14th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand April 2015 April 2015 14th Parliament of New Zealand Emerald Hours in New Zealand (1906) · Lowth · 114.jpg New Zealand Parliament 1899 New Zealand general election Liberal Government 21 June 1900 3 October 1902 13th Parliament 15th Parliament House of Representatives File:14th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png 74 Speaker of the House Maurice O'Rorke Premier Richard Seddon Leader of the Opposition William Russell Legislative Council 45 (at start) 42 (at end) Speaker of the Council Henry Miller Sovereign Monarch HM Edward VII — HM Victoria until 22 January 1901 Governor HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly 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 1899 New Zealand 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.General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/resultsdata/elections-dates-turnout.html Elections New Zealand 10 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100527022404/http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/resultsdata/elections-dates-turnout.html 27 May 2010 The last electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1896 for the 1896, and the same electorates were used again.McRobie 1989 63 A total of 74 MPs were elected; 34 represented North Island electorates, 36 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates.Scholefield 1950 90 373,744 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 77.6%. Sessions The 14th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 5 November 1902.Scholefield 1950 69 Session Opened Adjourned first 21 June 1900 21 October 1900 second 1 July 1901 8 November 1901 third 1 July 1902 3 October 1902 Overview of seats Affiliation Members At 1899 election At dissolution New Zealand Liberal Party 46 47 Liberal-Labour (New Zealand) 5 5 Government total 51 52 Conservative (New Zealand) 16 14 Independent Liberal 5 6 Independent politician 2 2 Opposition total 23 22 Total 74 74 Working government majority 28 30 Ministries The Liberal Government of New Zealand had taken office on 24 January 1891.Scholefield 1950 40 The Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon had taken office in 1893 during the term of the 11th Parliament.Scholefield 1950 40–41 The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906. David Hamer 2s11 Seddon, Richard John - Biography 10 December 2011 Initial composition of the 14th Parliament Results 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 Notes References Electoral Atlas of New Zealand McRobie Alan 1989 GP Books Wellington 0-477-01384-8 Scholefield Guy Guy Scholefield A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L I 1940a Department of Internal Affairs Wellington https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf 6 October 2013 Scholefield Guy Guy Scholefield A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda II 1940b Department of Internal Affairs Wellington https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v2.pdf 6 October 2013 Guy Scholefield Scholefield Guy New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 3rd First published in 1913 1950 Govt. Printer Wellington 14