			Friedrich Schneider (SP/PS)	Eugen Dietschi (FDP/PRD)	Arnold Gfeller (LDU/LdI)						Walter Muschg (LDU/LdI)
1943						Carl Miville (SP/PS)					Nicolas Jaquet (LPS/PLS)
1947	Theodor Brogle (Conservative)							Hans Bernoulli (LDU/LdI)		Alfred Schaller (FDP/PRD)
1949	Theodor Brogle (Conservative)	Nicolas Jaquet (LPS/PLS)						Hans Bernoulli (LDU/LdI)
1951	Fritz Berger (Conservative)				Emil Arnold (PdA/PST)	Fritz Brechbühl (SP/PS)		Arnold Gfeller (LDU/LdI)
1953			Marino Bodenmann (PdA/PST)
1955			Marino Bodenmann (PdA/PST)
1959		Peter Dürrenmatt (LPS/PLS)			Edmund Wyss (SP/PS)			Rudolf Suter (LDU/LdI)
1960			Alfred Gasser (FDP/PRD)					Rudolf Suter (LDU/LdI)
1963	Albin Breitenmoser (CCS)		Alfred Gasser (FDP/PRD)	Helmut Hubacher (SP/PS)		Walter Allgöwer (LDU/LdI)
1965			Max Imboden (FDP/PRD)
1967			Andreas Gerwig (SP/PS)				Arnold Schneider (FDP/PRD)
1971							Walter Jaeger (N)	7 seats 1871–1983
1975					Karl Schnyder (SP/PS)						Gertrud Spiess (CVP/PDC)
1977	Paul Wyss (FDP/PRD)				Karl Schnyder (SP/PS)
1978					Carl jun. Miville (SP/PS)
1979		Alexander Euler (SP/PS)			David Linder (LPS/PLS)		Ruth Mascarin-Bircher (PdA/PST)
1983					Hansjürg Weder (LDU/LdI)	Hugo Wick (CVP/PDC)	Ruth Mascarin-Bircher (PdA/PST)	6 seats 1983–2003		6 seats 1983–2003
1985						Hugo Wick (CVP/PDC)	Anita Fetz (POCH)
1987						Martin Burckhardt (LPS/PLS)	Anita Fetz (POCH)
1990						Martin Burckhardt (LPS/PLS)	Thomas Baerlocher (PdA/PST)
1991		Margrith von Felten (SP/PS)	Christoph Eymann (LPS/PLS)				Hugo Wick (CVP/PDC)
1994	Stefan Cornaz (FDP/PRD)						Hugo Wick (CVP/PDC)
1995					Remo Gysin (SP/PS)		Rudolf Rechsteiner (SP/PS)					Johannes Randegger (FDP/PRD)
1998	Christine Keller (SP/PS)
1999		Jean Henri Dunant (SVP/UDC)		Anita Fetz (SP/PS)
2001	Christine Wirz-von Planta (LPS/PLS)			Anita Fetz (SP/PS)
2003	5 seats 2003-2023		Silvia Schenker (SP/PS)	5 seats 2003-2023		5 seats 2003-2023
2006								Urs Schweizer (FDP/PRD)
2007									Anita Lachenmeier-Thüring (GPS/PES)	Peter Malama (FDP/PRD / FDP.The Liberals)
2010								Sebastian Frehner (SVP/UDC)	Anita Lachenmeier-Thüring (GPS/PES)		Beat Jans (SP/PS)
2011												Markus Lehmann (CVP/PDC)
2012									Daniel Stolz (FDP.The Liberals)			Markus Lehmann (CVP/PDC)
2015										Sibel Arslan (BastA)			Christoph Eymann (PLD)
2019								Sibel Arslan (GP/PV)		Katja Christ (GLP/PVL)		Mustafa Atici (SP/PS)	Christoph Eymann (PLD)
2023	4 seats 2023-present		Sarah Wyss (SP/PS)	4 seats 2023-present						Katja Christ (GLP/PVL)		Patricia von Falkenstein (FDP.The Liberals)

References

"Search Council Members". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2018-07-15.

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