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1866 New Zealand general election

New Zealand general election

Field	Value
election_name	1866 general election
country	New Zealand
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1860–1861 New Zealand general election
previous_year	1860–61
outgoing_members	3rd New Zealand Parliament
next_election	First Māori elections
next_year	1868 (Māori)
elected_members	First Māori elections
seats_for_election	All 70 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
election_date	12 February – 6 April 1866
elected_mps	[elected members](4th-new-zealand-parliament)
image1	[[File:Edward William Stafford.jpg	150px]]
leader1	Edward Stafford
party1	Independent politician
leaders_seat1	City of Nelson
last_election1	70 seats
seats1	70
seat_change1
title	Premier
posttitle	Subsequent Premier
before_election	Edward Stafford
after_election	Edward Stafford
before_party	Independent politician
after_party	Independent politician

The 1866 New Zealand general election was held between 12 February and 6 April to elect 70 MPs to the fourth term of the New Zealand Parliament.

In 1867 four Māori electorates were created, initially as a temporary measure for five years. The first Māori elections for these seats were held in 1868, with universal suffrage for Māori males over 21.

The first four Māori members of parliament were Tareha Te Moananui (Eastern Maori), Frederick Nene Russell (Northern Maori) and John Patterson (Southern Maori), who all retired in 1870; and Mete Kīngi Paetahi (Western Maori) who was defeated in 1871.

Results

Member	Electorate	Province	MP's term	Election date
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Hawke's Bay	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Nelson	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Dunedin}}	Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Dunedin}}	Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Taranaki	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Southland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	Town of Lyttelton}}	Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Southland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Nelson	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
a		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Hawke's Bay	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Nelson}}	Nelson	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Nelson}}	Nelson	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
	Suburbs of Nelson}}	Nelson	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Taranaki	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Taranaki	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	Town of Onehunga}}	Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Marlborough	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Southland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Marlborough	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Marlborough	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Wellington}}	Wellington	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Wellington}}	Wellington	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Wellington}}	Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
a		Canterbury	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy

a Moorhouse was elected in both the Mount Herbert and Westland electorates. He chose to represent Westland.

Notes

References

(22 February 1866). "Election Intelligence". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle.
(24 March 1866). "The Elections". [[Otago Witness]].
(7 April 1866). "The Napier election". [[Otago Witness]].
(1902). "Mr. George Graham - NZETC". New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.

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