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14th New Zealand Parliament
Term of the Parliament of New Zealand
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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.
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| 14th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Term | 21 June 1900 â 3 October 1902 | ||||
| Election | 1899 New Zealand general election | ||||
| Government | Liberal Government | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
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| Members | 74 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Maurice O'Rorke | ||||
| Premier | Richard Seddon | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | William Russell | ||||
| Legislative Council | |||||
| Members | 45 (at start) 42 (at end) | ||||
| Speaker of the Council | Henry Miller | ||||
| Sovereign | |||||
| Monarch | HM Edward VII â HM Victoria until 22 January 1901 | ||||
| Governor | HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly | ||||
1899 general election
The 1899 general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates and on Tuesday, 19 December in the MÄori electorates, respectively.[1] The last electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1896 for the 1896 election, and the same electorates were used again.[2] A total of 74 MPs were elected; 34 represented North Island electorates, 36 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented MÄori electorates.[3] 373,744 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 77.6%.[1]
Sessions
The 14th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 5 November 1902.[4]
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
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| 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 | ||
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| At 1899 election | At dissolution | ||
| Liberal | 46 | 47 | |
| LiberalâLabour | 5 | 5 | |
| Government total | 51 | 52 | |
| Conservative | 16 | 14 | |
| Independent Liberal | 5 | 6 | |
| Independent | 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.[5] The Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon had taken office in 1893 during the term of the 11th Parliament.[6] The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906.[7]
Initial composition of the 14th Parliament
The table below show the results of the 1899 general election:
Key
Liberal Conservative Independent Liberal LiberalâLabour Independent
Table footnotes:
- Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as belonging to the opposition
- Not to be confused with James Whyte Kelly, who was defeated that election in the Invercargill electorate
- Note that the affiliation of many MÄori candidates is not known.
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 | |||
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| Otaki | 1900 | 6 January | Henry Augustus Field[29] | Death | William Hughes Field[29] | ||
| City of Auckland | 1900 | 27 April | William Crowther[30] | Death | Joseph Witheford[31] | ||
| Waihemo | 1900 | 18 July | John McKenzie[32] | Resignation | Thomas Mackenzie[32] | ||
| Northern Maori | 1901 | 9 January | Hone Heke Ngapua | Bankruptcy | Hone Heke Ngapua | ||
| City of Christchurch | 1901 | 18 July | Charles Lewis | Resignation | George Smith | ||
| Patea | July 1901 | 18 July | George Hutchison | Resignation | Frederick Haselden | ||
| Patea | November 1901 | 6 November | Frederick Haselden | Election voided on petition[33] | Frederick Haselden | ||
| Caversham | 1901 | 19 December | Arthur Morrison | Death | Thomas Sidey | ||