The German-Baltic Party (; , DbPE) was a political party in Estonia representing the German minority.
History The party was established on 27 November 1918 under the name German Party in Estonia (, ) in preparation for the Constituent Assembly elections the following April. Following the Estonian War of Independence, the party was renamed the German-Baltic Party.
The party won three seats in the elections in April 1919.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p581 In the parliamentary elections in 1920 it won four seats, but was reduced to three seats in the 1923 elections and two seats in the 1926 elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p586 For the 1929 elections the party formed the German-Swedish Bloc,Nohlen & Stöver, p579 winning three seats. This was continued for the 1932 elections, with the bloc again winning three seats.
List of MPs ParliamentMembersNotes1919–20Max BockChairmanHermann KochJohannes MeyerReplaced by Georg von Stackelberg on 27 January 19201920–1923Max BockChairmanHermann KochWalter von PezoldGeorg von Stackelberg1923–1926Werner HasselblattChairmanCarl von SchillingMartin Christian LutherReplaced by Gerhard Kreß on 1 October 1923, replaced by Axel de Vries on 9 April 19241926–1929Werner HasselblattChairmanCarl von Schilling1929–1932Carl von SchillingChairmanWerner HasselblattHans PöhlSwedish, replaced by Mathias Westerblom on 22 January 19301932–1934Carl von SchillingChairmanHermann KochMathias WesterblomSwedish
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