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

14th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	14th Parliament of New Zealand
image	Emerald Hours in New Zealand (1906) · Lowth · 114.jpg
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1899 New Zealand general election](1899-new-zealand-general-election)
government	Liberal Government
term_start	21 June 1900
term_end	3 October 1902
before	[13th Parliament](13th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[15th Parliament](15th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:14th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	74
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Maurice O'Rorke
chamber1_leader2_type	Premier
chamber1_leader2	Richard Seddon
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	William Russell
chamber2	Legislative Council
membership2	45 (at start)
42 (at end)
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1	Henry Miller
chamber3	Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber3_leader1	HM Edward VII
— HM Victoria until 22 January 1901
chamber3_leader2_type	Governor
chamber3_leader2	HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly

| chamber1_alt– = 42 (at end) — HM Victoria until 22 January 1901 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.

1899 general election

Main article: 1899 New Zealand general election

The 1899 general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates, respectively. The last electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1896 for the , and the same electorates were used again. A total of 74 MPs were elected; 34 represented North Island electorates, 36 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. 373,744 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 77.6%.

Sessions

The 14th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 5 November 1902.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
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	At [1899 election](1899-new-zealand-general-election)
	46	47
	5	5
*Government total*	51	52
	16	14
	5	6
	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. 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 14th Parliament

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

Notes

References

"General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.
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 14th 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

Affiliation	Members	At [1899 election](1899-new-zealand-general-election)
	46	47
	5	5
*Government total*	51	52
	16	14
	5	6
	2	2
*Opposition total*	23	22
Total	74	74
Working government majority	28	30