1866 New Zealand general election

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1866 general election
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  1860–61 12 February – 6 April 1866 1868 (Māori)  

All 70 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
 First party
  Edward William Stafford.jpg
Leader Edward Stafford
Party Independent
Leader's seat City of Nelson
Last election70 seats
Seats won70
Seat changeSteady2.svg

Premier before election

Edward Stafford
Independent

Premier-designate

Edward Stafford
Independent

The 1866 New Zealand general election was held between 12 February and 6 April to elect 70 MPs to the fourth term of the New Zealand Parliament.

Contents

In 1867 four Māori electorates were created, initially as a temporary measure for five years. The first Māori elections for these seats were held in 1868, with universal suffrage for Māori males over 21.

The first four Māori members of parliament were Tareha Te Moananui (Eastern Maori), Frederick Nene Russell (Northern Maori) and John Patterson (Southern Maori), who all retired in 1870; and Mete Paetahi (Western Maori) who was defeated in 1871.

Results

MemberElectorateProvinceMP's termElection date
George Armstrong Akaroa Canterbury 21 February [1]
Lancelot Walker Ashley Canterbury 2 March [2]
Archibald Clark Auckland East Auckland 12 February [3]
James Williamson Auckland West Auckland 13 February [4]
John Williamson Auckland West Auckland 13 February [4]
Crosbie Ward Avon Canterbury 20 February [5]
Hugh Carleton Bay of Islands Auckland 5 March [6]
John Cargill Bruce Otago 7 March [6]
Arthur Burns Caversham Otago 16 March [7]
David Monro [8] Cheviot Canterbury 19 February [9]
James FitzGerald City of Christchurch Canterbury 12 February [10]
John Ormond Clive Hawke's Bay 17 March [11]
James Macandrew Clutha Otago 9 March [12]
John Cracroft Wilson Coleridge Canterbury 31 January [4]
Andrew Richmond Collingwood Nelson 9 March [13]
William Reynolds City of Dunedin Otago 9 March [14]
James Paterson City of Dunedin Otago 9 March [15]
Theodore Haultain Franklin Auckland 22 February [16]
Robert Graham Franklin Auckland 22 February [17]
Francis Jollie Gladstone Canterbury 23 February [18]
Charles O'Neill Goldfields Otago 26 February [11]
Julius Vogel Goldfields Otago 26 February [2]
James Bradshaw Gold Field Towns Otago 16 March [19]
James Richmond Grey and Bell Taranaki 2 March [13]
Charles Haughton Hampden Otago 5 March [16]
John Hall Heathcote Canterbury 1 March [20]
William Fitzherbert Hutt Wellington 28 February [10]
Alfred Ludlam Hutt Wellington 28 February [21]
William Wood Invercargill Southland 9 March [22]
Joseph Beswick Kaiapoi Canterbury 16 February [19]
Edward Hargreaves Town of Lyttelton Canterbury 3 March [16]
William Baldwin Manuherikia Otago 17 March [23]
Francis Hull Marsden Auckland 5 March [24]
Dillon Bell Mataura Southland 10 March [25]
Thomas Ball Mongonui Auckland 20 March [23]
Charles Parker Motueka Nelson 2 March [15]
William Sefton Moorhouse a Mount Herbert Canterbury 22 February [9]
Donald McLean Napier Hawke's Bay 20 March [26] [27]
Oswald Curtis City of Nelson Nelson 20 February [28]
Edward Stafford City of Nelson Nelson 20 February [29] [1]
William Wells Suburbs of Nelson Nelson 15 February [30]
John Richardson New Plymouth Taranaki 16 March [14]
George Graham [31] Newton Auckland 15 February [17]
James O'Neill Northern Division Auckland 14 February [11]
Thomas Henderson Northern Division Auckland 14 February [32]
Robert Campbell Oamaru Otago 23 March [6]
Arthur Atkinson [33] Omata Taranaki 9 March [34]
Maurice O'Rorke Town of Onehunga Auckland 20 February [11]
Frederick Whitaker Parnell Auckland 16 February [30]
Paul de Quincey Pensioner Settlements Auckland 15 February [35]
Arthur Beauchamp [36] Picton Marlborough 14 March [25]
Alfred Brandon Porirua Wellington 5 March [37]
Thomas Dick Port Chalmers Otago 17 March [35]
Joseph Newman Raglan Auckland 23 February [38]
William Watt Rangitiki Wellington 8 March [5]
Donald Hankinson [39] Riverton Southland 26 February [20]
George Hepburn Roslyn Otago 22 March [32]
Edward Stevens Selwyn Canterbury 26 February [29]
Donald Reid Taieri Otago 7 March [40]
Alfred Cox Timaru Canterbury 20 February [28]
William Murison Waikouaiti Otago 28 February [41]
Arthur Oliver Waimea Marlborough 23 February [11] [1]
Henry Bunny Wairarapa Wellington 3 March [7]
William Eyes Wairau Marlborough 23 February [42]
Alexander McNeill Wallace Otago 6 April [26]
John Bryce Wanganui Wellington 3 March [37]
William Taylor City of Wellington Wellington 1 March [43]
Isaac Featherston City of Wellington Wellington 1 March [42]
Charles Borlase City of Wellington Wellington 1 March [19]
William Sefton Moorhouse a Westland Canterbury 16 March [9]

a Moorhouse was elected in both the Mount Herbert and Westland electorates. He chose to represent Westland.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Election Intelligence". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. XXV (24). 22 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
  3. Scholefield 1950, p. 100.
  4. 1 2 3 Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
  5. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 146.
  6. 1 2 3 Scholefield 1950, p. 99.
  7. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 98.
  8. "The Elections". Otago Witness (747). 24 March 1866. p. 11. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  9. 1 2 3 Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
  10. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Scholefield 1950, p. 130.
  12. Scholefield 1950, p. 121.
  13. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 136.
  14. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 135.
  15. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 131.
  16. 1 2 3 Scholefield 1950, p. 112.
  17. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 109.
  18. Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
  19. 1 2 3 Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
  20. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 111.
  21. Scholefield 1950, p. 120.
  22. Scholefield 1950, p. 149.
  23. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 94.
  24. Scholefield 1950, p. 115.
  25. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 95.
  26. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 124.
  27. "The Napier election". Otago Witness (749). 7 April 1866. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  28. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
  29. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 140.
  30. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 147.
  31. "Mr. George Graham - NZETC". Cyclopedia Company Limited. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. 1902. p. 104.
  32. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 113.
  33. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1908, p. 46.
  34. Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
  35. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 103.
  36. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1906, p. 311.
  37. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 97.
  38. Scholefield 1950, p. 129.
  39. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 790.
  40. Scholefield 1950, p. 134.
  41. Scholefield 1950, p. 128.
  42. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 105.
  43. Scholefield 1950, p. 143.

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