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

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

Members of the Council of States

Councillor (Party)		Election		Councillor (Party)
Kaspar L. Krieg Conservative 1848–1849		Appointed		Karl von Schorno Conservative 1848–1852
Franz Anton Oetiker Conservative 1849–1850
Kaspar L. Krieg Conservative 1850–1852
Jos. Meinrad Benedikt Düggelin Conservative 1853–1858	Nazar von Reding Party unknown 1853–1854
Jos. Meinrad Benedikt Düggelin Conservative 1853–1858	F. Xaver J. K. Auf der Mauer Conservative 1854–1861
Johann Anton Steinegger Conservative 1858–1867	F. Xaver J. K. Auf der Mauer Conservative 1854–1861
Johann Anton Steinegger Conservative 1858–1867	Joseph M. von Hettlingen Conservative 1862–1873
Johann Michael Stählin Conservative 1867–1872
Marianus Theiler Conservative 1872–1885
	Karl Reichlin Conservative 1873–1874
	Joseph M. von Hettlingen Conservative 1874–1887
Karl Kümin Conservative 1885–1905	Joseph M. von Hettlingen Conservative 1874–1887
Karl Kümin Conservative 1885–1905	Karl Reichlin Conservative 1887–1905
Nikolaus Benziger Conservative 1905–1908	Rudolf von Reding Conservative 1905–1911
Martin Ochsner Conservative 1908–1939	Rudolf von Reding Conservative 1905–1911
			Josef-Maria Schuler Free Democratic Party 1911–1915
			Joseph Räber Conservative 1915–1928
	1919
	1922
	1925
	1928	Adolf Suter Conservative 1928–1947
	1931
	1935
Fritz Stähli Conservative 1939–1959	1939
	1943
	1947	Anton Gwerder Conservative 1947–1949
	1950	Dominik Auf der Maur Conservative 1950–1967
	1951
	1955
Heinrich Oechslin Christian Social Conservative Party 1959–1975	1959
	1963
	1967	Josef Ulrich Christian Social Conservative Party 1967–1983
	1971
Alois Dobler Christian Democratic People's Party 1975–1991			1975
	1979
	1983		Xaver Reichmuth Christian Democratic People's Party 1983–1991
	1987
Hans Bisig Free Democratic Party 1991–1999		1991	Bruno Frick Christian Democratic People's Party 1991–2011
Hans Bisig Free Democratic Party 1991–1999	1995
Toni Dettling Free Democratic Party 1999–2003	1999
Alex Kuprecht Swiss People's Party 2003–2023		2003
	2007
	2011		Peter Föhn Swiss People's Party 2011–2019
	2015		Peter Föhn Swiss People's Party 2011–2019
	2019		Othmar Reichmuth Christian Democratic People's Party 2019-2023
Pirmin Schwander Swiss People's Party 2023–present	2023		Petra Gössi FDP.The Liberals 2023-present

Members of the National Council

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1848		Fr. Karl Schuler (Conservative)		Johann Anton Steinegger (Conservative)	2 seats 1848–1881
1851		Fr. Karl Schuler (Conservative)
1852	Karl Styger (Conservative)
1854			Meinrad Jb. Hegner (Liberal)
1857			Jos. Anton G. Büeler (Conservative)
1860			Jos. Anton G. Büeler (Conservative)
1863		Josef Karl Benziger (Conservative)
1866			Josef Anton Eberle (Liberal)
1869			Josef Anton Eberle (Liberal)
1872	Fridolin Holdener (Conservative)		Johann Michael Stählin (Conservative)
1874		Ambros Eberle (Conservative)
1875
1878
1881				Vital sen. Schwander (Conservative)	3 seats 1881–2003
1883		Nikolaus Benziger (Conservative)
1884
1887
1890
1893
1896	Jos. Ferd. Anton Büeler (Conservative)
1899
1902
1905			L. Kaspar Knobel (FDP/PRD)
1908		Anton von Hettlingen (Conservative)	L. Kaspar Knobel (FDP/PRD)
1910			Martin Steinegger (FDP/PRD)
1911
1914
1917
1919	Vital jun. Schwander (Conservative)		Josef Bürgi-Gretener (PAB)	Hans Steiner (Conservative)
1922	Vital jun. Schwander (Conservative)			Hans Steiner (Conservative)
1925	Karl von Weber (Conservative)			Johann Wattenhofer (SP/PS)
1928			Alois Ab Yberg (FDP/PRD)				Fritz Stähli (Conservative)
1931			Alois Ab Yberg (FDP/PRD)
1935		Erhard Ruoss (FDP/PRD)
1939			Clemenz Ulrich (Conservative)
1943	Kaspar Knobel (Conservative)		Josef Schuler (BV (SZ)*)
1947				Josef Heinzer (SP/PS)
1951			Hans Fuchs (Conservative)
1953	Josef Ulrich (Conservative)
1955		Armin Bruhin (FDP/PRD)
1959		Karl Bachmann (CCS)		Josef Diethelm (SP/PS)
1963
1967			Joachim Weber (FDP/PRD)
1971		Elisabeth Blunschy-Steiner (CVP/PDC)	Joachim Weber (FDP/PRD)
1975			Josef Risi (CVP/PDC)
1979				Karl Weber (FDP/PRD)
1983
1987	Jakob Bürgi (CVP/PDC)		Arthur Züger (SP/PS)
1991	Jakob Bürgi (CVP/PDC)	Toni Dettling (FDP/PRD)	Arthur Züger (SP/PS)
1995	Toni Eberhard (CVP/PDC)	Toni Dettling (FDP/PRD)		Peter Föhn (SVP/UDC)
1999	Toni Eberhard (CVP/PDC)	Maya Lalive d'Épinay (FDP/PRD)
2003	Reto Wehrli (CVP/PDC)		Josy Gyr-Steiner (SP/PS)			Pirmin Schwander (SVP/UDC)
2007	Reto Wehrli (CVP/PDC)	Andy Tschümperlin (SP/PS)
2011	Alois Gmür (CVP/PDC)	Andy Tschümperlin (SP/PS)		Petra Gössi (FDP/PLR)
2015			Marcel Dettling (SVP/UDC)
2019
2023		Dominik Blunshy (The Centre)			Roman Bürgi (SVP/UDC)

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References

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

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