1884 New Zealand general election

none April 2024 April 2022 1884 general election New Zealand parliamentary no 1881 New Zealand general election 1881 8th New Zealand Parliament 1887 New Zealand general election 1887 10th New Zealand Parliament All 95 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 21 (Māori) & 22 (general) July 1884 elected members 60.6% 145px Robert Stout 1884 FBEC5D Stout–Vogelites Dunedin East 57 18 N/A N/A N/A 150px Harry Atkinson 1883 B8BFFE Conservatives Egmont 32 13 N/A N/A N/A Premier Subsequent Premier Harry Atkinson Robert Stout Independent politician Independent politician The 1884 New Zealand general election was held on 22 July to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 9th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 21 July.Wilson 1985 137 A total number of 137,686 (60.6%) voters turned out to vote.General elections 1853-2005 - dates & turnout http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1853-2014-dates-and-turnout Elections New Zealand 12 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20141114115332/http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1853-2014-dates-and-turnout 14 November 2014 dead In 11 seats there was only one candidate.Wilson 1985 286 1881 electoral redistribution The same 95 electorates that were defined through the 1881 electoral redistribution were used for the 1884 election. The next electoral redistribution was held in 1887 in preparation for the 1887.McRobie 1989 47, 51 Government formation Prior to the election Harry Atkinson had served as Premier since 1883. His government was unpopular at the time and the polls went against him. Only 32 of the returned Members supported him whilst 57 opposed his government as well as 6 independents.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840724.2.23 Election News 24 July 1884 5062 Star 3 8 September 2016 Soon after the election his government fell in August 1884 after Robert Stout successfully passed a vote of no confidence and assumed the premiership with the support of Julius Vogel. A strong counter-offensive by Atkinson enabled him to unseat Stout again after only twelve days. Stout, however, was not so easily defeated, and took the Premiership again after seven days. This time, Stout held his position for three years, defeating Atkinson's attempts to oust him. Results The following table shows the results of the 1884 general election: Key to affiliations Stout-Vogelite Conservative (New Zealand) Independent politician Note that as the election was held before the establishment of formal political parties, the affiliation should only be regarded as an approximate indication of the division of political opinion. Electorate results for the 1884 New Zealand general electionG. S. Cooper The General Election, 1884 1884 https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5 1–3 24 December 2014 National Libraryhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18840724.2.8 The New Parliament 5 May 2012 Ashburton Guardian 24 July 1884 V 1312 2 |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- Akaroa William Montgomery Stout-Vogelite 295 Frederick Arthur AnsonThe Nomination https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AMBPA18870920.2.9 5 May 2012 Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser 20 September 1887 XIV 1166 2 Independent politician Ashburton Edward Wright Independent politician William Walker Stout-Vogelite 17 Cathcart Wason Stout-Vogelite Ashley William Pearson Stout-Vogelite 328 Peter Duncan Conservative (New Zealand) Auckland East Sir George Grey Independent politician true Auckland North Thomas Peacock Conservative (New Zealand) Thomas Thompson Stout-Vogelite 550 Joseph NewmanCity North https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18840716.2.15.6 22 December 2011 Auckland Star 16 July 1884 XXVI 4422 2 Independent politician Auckland West Joseph Dargaville Stout-Vogelite 53 William Swanson Conservative (New Zealand) Avon William Rolleston Conservative (New Zealand) Leonard Harper Stout-Vogelite 89 William Dunlop Stout-Vogelite Awarua James Joyce Stout-Vogelite 105 John Lyon McDonald Conservative (New Zealand) Bay of Islands Richard Hobbs Conservative (New Zealand) 167 Michael Gannon Stout-Vogelite Bruce James McDonald Independent politician Robert Gillies Stout-Vogelite 217 Henry Driver Conservative (New Zealand) Buller John Munro Conservative (New Zealand) Eugene O'Conor Stout-Vogelite 78 John Munro Conservative (New Zealand) Caversham William Barron Stout-Vogelite