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

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

Members of the Council of States

Councillor (Party)		Election		Councillor (Party)
Josef Burki Free Democratic Party 1848–1856		Appointed		Martin Josef Munzinger Free Democratic Party 1848–1855
			Simon Lack Liberal Party 1849–1853
			Friedrich Schenker Swiss Democrats 1853–1856
Jos. Wilhelm V. Vigier Free Democratic Party 1856–1886			Amanz Kaspar Affolter Free Democratic Party 1856–1861
	Amanz Jecker Free Democratic Party 1862–1874
			Albert Brosi Liberal Party 1875–1881
			Franz Joh. Trog Free Democratic Party 1881–1887
Oskar Munzinger Free Democratic Party 1886–1917
	Casimir von Arx Free Democratic Party 1887–1922
Robert Schöpfer Free Democratic Party 1917–1939
	Hugo Dietschi Free Democratic Party 1922–1937
	Iwan Bally Free Democratic Party 1938–1943
Paul Haefelin Free Democratic Party 1939–1959		1939
	1943		Gottfried Klaus Social Democratic Party 1943–1963
	1947
	1951
	1955
Karl Obrecht Free Democratic Party 1959–1967	1959
	1963	Werner Vogt Social Democratic Party 1963–1971
Ulrich Luder Free Democratic Party 1967–1979	1967
	1971	Walter Weber Social Democratic Party 1971–1987
	1975
Max Affolter Free Democratic Party 1979–1991	1979
	1983
	1987		Rosemarie Simmen Christian Democratic People's Party 1987–1999
Rolf Büttiker Free Democratic Party 1991–2009 FDP.The Liberals 2009–2011	1991
	1995
	1999		Ernst Leuenberger Social Democratic Party 1999–2009
	2003
	2007
		2009
	2010	Roberto Zanetti Social Democratic Party 2010–2023
Pirmin Bischof Christian Democratic People's Party 2011–present			2011
	2015
	2019
	2023	Franziska Roth Social Democratic Party 2023–present

Members of the National Council

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1848		Benjamin J. Brunner (Liberal)		Niklaus Pfluger (Liberal)		Johann Jakob Trog (Liberal)	3 seats 1848–1872
1851
1854	Simon Lack (Liberal)
1857		Franz Bünzli(y) (Conservative)		Simon Kaiser (FDP/PRD)		Bendicht von Arx (Grut*)
1860
1863
1866
1869
1872		Josef Bläsi (Liberal)			Albert Brosi (Liberal)		4 seats 1872–1902
1875		Bonaventura Baumgartner (SD/DS)
1875		Carl Franz Bally (FDP/PRD)			Hermann Dietler (FDP/PRD)	Leo Jos. Weber (Liberal)
1878
1879		Oskar Munzinger (Liberal)	Franz Joh. Trog (FDP/PRD)
1881	Albert Brosi (Liberal)
1882			Urs Schild (FDP/PRD)
1884
1885					Urs V. A. Heutschi (FDP/PRD)
1886		Wilhelm Vigier (FDP/PRD)
1887				Joseph Gisi (FDP/PRD)
1888					Fridolin Roth (Conservative)
1890					Joh. Bernhard Hammer (Liberal)
1893
1896					Josef Anton Glutz (Conservative)
1899			Franz Josef Hänggi (Conservative)
1902				Eduard Bally (FDP/PRD)		Jakob Zimmermann (FDP/PRD)	5 seats 1902–1911
1905
1908	Max Studer (FDP/PRD)	Siegfried E. Hartmann (Conservative)			Adrian sen. von Arx (FDP/PRD)
1911							Hans Affolter (SP/PS)	6 seats 1911–1922
1914
1917			Josef August Kurer (Conservative)	Hermann Obrecht (FDP/PRD)		Jacques Schmid (SP/PS)				Friedrich Stuber (FDP/PRD)
1919			Adrian jun. von Arx (FDP/PRD)
1922	Jonas Burki (Conservative)				Josef August Kurer (Conservative)
1923	August Jäggi (Conservative)
1925		Oliv Jeker (FDP/PRD)			Otto Walter (Conservative)
1928				Friedrich Stuber (FDP/PRD)
1931			Robert Schild (FDP/PRD)
1931		Ernst Flückiger (FDP/PRD)	Albert Helbling (FDP/PRD)	Walter Stampfli (FDP/PRD)			Arnold Kamber (SP/PS)
1935							Adolf Furrer (SP/PS)
1939					Adolf Boner (Conservative)
1940				Jean Meier (FDP/PRD)
1943	Urs Dietschi (FDP/PRD)	Alban Müller (Conservative)
1947				Ernst Flückiger (FDP/PRD)
1947			Willy Arni (FDP/PRD)	Karl Obrecht (FDP/PRD)
1951
1955						Willi Ritschard (SP/PS)
1959	Josef Grolimund (FDP/PRD)	Leo Schürmann (CCS)		Josef Hofstetter (FDP/PRD)	Pius Stebler (CCS)
1963						Hermann Berger (SP/PS)	Otto Stich (SP/PS)
1967			Daniel Müller (FDP/PRD)		Louis Rippstein (CCS)
1971				Eduard Rothen (SP/PS)		Franz Eng (FDP/PRD)
1974								Josef Ziegler (CVP/PDC)
1975	Cornelia Füeg (FDP/PRD)
1979					Urs Nussbaumer (CVP/PDC)
1983	Christian Wanner (FDP/PRD)	Willy Pfund (FDP/PRD)	Rudolf Ruch (SP/PS)	Ernst Leuenberger (SP/PS)
1987		Rolf Büttiker (FDP/PRD)	Peter Hänggi (CVP/PDC)			Ursula Ulrich-Vögtlin (SP/PS)	Urs Scheidegger (FDP/PRD)
1991			Roland F. Borer (SVP/UDC)		Ruth Grossenbacher-Schmid (CVP/PDC)			Marguerite Misteli (GPS/PES)	Paul Jäggi (CVP/PDC)
1993		Rudolf Steiner (FDP/PRD)
1995	Peter Kofmel (FDP/PRD)						Boris Banga (SP/PS)	Walter Straumann (CVP/PDC)
1997						Alex Heim (CVP/PDC)
1999				Elvira Bader (CVP/PDC)	Roberto Zanetti (SP/PS)
2003	Kurt Fluri (FDP/PRD / FDP.The Liberals)				Bea Heim (SP/PS)			Walter Wobmann (SVP/UDC)
2007						Pirmin Bischof (CVP/PDC)			Brigit Wyss (GPS/PES)
2009
2011		Urs Schläfli (CVP/PDC)		Stefan Müller-Altermatt (CVP/PDC/ The Centre)			Philipp Hadorn (SP/PS)
2015		Christian Imark (SVP/UDC)	6 seats 2015-present
2019						Felix Wettstein (GP/PV)	Franziska Roth (SP/PS)
2023	Simon Michel (FDP.The Liberals)							Rémy Wyssmann (SVP/UDC)