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The 14th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1899 general election in December of that year.
1899 general election
The 1899 general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates, respectively.[1] The last electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1896 for the 1896 election, and the same electorates were used again.[2] A total of 74 MPs were elected; 34 represented North Island electorates, 36 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates.[3] 373,744 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 77.6%.[1]
Sessions
The 14th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 5 November 1902.[4]
Session | Opened | Adjouned |
---|---|---|
first | 21 June 1900 | 21 October 1900 |
second | 1 July 1901 | 8 November 1901 |
third | 1 July 1902 | 3 October 1902 |
Ministries
The Liberal Government of New Zealand had taken office on 24 January 1891.[5] The Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon had taken office in 1893 during the term of the 11th Parliament.[6] The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906.[7]
Initial composition of the 14th Parliament
The table below show the results of the 1899 general election:
Key
Liberal Conservative Independent Liberal Liberal-Labour Independent
Table footnotes:
- ↑ Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as belonging to the opposition
- ↑ Not to be confused with James Whyte Kelly, who was defeated that election in the Invercargill electorate
- ↑ Note that the affiliation of many Māori candidates is not known.
By-elections during 14th Parliament
There were a number of changes during the term of the 14th Parliament.
Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | |||
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Otaki | 1900 | 6 January | Henry Augustus Field[29] | Death | William Hughes Field[29] | ||
City of Auckland | 1900 | 27 April | William Crowther[30] | Death | Joseph Witheford[31] | ||
Waihemo | 1900 | 18 July | John McKenzie[32] | Resignation | Thomas Mackenzie[32] | ||
Northern Maori | 1901 | 9 January | Hone Heke Ngapua | Bankruptcy | Hone Heke Ngapua | ||
City of Christchurch | 1901 | 18 July | Charles Lewis | Resignation | George Smith | ||
Patea | July 1901 | 18 July | George Hutchison | Resignation | Frederick Haselden | ||
Patea | November 1901 | 6 November | Frederick Haselden | Election voided on petition[33] | Frederick Haselden | ||
Caversham | 1901 | 19 December | Arthur Morrison | Death | Thomas Sidey |
Notes
- 1 2 "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 63.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 90.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 69.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 40.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, pp. 40–41.
- ↑ Hamer, David. "Seddon, Richard John - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Ashburton". Ashburton Guardian. XXI (4977). 28 November 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Farewell to Mr and Mrs W. T. Murray and Mr and Mrs B. W. R. Dunn". The Southland Times (14743). 12 September 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Bay of Islands". Auckland Star. XXX (280). 25 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "The Electoral District of Bay of Plenty". Bay Of Plenty Times. XXIV (3932). 1 December 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Caversham". Otago Daily Times (11604). 12 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Clutha Electoral District". Mataura Ensign (669). 2 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ Scholefield 1940b, p. 124.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Manukau". Observer. XVIII (1094). 16 December 1899. p. 19. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ "Masterton Electorate". Wairarapa Daily Times. XVI (6410). 4 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Mataura". Mataura Ensign (673). 12 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Oamaru". The Oamaru Mail. XXIV (7695). 12 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ Scholefield 1940a, p. 55.
- ↑ "Electoral District of Thames". Thames Advertiser. XXIX (9510). 13 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election". Daily Telegraph (9729). 30 November 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "Notice of Nominations". Poverty Bay Herald. XXVI (8683). 30 November 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ↑ "Official Declaration of Poll". Auckland Star. XXX (296). 30 November 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ↑ "Otago". The Star (6661). 6 December 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "Waitaki Electoral District". The Timaru Herald. LXII (3123). 1 December 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "Orepuki". Otago Witness (2385). 23 November 1899. p. 34. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ "Untitled". The Evening Post. LVIII (136). 6 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 105.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
- 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 123.
- ↑ "The Patea Election Petition". XXXV (10465). Wanganui Herald. 9 October 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940a). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940b). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.