# 1st Saeima

The 1st Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 7 November 1922 until 2 November 1925. It was the first Saeima to be elected after the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia had created the Constitution of Latvia and the Elections Law.
Social-Democrat Frīdrihs Vesmanis was Speaker of the Saeima until 17 March 1925 followed by Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš.
The 1st Saeima gave confidence to the 1st cabinet of Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (20 July 1922 – 26 January 1923), cabinet of Jānis Pauļuks (27 January 1923 – 27 June 1923), 2nd cabinet of Meierovics (28 June 1923 – 26 January 1924), cabinet of Voldemārs Zāmuēls (25 January 1924 – 17 December 1924) and the 1st cabinet of Hugo Celmiņš (19 December 1924 – 23 December 1925).

## Elections and parties

1st Saeima elections were held on 7–8 October 1922 and 82,2% (800,840 people) of eligible voters participated. Due to the liberal Elections law, 20 parties were elected to the 100 seats, representing all the political and ethnic interest groups of Latvia. Of the 100 MPs, 84 were Latvians, 62 had a higher education, 22 had a secondary education, 7 had graduated from teacher training colleges and 9 had a primary education.
* Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party – 30 seats
* Latvian Farmers’ Union – 17 seats
* Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers – 7 seats
* Democratic Centre and Independents Union – 6 seats
* Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 6 seats
* Committee of the German Baltic Parties – 6 seats
* Non-Partisan National Center – 4 seats
* Christian National Union – 4 seats
* Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party – 4 seats
* New Farmers' Union– 3 seats
* United List of Russians – 2 seats
* Agudas Israel – 2 seats
* Jewish National Bloc– 2 seats
* Latgalian People's Party – 1 seat
* Latgalian Farmers Party – 1 seat
* List of Lithuanians and Catholics – 1 seat
* Old Believers Central Committee – 1 seat
* Ceire Cion – 1 seat
* Latvia’s Jewish socialdemocratic workers party Bund – 1 seat
* United Polish Parties – 1 seat

## List of Saeima deputies

First Saeima deputies list.
* Arturs Alberings
* Kristaps Bahmanis
* Viktors Barkāns
* Voldemārs Bastjānis
* Ernests Bauers
* Arveds Bergs
* Pēteris Berģis
* Ernests Birkhāns
* Alfrēds Birznieks
* Roberts Bīlmanis
* Aleksandrs Bočagovs
* Augusts Briedis
* Kristaps Bungšs
* Ansis Buševics
* Kārlis Būmeisters
* Hugo Celmiņš
* Jūlijs Celms
* Fēlikss Cielēns
* Jānis Čakste
* Kārlis Dēķens
* Morduhs Dubins
* Jānis Ducens
* Roberts Dukurs
* Antons Dzenis
* Kristaps Eliass
* Ernests Felsbergs
* Manfrēds Fēgezaks
* Vilhelms Firkss
* Leopolds Fišmanis
* Pauls Gailīts
* Jānis Goldmanis
* Eduards Grantskalns
* Teodors Grīnbergs
* Ernests Gulbis
* Kārlis Gulbis
* Jons Hāns
* Vilis Holcmanis
* Kārlis Irbe
* Roberts Ivanovs
* Eduards Jaunzems
* Staņislavs Jubuls
* Jānis Kalējs
* Meletijs Kallistratovs
* Ringolds Kalnings
* Arvīds Kalniņš
* Augusts Kalniņš
* Bruno Kalniņš
* Nikolajs Kalniņš
* Pauls Kalniņš
* Kārlis Kasparsons
* Karls Kellers
* Francis Kemps
* Ādolfs Klīve
* Egons Knops
* Pēteris Koreckis
* Pēteris Kotans
* Bernards Kublinskis
* Alberts Kviesis
* Jēkabs Ķullīts
* Maksis Lazersons
* Pauls Lejiņš
* Rūdolfs Lindiņš
* Klāvs Lorencs
* Noijs Maizels
* Jānis Mazvērsīts
* Zigfrīds Meierovics
* Fricis Menders
* Ernests Morics
* Oto Nonācs
* Markus Nuroks
* Kārlis Ozoliņš
* Kārlis Pauļuks
* Andrejs Petrevics
* Jānis Purgalis
* Eduards Radziņš
* Rainis-Jānis Pliekšāns
* Jezups Rancāns
* Gustavs Reinhards
* Jezups Roskošs
* Miķelis Rozentāls
* Jezups Rubulis
* Vladislavs Rubulis
* Ansis Rudevics
* Jānis Rudzis
* Teofils Rudzītis
* Voldemārs Salnājs
* Hermanis Salnis
* Visvaldis Sanders
* Pēteris Siecenieks
* Andrejs Sīmanis
* Kārlis Skalbe
* Marģers Skujenieks
* Pauls Šīmanis
* Francis Trasuns
* Jezups Trasuns
* Kārlis Ulmanis
* Pēteris Ulpe
* Andrejs Veckalns
* Antons Velkme
* Jānis Veržbickis
* Fridrihs Vesmanis
* Jānis Vesmanis
* Jānis Višņa
* Ruvins Vitenbergs
* Pēteris Zeibolts
* Gustavs Zemgals