Surf Wiki
Save to docs
geography/new-zealand

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

13th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

FieldValue
name13th Parliament of New Zealand
bodyNew Zealand Parliament
election[1896 New Zealand general election](1896-new-zealand-general-election)
governmentLiberal Government
term_start6 April 1897
term_end23 October 1899
before[12th Parliament](12th-new-zealand-parliament)
after[14th Parliament](14th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1House of Representatives
chamber1_imageFile:13th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership174
chamber1_leader1_typeSpeaker of the House
chamber1_leader1Maurice O'Rorke
chamber1_leader2_typePremier
chamber1_leader2Richard Seddon
chamber1_leader3_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3William Russell
chamber2Legislative Council
membership247 (at start)
46 (at end)
chamber2_leader1_typeSpeaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1Henry Miller
chamber3Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_typeMonarch
chamber3_leader1HM Victoria
chamber3_leader2_typeGovernor
chamber3_leader2HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly

| chamber1_alt– = 46 (at end) The 13th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1896 general election in December of that year.

1896 general election

Main article: 1896 New Zealand general election

The 1896 general election was held on Wednesday, 4 December in the general electorates and on Thursday, 19 December in the Māori electorates, respectively. In the 1896 electoral redistribution, rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Four electorates that previously existed were re-established (, , , and ), and three electorates were established for the first time (, , and ). A total of 74 MPs were elected; 34 represented North Island electorates, 36 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. 337,024 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 76.1%.

Sessions

The 13th Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1897), and was prorogued on 15 November 1899.

SessionOpenedAdjourned
first6 April 189710 April 1897
second23 September 189722 December 1897
third24 June 18986 November 1898
fourth23 June 189924 October 1899

Overview of seats

AffiliationMembersAt electionAt dissolution
37**35**
4**4**
***Government total***41**39**
27**29**
4**4**
2**2**
***Opposition total***33**35**
**Total**74**74**
**Working government majority**8**4**

Ministries

The Liberal Government of New Zealand had taken office on 24 January 1891. The Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon had taken office in 1893 during the term of the 11th Parliament. The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906.

Initial composition of the 13th Parliament

By-elections during 13th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 13th Parliament.

Electorate and by-electionDateIncumbentCauseWinner

Notes

References

References

  1. "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.
  2. Hamer, David. "Seddon, Richard John - Biography".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

new-zealand-parliaments
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 13th New Zealand Parliament — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report