!!!Bauernbund, Österreichischer, BB

Bauernbund, Oesterreichischer, OeBB (Austrian Farmers´ 
Federation): The roots of the Oesterreichischer Bauernbund are 
political farmers' associations, which had been founded in various 
provinces from the year 1899 on. First came a conservative Catholic 
association in Styria (1899) which chose the name Bauernbund in 1934, 
and similar organisations were established in the provinces of Tirol 
(1904), Lower Austria and Salzburg (1906), in Upper Austria and 
Vorarlberg (1919), and in Burgenland (1921). In 1919, the first 
federal organisation, the Austrian Farmers Association 
(Oesterreichischer Reichs-Bauernbund) was established, which existed 
up to the year 1938. Today´s Bauernbund, composed of 9 
provincial associations, was established in 1945 as part of the  
Oesterreichische Volkspartei. The Austrian Farmers´ Federation 
is one of the organisations within the Austrian People´s Party ( 
Oesterreichische Volkspartei), along with the Austrian  
Wirtschaftsbund and the Austrian  Arbeiter- und Angestelltenbund. The 
organisation´s large number of members (320,000 in all of 
Austria in 2000) and the dominating role of the  Chambers of 
Agriculture give the organisation a disproportionally great influence 
on the policies of the Austrian People´s Party (OeVP). Despite 
the steady decrease of the number of farmers ( Bauern) in the 
population, and thus in the electorate, the Oesterreichischer 
Bauernbund. can still assert its influence in the leading bodies of 
the People´s Party. This is due to a proportional representation 
system by which seats on the Party Executive are shared among the 
various professional and trade groups which constitute the party.


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