12th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
Term | 21 June 1894 – 17 October 1896 | ||||
Election | 1893 New Zealand general election | ||||
Government | Liberal Government | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 74 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Maurice O'Rorke | ||||
Premier | Richard Seddon | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | William Russell | ||||
Legislative Council | |||||
Members | 46 (at start) 45 (at end) | ||||
Speaker of the Council | Henry Miller | ||||
Sovereign | |||||
Monarch | HM Victoria | ||||
Governor | HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Glasgow |
The 12th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1893 general election in November and December of that year.
In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and 14 new electorates were established. Of those, eight electorates were established for the first time: Bay of Plenty, Otaki, Pareora, Patea, Riccarton, Waiapu, Waimea-Sounds, and Wellington Suburbs. The remaining six electorates had existed before, and they were re-established for the 12th Parliament: Caversham, Chalmers, Lyttelton, Rangitata, Waihemo, and Waipa. [1]
The 1893 general election was held on Tuesday, 28 November in the general electorates and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates, respectively. [2] A total of 74 MPs were elected; 30 represented North Island electorates, 40 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. [3] 302,997 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 75.3%. [2]
The 12th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 14 November 1896. [4]
Session | Opened | Adjourned |
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first | 21 June 1894 | 24 October 1894 |
second | 20 June 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
third | 11 June 1896 | 17 October 1896 |
Affiliation | Members | ||
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At 1893 election | At dissolution | ||
Liberal | 48 | 48 | |
Liberal–Labour | 6 | 6 | |
Government total | 54 | 54 | |
Conservative | 14 | 15 | |
Independent | 5 | 4 | |
Independent Liberal | 1 | 1 | |
Opposition total | 20 | 20 | |
Total | 74 | 74 | |
Working government majority | 34 | 34 |
The Liberal Government of New Zealand had taken office on 24 January 1891. [5] John Ballance, who had been leading the Ballance Ministry, had died on 27 April 1893 [6] and had been succeeded by the Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon. [7] The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906. [8]
74 seats were created across 66 electorates. 62 electorates returned a single member and four electoral districts had three representatives each. [9] The Liberal party was the only established party structure at the time, many independent conservative MPs coalesced as a semi-formal Opposition under the leadership of William Russell. Key
Liberal Conservative Liberal–Labour Independent Liberal Independent
Table footnotes:
There were a number of changes during the term of the 12th Parliament.
Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | |||
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Waitemata | 1894 | 9 April | Richard Monk | Election declared invalid | William Massey | ||
Tuapeka | 1894 | 9 July | Vincent Pyke | Death | William Larnach | ||
City of Auckland | 1895 | 24 July | Sir George Grey | Resignation | Thomas Thompson | ||
City of Christchurch | 1896 | 13 February | William Pember Reeves | Appointed Agent-General | Charles Lewis |
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