true Cheviot Hugh McIlraith Conservative (New Zealand) James Lance Stout-Vogelite 33 Walter Gibson Independent politician Christchurch North Henry Thomson Conservative (New Zealand) Sir Julius Vogel Stout-Vogelite 707 John Crewes Stout-Vogelite Christchurch South John Holmes Stout-Vogelite 38 Thomas Joynt Conservative (New Zealand) Clutha James Thomson Stout-Vogelite true Coleridge David McMillan Stout-Vogelite 148 Joseph Jebson Sr Conservative (New Zealand) Coromandel Alfred Cadman Stout-Vogelite 205 Alexander Brodie Independent politician Dunedin Central Thomas Bracken Stout-Vogelite James Bradshaw Stout-Vogelite 3 Thomas Bracken Stout-Vogelite Dunedin East Matthew Green Conservative (New Zealand) Robert Stout Stout-Vogelite 240 Matthew Green Conservative (New Zealand) Dunedin South Henry Fish Stout-Vogelite James Gore Stout-Vogelite 16 Henry Fish Stout-Vogelite Dunedin West Thomas Dick Conservative (New Zealand) William Downie Stewart Stout-Vogelite 24 Thomas Dick Conservative (New Zealand) Dunstan Vincent Pyke Stout-Vogelite true East Coast Samuel Locke Conservative (New Zealand) 243 William Lee Rees Stout-Vogelite Eden Joseph Tole Stout-Vogelite 394 Allan O'Neil Independent politician Egmont Harry Atkinson Conservative (New Zealand) 471 Albert A. Fantham Stout-Vogelite Foxton James Wilson Conservative (New Zealand) 12 Charles Izard Independent politician Franklin North Benjamin Harris Stout-Vogelite Frank Buckland Conservative (New Zealand) 101 Benjamin Harris Stout-Vogelite Franklin South Ebenezer Hamlin Conservative (New Zealand) true Geraldine William Postlethwaite Conservative (New Zealand) William Rolleston Conservative (New Zealand) 70 Alfred Cox Stout-Vogelite Gladstone James Sutter Conservative (New Zealand) 148 David Anderson Independent politician Greymouth Joseph Petrie Stout-Vogelite Arthur Guinness Conservative (New Zealand) 238 Joseph Petrie Stout-Vogelite Hawkes Bay Fred Sutton Conservative (New Zealand) William Russell Conservative (New Zealand) 183 Fred Sutton Conservative (New Zealand) Heathcote Henry Wynn-Williams Conservative (New Zealand) John Coster Stout-Vogelite 200 Henry Wynn-Williams Conservative (New Zealand) Hokitika Gerard Fitzgerald Conservative (New Zealand) John Bevan Conservative (New Zealand) 58 Gerard Fitzgerald Conservative (New Zealand) Hokonui Henry Driver Conservative (New Zealand) Cuthbert Cowan Stout-Vogelite 271 Frank Stephen Canning Stout-Vogelite Hutt Thomas Mason Conservative (New Zealand) Henry Fitzherbert Stout-Vogelite 176 Thomas Mason Conservative (New Zealand) Inangahua Edward Shaw Independent politician Stuart Menteath Stout-Vogelite 21 Richard Reeves Stout-Vogelite Invercargill Henry Feldwick Stout-Vogelite Joseph Hatch Stout-Vogelite 157 Henry Feldwick Stout-Vogelite Kaiapoi Edward Richardson Stout-Vogelite true Kumara Richard Seddon Stout-Vogelite 170 Edwin Blake Stout-Vogelite Lincoln Arthur O'Callaghan Stout-Vogelite 3 Alfred Saunders Independent politician Lyttelton Harry Allwright Conservative (New Zealand) 40 Samuel R. Webb Independent politician Manawatu Walter Johnston Conservative (New Zealand) Douglas Macarthur Conservative (New Zealand) 330 Donald Fraser Conservative (New Zealand) Manukau Maurice O'Rorke Independent politician 136 Frank Lawry Independent politician Marsden Edwin Mitchelson Conservative (New Zealand) true Mataura Francis Mackenzie Conservative (New Zealand) George Richardson Stout-Vogelite 169 Francis Mackenzie Conservative (New Zealand) Moeraki John McKenzie Stout-Vogelite 116 Charles HaynesThe Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts 1905 http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d9-d22.html The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Cyclopedia Company Limited 29 June 2012 Christchurch Mr. Charles Haynes, J. P Stout-Vogelite Motueka Richmond Hursthouse Conservative (New Zealand) 30 John Kerr Stout-Vogelite Mount Ida Cecil de Lautour Stout-Vogelite Scobie Mackenzie Stout-Vogelite 114 John Ewing Independent politician Napier John Buchanan Stout-Vogelite John Ormond Stout-Vogelite 102 John Sheehan Stout-Vogelite Nelson Henry Levestam Stout-Vogelite 372 Jesse Piper Stout-Vogelite New Plymouth Thomas Kelly Conservative (New Zealand) Oliver Samuel Stout-Vogelite 71 Edward Smith Stout-Vogelite Newton William Swanson Conservative (New Zealand) Thomas Peacock Conservative (New Zealand) 124 Cecil de LautourPonsonby https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18840726.2.68 22 December 2011 Auckland Star 26 July 1884 XXVI 4430 7 Stout-Vogelite Oamaru Samuel