The 1939 Liechtenstein general election took place on 4 April 1939 to elect the 15 members of the Landtag, though no actual voting took place. It was the 22nd legislative term and ended on 29 April 1945, overseeing almost all of World War II.
The Landtag consists of the elected members, who then elect the president and the government. Though a new system of proportional representation had been introduced in January 1939, it was not used as no actual voting took place. Instead, the governing Progressive Citizens' Party and opposition Patriotic Union formed a coalition, assigning a roughly equal number of seats each with a pre-determined electoral list, in order to prevent the German National Movement in Liechtenstein from acquiring any seats in the Landtag.
Members Basil Vogt and Ferdinand Risch died in office on 7 August 1939 and 16 April 1940 respectively and were succeeded.
Composition
List of members ConstituencyAffiliation NameNotesOberlandProgressive Citizens' PartyLouis BrunhartOberlandProgressive Citizens' PartyFranz EberleOberlandProgressive Citizens' PartyAnton FrommeltPresident of the LandtagOberlandProgressive Citizens' PartyFerdinand RischDied 16 April 1940OberlandProgressive Citizens' PartyBernhard RischSucceeded Ferdinand Risch on 7 May 1940OberlandPatriotic UnionJohann BeckOberlandPatriotic UnionFlorian KindleOberlandPatriotic UnionOtto SchaedlerVice president of the LandtagOberlandPatriotic UnionJosef SeleOberlandPatriotic UnionBasil VogtDied 7 August 1939OberlandPatriotic UnionHeinrich Andreas BrunhartSucceeded Basil Vogt on 7 August 1939UnterlandProgressive Citizens' PartyOswald BühlerUnterlandProgressive Citizens' PartyJohann Georg HaslerUnterlandProgressive Citizens' PartyFranz Xaver HoopUnterlandProgressive Citizens' PartyEugen SchädlerUnterlandPatriotic UnionRudolf MattUnterlandPatriotic UnionEugen Schädler
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