Emil Isler

Peter Emil Isler ( born January 31, 1851 in Wohlen AG, † March 10, 1936 in Lugano; homeland justified in Wohlen AG) was a Swiss politician ( FDP). From 1884 to 1890 he was a National, then he represented the canton of Aargau in the Senate until 1932. He was one of the founders of the Aargau Cantonal Bank and served on the Board of Directors and the Board of several companies. Isler is one of the most important Aargau politicians of the early 20th century.

Biography

Isler came from an influential family of industrialists of the straw industry, whose center was in Wohlen. His great-grandfather Jacob Isler (1758-1837) was a pioneer of international trade in straw hats and braids, his father Jacob Isler (1809-1862) was a short time to the National Assembly and the Senate to. After he had completed the Canton of Aarau, Peter Emil Isler did not seek to lead the family business. Instead, he studied from 1869 to 1872 Law at the Universities of Lausanne, Heidelberg and Göttingen. In 1873 he opened a law practice in Wohlen which he moved in 1891, together with his residence to Aarau.

1880 Isler was first elected to the Grand Council, which he. Belonged until 1925 (apart from an interruption from 1897 to 1899 ) In 1885 /86 and 1915/16 he was the Grand Council president. In the years 1884 and 1885 he had a crucial role in the drafting of the new cantonal constitution as the Constitutional Council. In particular, he just overcome with a church confessional article the deep trenches, which existed since the Kulturkampf.

In the national elections in 1884 Isler won the constituency free office (at that time was the Majorzverfahren ). In 1890, he lost this mandate again, but only three weeks later, the cantonal parliament elected him in the Senate. In 1895 he was among the founders of Aargau section of the FDP. In the Senate Isler led to those Commission, which in collaboration with his friend Eugen Huber created the Civil Code. Also significantly influenced Isler the design of company law and water rights law. 1925 awarded in the University of Basel honorary doctorate in 1932, he retired from politics.

Professional Isler worked as a business lawyer in ever greater extent. From 1885 he was a representative of the State Board in the Aargau Bank, which he was Chairman from 1891. Under his leadership, the 1912 conversion to the public Aargauische Kantonalbank ( AKB). Until 1933 he was Chairman of AKB. Also on the boards of numerous other companies took a seat Isler. These include, among other things, the shoe manufacturer Bally (1908-1933), the power plants running Castle (1909-1932), the Aargauische power station (1916-1929), the Northeastern Railway (1891-1902, from 1896 Vice- President), the Gotthard Railway ( 1896-1909, 1904 Vice- President ) and the Swiss Trust Company ( 1906-1934 ). From 1889-1892 he was also President of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau.