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1890 New Zealand General Election
The 1890 New Zealand general election was one of New Zealand's most significant. It marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand with the formation of the Liberal Government, which was to enact major welfare, labour and electoral reforms, including giving the vote to women. It was also the first election in which there was no legal plural voting. Multi-member electorates were re-introduced in the four main centres and the ' country quota' (which gave more weight to rural votes) was increased to 28%. Following the election and the resignation of the previous government headed by Harry Atkinson, John Ballance formed the first Liberal Party ministry, taking office on 24 January 1891. At this stage no formal party organisation existed, but the formation of the Liberal ministry signalled the end of the system by which governments were made up of a loose and unstable coalition of independent MPs and the beginning of the 'party system'. Electoral redistribution In Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the sole chamber of the New Zealand Parliament. The House passes laws, provides ministers to form Cabinet, and supervises the work of government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. The House of Representatives is a democratic body consisting of representatives known as members of parliament (MPs). There are normally 120 MPs, though this number can be higher if there is an overhang. Elections take place usually every three years using a mixed-member proportional representation system which combines first-past-the-post elected seats with closed party lists. 72 MPs are elected directly in single-member electoral districts and further seats are filled by list MPs based on each party's share of the party vote. A government may be formed from the party or coalition that has the support of a majority of MPs. If no majority is possible, a minority government can be formed with a confide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori Electorates
In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that give reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. Every area in New Zealand is covered by both a general and a Māori electorate; as of 2020, there are seven Māori electorates. Since 1967, candidates in Māori electorates have not needed to be Māori themselves, but to register as a voter in the Māori electorates people need to declare that they are of Māori descent. The Māori electorates were introduced in 1867 under the Maori Representation Act. They were created in order to give Māori a more direct say in parliament. The first Māori elections were held in the following year during the term of the 4th New Zealand Parliament. The electorates were intended as a temporary measure lasting five years but were extended in 1872 and made permanent in 1876. Despite numerous attempts to dismantle Māori electorates, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thompson (New Zealand Politician)
Thomas Thompson (1832 – 21 January 1919) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Biography Early life and career Thompson was born in Ireland in 1832 where he was entered the grocery trade as a merchant. In 1853 he shifted to Australia during the gold rush in Victoria. Then he moved to Auckland in the 1860s and carried on a grocery business there. During the New Zealand Wars Thompson saw service with the volunteers in 1863. He received a commission as a lieutenant in 1867. In local matters Thompson served as a member of the Road Board, Domain Board and School Committee of Mount Eden. In 1878 he was elected a member of Auckland City Council, retaining his seat until 1884, also representing the Council on the Auckland Harbour Board. Member of Parliament He represented the Auckland North electorate from to 1890, then the City of Auckland electorate from 1890 to 1899, when he retired. He was Minister of Justice from 2 March 1896 to 23 January 1900 and Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lee Rees
William Lee Rees (16 December 1836 – 18 May 1912) was an English-born New Zealand cricketer, politician and lawyer. Early years Rees was born in Bristol in 1836, the son of James Rees, a surgeon, and Elizabeth Pocock. Rees' father died when he was young, and he was brought up by his mother and uncle. Rees was a member of the famous cricketing Grace family, with his mother's sister, Martha Pocock, the mother of WG Grace. He emigrated to Melbourne, with his mother, in 1851, at the start of the Victorian gold rush. He began studying law at the University of Melbourne, but was also interested in religion, training as a Congregationalist minister. He was ordained in 1861, and served as minister to the parish of Beechworth from 1861 to 1865, which included a lecture on "scepticism, credulity & faith" delivered at the Beechworth Town Hall in June 1863. He married Hannah Elizabeth "Annie" Staite in Melbourne on 8 July 1863, whom he had seven children with, including Annie Lee "Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Auckland (New Zealand Electorate)
City of Auckland was a New Zealand electorate formed for the election of 1853. It covered the core of Auckland during the early days of New Zealand democracy, when the city was small enough to be covered by two or three seats. It existed from 1853 to 1860, and from 1890 to 1905. Population centres The City of Auckland electorate was one of the original electorates, and was used in the country's first election. It covered a territory roughly corresponding to the central business district of the city today, and was surrounded by another electorate called Auckland Suburbs. As the city was growing rapidly, however, the electorate did not last long – in the 1860 election, it was divided into Auckland East and Auckland West. At the 1890 election, however, the total number of seats was reduced. This necessitated the re-creation of a seat to cover all of inner Auckland. This was accomplished by merging most of Auckland Central, Auckland West, Auckland North and Ponsonby, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dupré Lance
James Dupré Lance (28 January 1829 – 28 March 1897) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Canterbury, New Zealand. Biography Lance was born in Boulogne, France. He first came to New Zealand in 1856 to visit his brothers. He contested the 1866 election for the superintendency of the Canterbury Provincial Council against William Sefton Moorhouse representing the runholders; he came a distant second. On 12 July 1865, Lance was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council The New Zealand Legislative Council was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 1853 and 1951. An earlier arrangement of legislative councils for the colony and provinces existed from 1841 when New Zealand became a co .... His membership lapsed on 18 October 1867 through absence. He represented the Cheviot electorate from to 1890. He contested the electorate in the and was defeated by Richard Meredith. References 1829 births 1897 deaths Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Meredith (New Zealand Politician)
Richard Meredith (27 January 1843 – 20 August 1918) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. A teacher by training, he was a farmer later in his life. He lived in Canterbury and was a member of many public bodies. Biography Early life Meredith was born at Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland, in 1843. He received his education at Tullow public school and was a schoolmaster for some years. Meredith emigrated to New Zealand in 1863, arriving at Lyttelton on the ''SS Accrington''. After arriving he worked as a teacher until 1889 and then became a farmer at Cust (then known as Moeraki Downs). Political career He won the Ashley electorate in the 1890 general election against James Dupré Lance, and was re-elected three times. In the 1902 election, he was defeated for the replacement seat of Hurunui by Andrew Rutherford (who was also of the Liberal Party). Meredith was a temperance campaigner. Other elected positions that he held included North Canterbury Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Verrall (politician)
John Miles Verrall (1849 – 17 September 1921), also known as John Miles Verrell, was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury, New Zealand. In his later years, he was known throughout the country as an advocate for a state bank. Early life Verrall was born in Lewes, Sussex, England, in 1849. He was a tenant farmer in his home country. He married Louisa Waters Aylwin, the daughter of John Aylwin, of Plumpton, East Sussex, Plumpton, Sussex. They emigrated to Queensland, Australia, in 1880, where he ran a cattle station with a partner. After a few years, he left his partner in charge of the cattle station and emigrated to New Zealand. New Zealand Verrall first settled in Ohoka, where he bought some land. In 1893, he sold up and moved to the nearby Swannanoa, New Zealand, Swannanoa. During his time in Swannanoa, he advertised as a photographer using the surname Verrell. Verrall first stood for election to the New Zealand House of Representativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward George Wright
Edward George Wright (14 June 1831 – 12 August 1902) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Biography Wright was born in Woolwich, Kent, England, in 1831. After an education in private schools, he worked for Fox, Henderson and Co. He was the engineer for the gasworks in Rome and then worked on the naval dockyards at Royal Arsenal in Woolwich and then Aldershot. He married in September 1854 at London and went to New Zealand with his wife and their first two sons in 1857, with another one born in their chosen country. In Canterbury, he was responsible for many of the engineering works, especially bridges. He represented the Coleridge electorate from 1879 to 1881, then the Ashburton electorate from 1881 to 16 May 1884, when he resigned. He unsuccessfully contested the for . In the , he contested the electorate, but was defeated by Edwin Blake. He was successful again in the in the Ashburton electorate. In the , he was defeated in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Campbell Walker
William Campbell Walker, CMG (1837 – 5 January 1904) was a New Zealand politician. Biography Walker was born in 1837, at Bowlandstow, Midlothian, Scotland, the eldest son of Sir William Stuart Walker ( KCB). He received his education at Trinity College, Glenalmond in Perthshire and then at Trinity College, Oxford. He graduated in 1861 and then completed a further MA degree. Together with his brother, he emigrated to New Zealand and arrived in Lyttelton on board the ''Evening Star'' in January 1862. The brothers then owned and ran a sheep farm at Mount Possession in South Canterbury. When they bought the land, Walker was assigned some land in Riccarton. He later gave the land away, so that a settlement for working-class people could be established. Walker married Margaret Wilson the daughter of Archdeacon James Wilson. They were to have five sons and one daughter. Walker was the first chairman of the Ashburton County Council from 1877 until 1893. He represented the As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joyce (New Zealand Politician)
John Joyce (1839 – 1 December 1899) was a Member of Parliament for Lyttelton and Akaroa in the South Island of New Zealand. Early life Joyce was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1839. As a boy, he worked in the deep sea fishing industry. He was made the master of a schooner at age 19. In 1854, he emigrated to Victoria and worked for the Water Police in Williamstown, Melbourne. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1861, to work for the Water Police in Port Chalmers. He was appointed clerk in the magistrates' court, before joining the legal firm of Howorth and Hodgkins in Dunedin. Joyce was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1873. He found a partner in Mr. J. A. D. Adams, and they set up the firm of Joyce and Adams.* He moved to Canterbury and started his own legal practice in 1879, with offices in Lyttelton and Sydenham. He was elected onto the Sydenham Borough Council and was the third mayor for the borough. Joyce moved to Lyttelton and was elected onto th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander McGregor (New Zealand Politician)
Alexander Innes McGregor (9 May 1838 – 17 January 1901) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He represented the Akaroa electorate from 1887 to 1890 when he was defeated. He was a mayor of Akaroa Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for "Long Harbour", which would be spelled in standar .... His only daughter, Annie, married Thomas Penlington, the fourth son of William Penlington who also served as mayor of Akaroa. References Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1838 births 1901 deaths Mayors of places in Canterbury, New Zealand Independent MPs of New Zealand New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election 19th-century New Zealand politicians Penlington family {{NewZealand-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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