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1871 New Zealand general election

New Zealand general election

Field	Value
election_name	1871 general election
country	New Zealand
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	First Māori elections
previous_year	1868 (Māori)
outgoing_members	First Māori elections
next_election	1875–1876 New Zealand general election
next_year	1875–76
elected_members	6th New Zealand Parliament
seats_for_election	All 78 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
election_date	14 January – 23 February 1871
elected_mps	[elected members](5th-new-zealand-parliament)
image1	[[File:Retouched portrait of Sir William Fox.jpg	150px]]
leader1	William Fox
party1	Independent politician
leaders_seat1	Rangitikei
last_election1	78 seats
seats1	78
seat_change1
title	Premier
posttitle	Subsequent Premier
before_election	William Fox
after_election	William Fox
before_party	Independent politician
after_party	Independent politician

The 1871 New Zealand general election was held between 14 January and 23 February to elect 78 MPs across 72 electorates to the fifth session of the New Zealand Parliament. 41,527 electors were registered.

Background

1871 was the first general election to include the four Māori electorates, with elections held on 1 and 15 February. The first Māori Members of Parliament had been elected in 1868, but in 1871 three retired and one (Western Maori) was defeated. So in 1871 four new Māori MPs were elected.

In 1866 the secret ballot was introduced for general (European) elections. The 1871 general election was the first one at which it was used. The secret ballot not used in Māori electorates until 1938, thus Māori voters continued to inform a polling officer orally of their chosen candidate.

The date of election is defined here as the day on which the poll took place, or if there was no contest, the day of nomination. The earliest election day was 14 January 1871. The earliest date in the general electorate results table, 13 January 1871, thus represents William Rolleston being declared elected unopposed in the Avon electorate on nomination day. The last election was held on 23 February 1871 in the Franklin electorate.

68 European electorates and 4 Māori electorates were defined by the Representation Act 1870. Six of the general electorates had two representatives, the rest were single member electorates. Hence, 78 MPs were elected. Electorates that were first formed for the 1871 elections were , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . 41,527 electors were registered.

Results

Member	Electorate	Province	MP's term	Election date
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Hawke's Bay	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Nelson	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Dunedin}}	Otago	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Dunedin}}	Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	X-01Eastern Maori		First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Taranaki	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Taranaki	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Southland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
Peacock, John Thomas	Town of Lyttelton}}	Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Southland	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
a		Nelson	Fifth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Hawke's Bay	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Nelson}}	Nelson	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Nelson}}	Nelson	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	Suburbs of Nelson}}	Nelson	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Taranaki	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
	X-02Northern Maori		First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
Kenny, Courtney		Marlborough	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Fifth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Southland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	X-03Southern Maori		First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Canterbury	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Westland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Marlborough	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Marlborough	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Auckland	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Third	{{dts	format=dmy
		Otago	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Second	{{dts	format=dmy
	City of Wellington}}	Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	First	{{dts	format=dmy
		Wellington	Fourth	{{dts	format=dmy
	X-04Western Maori		First	{{dts	format=dmy

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Notes

References

{{cite book |author-link= Guy Scholefield |orig-year= First ed. published 1913

References

"Key dates in New Zealand electoral reform". Elections New Zealand.
(13 January 1871). "Avon District". [[The Star (Christchurch).
"Representation Act 1870".
"General elections 1853-2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.

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