1866 New Zealand general election

1866 general election

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Premier before election Edward Stafford Independent Subsequent Premier 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.

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 Kīngi Paetahi (Western Maori) who was defeated in 1871.

Results

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

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

Notes

1. "Election Intelligence". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. Vol. XXV, no. 24. 22 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
2. Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
3. Scholefield 1950, p. 100.
4. Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
5. Scholefield 1950, p. 146.
6. Scholefield 1950, p. 99.
7. Scholefield 1950, p. 98.
8. "The Elections". Otago Witness . No. 747. 24 March 1866. p. 11. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
9. Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
10. Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
11. Scholefield 1950, p. 130.
12. Scholefield 1950, p. 121.
13. Scholefield 1950, p. 136.
14. Scholefield 1950, p. 135.
15. Scholefield 1950, p. 131.
16. Scholefield 1950, p. 112.
17. Scholefield 1950, p. 109.
18. Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
19. Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
20. Scholefield 1950, p. 111.
21. Scholefield 1950, p. 120.
22. Scholefield 1950, p. 149.
23. Scholefield 1950, p. 94.
24. Scholefield 1950, p. 115.
25. Scholefield 1950, p. 95.
26. Scholefield 1950, p. 124.
27. "The Napier election". Otago Witness . No. 749. 7 April 1866. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
28. Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
29. Scholefield 1950, p. 140.
30. Scholefield 1950, p. 147.
31. "Mr. George Graham - NZETC". Cyclopedia Company Limited. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. 1902. p. 104.
32. Scholefield 1950, p. 113.
33. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1908, p. 46.
34. Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
35. Scholefield 1950, p. 103.
36. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1906, p. 311.
37. 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. Scholefield 1950, p. 105.
43. Scholefield 1950, p. 143.

References

• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
• Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Wellington: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 12 May 2020– via New Zealand Electronic Text Collection.
• Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Provincial Districts. Wellington: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 12 May 2020– via New Zealand Electronic Text Collection.
• Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington Provincial Districts. Wellington: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 12 May 2020– via New Zealand Electronic Text Collection.