Juho Torppa (6 October 1859,

Veteli Veteli ( sv, Vetil) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of almost 3200 in 2019. and covers an area of of which is water. ...

- 15 March 1941) was a

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farmer and politician. He was a member of the

Diet of Finland The Diet of Finland ( Finnish ''Suomen maapäivät'', later ''valtiopäivät''; Swedish ''Finlands Lantdagar''), was the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906 and the recipient of the powers of the Swedish Riks ...

from 1894 to 1906 and of the

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from 1907 to 1913, from 1919 to 1922 and from 1927 to 1929. He represented the

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until 1913, the National Progressive Party from 1919 to 1922 and the Agrarian League from 1927 to 1929.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Torppa, Juho 1859 births 1941 deaths People from Veteli People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish Lutherans Finnish Party politicians National Progressive Party (Finland) politicians Centre Party (Finland) politicians Members of the Diet of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–08) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–09) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1909–10) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–11) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1911–13) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1919–22) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1927–29)