German-Baltic Party

The German-Baltic Party (Estonian: Saksa-Balti erakond; German: Deutsch-baltische Partei in Estland, 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 (German: Deutsche Partei in Estland, Estonian: Saksa Erakond Eestimaal) 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.[1] 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.[2] For the 1929 elections the party formed the German-Swedish Bloc,[3] winning three seats.[2] This was continued for the 1932 elections, with the bloc again winning three seats.

List of MPs

Parliament Members Notes
1919–20Max BockChairman
Hermann Koch
Johannes MeyerReplaced by Georg von Stackelberg on 27 January 1920
1920–1923Max BockChairman
Hermann Koch
Walter Petzold
Georg von Stackelberg
1923–1926Werner HasselblattChairman
Carl von Schilling
Martin Christian LutherReplaced by Gerhard Kreß on 1 October 1923, replaced by Axel de Vries on 9 April 1924
1926–1929Werner HasselblattChairman
Carl von Schilling
1929–1932Carl von SchillingChairman
Werner Hasselblatt
Hans PohlSwedish, replaced by Mathias Westerblom on 22 January 1930
1932–1934Carl von SchillingChairman
Hermann Koch
Mathias WesterblomSwedish

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p581 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p586
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p579
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