1872 Stafford ministry

Former government of New Zealand October 2022 The third Stafford ministry was the tenth responsible government to be formed in New Zealand, and lasted for a month. Background Due largely to the mismanagement of Julius Vogel's Great Public Works policy, which critics suggested had not been thought through in detail and had involved spending which had not been approved by the House,Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 312–3 the Fox ministry was ended by a confidence motion proposed by two-time former premier Edward Stafford.Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 317–20 The result was 40 votes to 37. The new government's policy was to build railways only with funds approved by the General Assembly, which immediately alienated members who had hoped for new lines though their own electorates.Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 321 Treasurer Gillies also announced that local roads boards would have their funding from loans cut and that North Island provinces would receive more subsidies than the South due to their higher population of non-taxpaying Maori.Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 324 The Stafford ministry had won the votes of two of the Māori members, including Wi Parata, by promising that one minister would be Māori and that confiscated land around Pātea would be returned.Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 319 However, no such appointment was made (it was even rumoured that Stafford's old political enemy Donald McLean might be appointed Native MinisterFargher Ray The best man who ever served the Crown?: a life of Donald McLean Victoria University Press 2007 319) and Stafford backed down on land restitution after hearing objections from the current owners. Parata was one of three MHRs who switched to support a no-confidence motion from Julius Vogel barely a month into the ministry's life.Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 324–5 Vogel's motion was carried by two votes; Governor Bowen refused Stafford a dissolution and instead appointed George Waterhouse (lately a Minister in Fox's government) as the new premier.Bohan Edmund Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman Hazard Press 1994 327 Ministers The following members served in the Stafford ministry:Wilson 1985 64 NameImageOfficeTerm Edward Stafford center|75px Premier 10 September 1872 – 11 October 1872 Sir William Fitzherbert center|75px Secretary for Crown Lands and Immigration 10 September 1872 – 11 October 1872 Henry Sewell, MLC center|75px Colonial Secretary 10 September 1872 – 11 October 1872 Thomas Gillies center|75px Colonial Treasurer 10 September 1872 – 11 October 1872 Donald Reid Minister for Public Works 10 September 1872 – 11 October 1872 Oswald Curtis center|75px Commissioner of Customs 110 September 1872 – 11 October 1872 Commissioner of Stamp Duties Postmaster-General Telegraph Commissioner See also New Zealand Government Notes References Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Category:Ministries of Queen Victoria Category:Governments of New Zealand Category:19th century in New Zealand Stafford Ministry Stafford Ministry Stafford Ministry Category:1872 disestablishments in New Zealand