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

Members of the Council of States

Election Councillor
(Party)
Appointed Josef A. Maria Bünter
Conservative
1848–1851
Ferdinand Jann
Conservative
1851–1855
Karl Jann
Conservative
1855–1857
Jakob Kaiser
Conservative
1857–1861
Walter Zelger
Conservative
1861–1868
Jakob Kaiser
Conservative
1868–1877
Niklaus Lussi
Conservative
1877–1884
Joh. Josef M. Amstad
Conservative
1884–1894
Jakob Konst. Wyrsch
Conservative
1894–1925
Anton Zumbühl
Conservative
1925–1937
Remigi Joller
Conservative
1937–1947
1939
1943
1947 Werner Christen
Independent
1947–1967
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967 Eduard Amstad
Christian Social Conservative Party
1967–1976
1971
1975
1977 Norbert Zumbühl
Christian Democratic People's Party
1977–1990
1979
1983
1987
1990
Peter-Josef Schallberger
Christian Democratic People's Party
1990–1999
1991
1995
1999
Marianne Slongo
Christian Democratic People's Party
1999–2007
2003
2007
Paul Niederberger
Christian Democratic People's Party
2007–2015
2011
2015
Hans Wicki
FDP.The Liberals
2015–present
2019
2023

Members of the National Council

Election Councillor
(Party)
1848 Melchior Jos. Wyrsch
(Cons)
1851 Franz Jos. Nikl. Val. Durrer
(Cons)
1854 Melchior Jos. Wyrsch
(Cons)
1857 Joh. Melchior Al. Joller
(Liberal)
1860 Alois (Louis) Wyrsch
(Liberal)
1863
1866
1869
1872 Walter Zelger
(Cons)
1874 Robert Ant. Al. Durrer
(Cons)
1875
1878
1881
1884
1887
1890 Hans sen. von Matt
(Cons)
1893
1896 Karl Jos. Niederberger
(Cons)
1899
1902
1905
1908
1911
1914
1917 Hans jun. von Matt
(Cons)
1919
1922
1925
1928
1931
1932 Theodor Gabriel
(Cons)
1935 Gottfried Odermatt
(Cons)
1939
1943 Arnold Wagner
(Cons)
1947
1951
1955 Joseph Odermatt
(Cons)
1959
1963
1967 August Albrecht
(CCS)
1971
1975
1979 Joseph Iten
(CVP/PDC)
1983
1987
1991
1995 Eduard Engelberger
(FDP/PRD /
FDP.The Liberals)
1999
2003
2007
2009
2011 Peter Keller
(SVP/UDC)
2015
2019
2023 Regina Durrer-Knobel
(The Centre)
Swiss Federal Assembly delegations

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