Shrimski Stout-Vogelite 42 Viscount ReidhavenThe Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts 1905 https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d4-d17.html The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Cyclopedia Company Limited 7 February 2011 Christchurch The Hon. S. E. Shrimski Stout-Vogelite Parnell Frederick Moss Stout-Vogelite 108 Seymour George Stout-Vogelite Peninsula William Larnach Stout-Vogelite 306 Owen James Hodge Stout-Vogelite Picton Edward Connolly Conservative (New Zealand) 116 William Eyes Stout-Vogelite Port Chalmers James Macandrew Stout-Vogelite true Rangitikei Jack Stevens Stout-Vogelite Robert Bruce Stout-Vogelite 103 Jack Stevens Stout-Vogelite Rodney Seymour George Stout-Vogelite William Moat Conservative (New Zealand) 304 Nathaniel Wilson Stout-Vogelite Roslyn John Bathgate Stout-Vogelite Archibald Ross Conservative (New Zealand) 77 John Bathgate Stout-Vogelite Selwyn Edward Wakefield Stout-Vogelite true St Albans John Brown Stout-Vogelite Francis Garrick Stout-Vogelite 317 Joseph Jebson Jr. Conservative (New Zealand) Stanmore Walter Pilliet Independent politician Dan Reese Stout-Vogelite 89 George Ruddenklau Conservative (New Zealand) Sydenham William White Stout-Vogelite 314 John Lee Scott Independent politician Taieri James Fulton Conservative (New Zealand) 76 Walter Carncross Independent politician Taranaki Robert Trimble Conservative (New Zealand) 95 Thomas Bayly Stout-Vogelite Tauranga George Morris Stout-Vogelite 98 William Kelly Stout-Vogelite Te Aro Charles Johnston Conservative (New Zealand) 11 Francis Fraser Stout-Vogelite Thames John Sheehan Stout-Vogelite William Fraser Stout-Vogelite 7 William Speight Stout-Vogelite Thorndon Alfred Newman Conservative (New Zealand) true Timaru Richard Turnbull Stout-Vogelite 168 Edward Kerr Stout-Vogelite Tuapeka James Brown Stout-Vogelite 244 Francis Oudaille Conservative (New Zealand) Waikato John Whyte Conservative (New Zealand) true Waikouaiti James Green Conservative (New Zealand) John Buckland Stout-Vogelite 58 James Green Conservative (New Zealand) Waimate William Steward Stout-Vogelite 398 Alpheus Hayes Independent politician Waimea Joseph Shephard Stout-Vogelite 148 William Wastney Conservative (New Zealand) Waipa Frederick Whitaker Conservative (New Zealand) Edward Lake Conservative (New Zealand) 38 William Jackson Conservative (New Zealand) Waipawa William Cowper Smith Stout-Vogelite 289 Thomas Tanner Conservative (New Zealand) Wairarapa North George Beetham Conservative (New Zealand) 25 William McCardle Stout-Vogelite Wairarapa South Wally Buchanan Conservative (New Zealand) 61 Henry Bunny Independent politician Wairau Henry Dodson Conservative (New Zealand) 237 Joseph Ward Stout-Vogelite Waitaki Tom Duncan Stout-Vogelite 173 Duncan Sutherland Independent politician Waitemata William Hurst Conservative (New Zealand) 474 Harry Farnall Stout-Vogelite Waitotara John Bryce Conservative (New Zealand) 156 Thomas McDonnell Independent politician Wakanui Joseph Ivess Stout-Vogelite John Grigg Stout-Vogelite 54 Joseph Ivess Stout-Vogelite Wakatipu Thomas Fergus Conservative (New Zealand) 440 JT Hornsby Stout-Vogelite Wallace Theophilus Daniel Stout-Vogelite Henry Hirst Conservative (New Zealand) 65 Samuel Hodgkinson Stout-Vogelite Wanganui William Hogg Watt Conservative (New Zealand) John Ballance Stout-Vogelite 336 George Hutchison Conservative (New Zealand) Wellington South William Hutchinson Stout-Vogelite George Fisher Stout-Vogelite 240 William Hutchinson Stout-Vogelite |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Maori electorateshttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18840728.2.36 The Maori Elections The Evening Post 28 July 1884 XXVIII 24 3 nb The affiliation of many of the Maori candidates is unknown or uncertain |- Eastern Maori Henare Tomoana Independent politician Wi Pere Independent politician 23 James Carroll Independent politician Northern Maori Hone Tawhai Independent politician Ihaka Hakuene Independent politician 29 Sydney Taiwhanga Independent politician Southern Maori Hōri Kerei Taiaroa Independent politician 134 Kahu Independent politician Western Maori Wiremu Te Wheoro Stout-Vogelite Te Puke Te Ao Independent politician 72 Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui Independent politician |} Table footnotes: nb Notes References Electoral Atlas of New Zealand McRobie Alan 1989 GP Books Wellington 0-477-01384-8 Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. 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