1871 New Zealand general election

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The 1871 New Zealand general election was held between 14 January and 23 February to elect 78 MPs across 72 electorates to the fifth session of the New Zealand Parliament. 41,527 electors were registered.

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Background

1871 was the first general election to include the four Māori electorates, [1] with elections held on 1 and 15 February. [2] The first Māori Members of Parliament had been elected in 1868, but in 1871 three retired and one (Western Maori) was defeated. So in 1871 four new Māori MPs were elected.

In 1866 the secret ballot was introduced for general (European) elections. The 1871 general election was the first one at which it was used. The secret ballot not used in Māori electorates until 1938, thus Māori voters continued to inform a polling officer orally of their chosen candidate. [3]

The date of election is defined here as the day on which the poll took place, or if there was no contest, the day of nomination. [4] The earliest election day was 14 January 1871. [1] The earliest date in the general electorate results table, 13 January 1871, thus represents William Rolleston being declared elected unopposed in the Avon electorate on nomination day. [5] The last election was held on 23 February 1871 in the Franklin electorate.

68 European electorates and 4 Māori electorates were defined by the Representation Act 1870. Six of the general electorates had two representatives, the rest were single member electorates. Hence, 78 MPs were elected. [1] Electorates that were first formed for the 1871 elections were East Coast, Eden, Rodney, Thames, Waikato, Waitemata, Egmont, Manawatu, Buller, Grey Valley, Christchurch East, Christchurch West, Hokitika, Totara, Dunstan, Mount Ida, Tuapeka, Waitaki, Waikaia, and Wakatipu. [6] 41,527 electors were registered. [2]

Results

MemberElectorateProvinceMP's termElection date
Robert Rhodes Akaroa Canterbury 26 January [7]
John Evans Brown Ashley Canterbury 17 February [8]
Julius Vogel Auckland East Auckland 30 January [9]
Thomas Gillies Auckland West Auckland 6 February [10]
John Williamson Auckland West Auckland 6 February [11]
William Rolleston Avon Canterbury 13 January [12]
William Murray Bruce Otago 28 January [13]
Eugene O'Conor Buller Canterbury 4 February [14]
Richard Cantrell Caversham Otago 25 January [15]
Henry Ingles Cheviot Canterbury 27 January [16]
Jerningham Wakefield Christchurch East Canterbury 18 January [9]
Edward Richardson Christchurch West Canterbury 19 January [7]
John Davies Ormond Clive Hawke's Bay 26 January [14]
James William Thomson Clutha Otago 31 January [17]
John Karslake Karslake Coleridge Canterbury 4 February [18]
Arthur Collins Collingwood Nelson 16 February [19]
William Reynolds City of Dunedin Otago 20 January [7]
John Bathgate City of Dunedin Otago 20 January [20]
Thomas Luther Shepherd Dunstan Otago 7 February [21]
William Kelly East Coast Auckland 16 February [22]
Karaitiana Takamoana Eastern Maori 1 February [23]
Robert James Creighton Eden Auckland 31 January [24]
William Gisborne Egmont Taranaki 18 January [10]
William Thorne Buckland Franklin Auckland 23 February [25]
Archibald Clark Franklin Auckland 23 February [26]
George Parker Gladstone Canterbury 7 February [27]
Frederic Carrington Grey and Bell Taranaki 17 January [26]
William Henry Harrison Grey Valley Canterbury 26 January [28]
John Hall Heathcote Canterbury 14 January [29]
John White Hokitika Canterbury 25 January [30]
William Fitzherbert Hutt Wellington 16 January [31]
William Henderson Calder Invercargill Southland 24 January [15]
John Studholme Kaiapoi Canterbury 27 January [32]
Peacock, John Thomas Town of Lyttelton Canterbury 16 January [33]
Walter Woods Johnston Manawatu Wellington 4 February [18]
John Munro Marsden Auckland 30 January [13]
Dillon Bell Mataura Southland 11 February [20]
John McLeod Mongonui and Bay of Islands Auckland 10 February [34]
David Monro a Motueka Nelson 10 February [35]
David Mervyn Mount Ida Otago 16 February [36]
Donald McLean Napier Hawke's Bay 19 January [34]
Martin Lightband City of Nelson Nelson 6 February [37]
Oswald Curtis City of Nelson Nelson 6 February [24]
Ralph Richardson Suburbs of Nelson Nelson 7 February [7]
Thomas Kelly New Plymouth Taranaki 28 January [22]
William Swanson Newton Auckland 25 January [32]
Wi Katene Northern Maori 15 February [22]
Maurice O'Rorke Onehunga Auckland 20 February [14]
Reader Wood Parnell Auckland 23 January [38]
Kenny, Courtney Picton Marlborough 27 January [22]
James Macandrew Port Chalmers Otago 15 February [39]
William Fox Rangitikei Wellington 3 February [40]
Lauchlan McGillivray Riverton Southland 27 January [41]
Harry Farnall Rodney Auckland 13 February [42]
Henry Driver Roslyn Otago 30 January [43]
William Reeves Selwyn Canterbury 1 February [44]
Hori Kerei Taiaroa Southern Maori 13 February [23]
Donald Reid Taieri Otago 3 February [44]
Charles O'Neill Thames Auckland 9 February [14]
Edward Stafford Timaru Canterbury 20 January [45]
George Henry Tribe Totara Westland 8 February [46]
James Clark Brown Tuapeka Otago 13 February [8]
James Benn Bradshaw Waikaia Otago 9 February [47]
James McPherson Waikato Auckland 10 February [34]
George McLean Waikouaiti Otago 23 January [34]
Joseph Shephard Waimea Marlborough 13 February [21]
Henry Bunny Wairarapa Wellington 28 January [25]
John Andrew Wairarapa Wellington 28 January [48]
William Henry Eyes Wairau Marlborough 24 January [42]
William Steward Waitaki Otago 3 February [45]
Thomas Henderson Waitemata Auckland 8 February [49]
Charles Edward Haughton Wakatipu Otago 25 January [28]
George Webster Wallace Otago 20 February [30]
John Bryce Wanganui Wellington 30 January [8]
George Hunter City of Wellington Wellington 7 February [50]
Edward Pearce City of Wellington Wellington 7 February [33]
Alfred Brandon Wellington Country Wellington 17 January [8]
Wiremu Parata Western Maori 13 February [27]

a Unseated on petition.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Representation Act 1870" . Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General elections 1853-2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Key dates in New Zealand electoral reform". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 92.
  5. ↑ "Avon District". The Star . No. 821. 13 January 1871. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  6. ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 33–40.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Scholefield 1950, p. 135.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Scholefield 1950, p. 97.
  9. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
  10. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 108.
  11. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
  12. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 136.
  13. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 128.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Scholefield 1950, p. 130.
  15. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 99.
  16. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 116.
  17. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 143.
  18. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
  19. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 101.
  20. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 95.
  21. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 139.
  22. 1 2 3 4 Scholefield 1950, p. 118.
  23. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 142.
  24. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
  25. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 98.
  26. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 100.
  27. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 131.
  28. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 112.
  29. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 111.
  30. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 147.
  31. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
  32. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 141.
  33. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 132.
  34. 1 2 3 4 Scholefield 1950, p. 124.
  35. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
  36. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 126.
  37. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 120.
  38. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 149.
  39. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 121.
  40. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 107.
  41. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 122.
  42. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 105.
  43. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 104.
  44. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 134.
  45. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 140.
  46. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 144.
  47. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
  48. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
  49. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 113.
  50. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 115.

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