14th New Zealand Parliament

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.

14th Parliament of New Zealand
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Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	21 June 1900 – 3 October 1902
Election	1899 New Zealand general election
Government	Liberal Government
House of Representatives
Members	74
Speaker of the House	Maurice O'Rorke
Premier	Richard Seddon
Leader of the Opposition	William Russell
Legislative Council
Members	45 (at start) 42 (at end)
Speaker of the Council	Henry Miller
Sovereign
Monarch	HM Edward VII — HM Victoria until 22 January 1901
Governor	HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly

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.^[1] The last electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1896 for the 1896 election, and the same electorates were used again.^[2] A total of 74 MPs were elected; 34 represented North Island electorates, 36 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates.^[3] 373,744 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 77.6%.^[1]

Sessions

The 14th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 5 November 1902.^[4]

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	At dissolution
	Liberal	46	47
	Liberal–Labour	5	5
Government total		51	52
	Conservative	16	14
	Independent Liberal	5	6
	Independent	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.^[5] The Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon had taken office in 1893 during the term of the 11th Parliament.^[6] The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906.^[7]

Initial composition of the 14th Parliament

The table below show the results of the 1899 general election:

Key

  Liberal   Conservative   Independent Liberal   Liberal–Labour   Independent

Electorate results for the 1899 New Zealand general election^[8]

Electorate	Incumbent		Winner		Majority	Runner up
General electorates
Ashburton		Edward George Wright		John McLachlan	802		Charles John Harper[9]
Ashley		Richard Meredith			751		Thomas Caverhill
Auckland, City of		Thomas Thompson		William Joseph Napier	1,440		James Job Holland
		James Job Holland		William Crowther	938
		William Crowther		George Fowlds	94
Avon		William Tanner			148		Arthur Rhodes
Awarua		Joseph Ward			1,732		W. T. Murray[10]
Bay of Islands		Robert Houston			67		Norman Alexander McLeod[11]
Bay of Plenty		William Herries			132		David Lundon[12]
Bruce		James Allen			364		Crawford Anderson
Buller		Patrick O'Regan		James Colvin	552		Patrick O'Regan
Caversham		Arthur Morrison			1,108		William Henry Warren[13]
Christchurch, City of		Charles Lewis		William Whitehouse Collins	1,760		Tommy Taylor
		George Smith		Charles Lewis	418
		Tommy Taylor		Harry Ell	221
Clutha		James William Thomson			497		Finlay McLeod[14]
Dunedin, City of		Alexander Sligo		John A. Millar	2,319		Scobie Mackenzie
		John A. Millar		James Arnold	1,564
		Scobie Mackenzie		Alfred Richard Barclay	637
Eden		John Bollard			4		Malcolm Niccol[15]
Egmont		Walter Symes			268		William Monkhouse
Ellesmere		William Montgomery		Heaton Rhodes	104		William Montgomery
Franklin		William Massey			1,180		W Findlay Wilson
Geraldine		Frederick Flatman			1,556		Charles Nicholson McIntosh
Grey		Arthur Guinness			786		Michael Hannan
Hawera		Felix McGuire			55		Charles E. Major
Hawke's Bay		William Russell			Uncontested
Invercargill		James Kelly		Josiah Hanan	4,640		James Kelly
Kaiapoi		Richard Moore		David Buddo	481		Richard Moore
Lyttelton		John Joyce		George Laurenson	1,813		William Jacques
Manawatu		John Stevens			148		Robert Bruce
Manukau		Maurice O'Rorke			1,031		John Edward Taylor[16]
Marsden		Robert Thompson			1,314		George Alderton
Masterton		Alexander Hogg			1,191		Charles Cockburn-Hood[17]
Mataura		Robert McNab			159		Irven Willis Raymond[18]
Motueka		Roderick McKenzie			1,066		Walter Moffatt
Napier		Douglas Maclean		Alfred Fraser	38		Douglas Maclean
City of Nelson		John Graham			581		Richmond Hursthouse
Oamaru		Thomas Young Duncan			1,254		John Andrew MacPherson[19]
Ohinemuri		Alfred Cadman		Jackson Palmer	295		Edward Moss
Otaki		Henry Field			305		Charles Morison
Pahiatua		John O'Meara			369		Harold Smith
Palmerston		Frederick Pirani			515		William Wood
Parnell		Frank Lawry			840		Hugh Campbell
Patea		George Hutchison			129		Arthur Remington
Rangitikei		Frank Lethbridge			532		James Jervis Bagnall
Riccarton		William Rolleston		George Russell	1		William Rolleston
Selwyn		Cathcart Wason		Charles Hardy	140		John Rennie
Taieri		Walter Carncross			460		Alexander Campbell Begg[20]
Taranaki		Henry Brown		Edward Smith	127		Henry Brown
Thames		James McGowan			1,184		Henry Greenslade[21]
Timaru		William Hall-Jones			2,275		James Stephen Keith[nb 1][22]
Tuapeka		Charles Rawlins		James Bennet	386		Charles Rawlins
Waiapu		James Carroll			1,329		Cecil Fitzroy[23]
Waihemo		John McKenzie			Uncontested
Waikato		Frederic Lang			322		John Hosking[24]
Waikouaiti		Edmund Allen			332		John White[25]
Waipawa		George Hunter		Charles Hall	557		George Hunter
Wairarapa		Walter Clarke Buchanan		J. T. Marryat Hornsby	156		Walter Clarke Buchanan
Wairau		Charles Mills			1,373		Walter Clifford
Waitaki		William Steward			1,427		John Campbell[26]
Waitemata		Richard Monk			450		Charles Newman
Wakatipu		William Fraser			169		James Kelly[nb 2]
Wallace		Michael Gilfedder			219		Allen Carmichael[27]
Wanganui		Gilbert Carson		Archibald Willis	709		Gilbert Carson
Wellington, City of		John Hutcheson			1,116		Kennedy Macdonald[28]
		Robert Stout		Arthur Atkinson	383
		George Fisher			122
Suburbs of Wellington		Charles Wilson		Thomas Wilford	536		Alfred Newman
Westland		Richard Seddon			Uncontested
Māori electorates[nb 3]
Eastern Maori		Wi Pere			907		Mohi Te Ātahīkoia
Northern Maori		Hone Heke			1,086		Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa
Southern Maori		Tame Parata			168		Taituha Hape
Western Maori		Henare Kaihau			1,812		Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V

Table footnotes:

1. Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as belonging to the opposition
2. Not to be confused with James Whyte Kelly, who was defeated that election in the Invercargill electorate
3. Note that the affiliation of many Māori candidates is not known.

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
Otaki	1900	6 January		Henry Augustus Field[29]	Death		William Hughes Field[29]
City of Auckland	1900	27 April		William Crowther[30]	Death		Joseph Witheford[31]
Waihemo	1900	18 July		John McKenzie[32]	Resignation		Thomas Mackenzie[32]
Northern Maori	1901	9 January		Hone Heke Ngapua	Bankruptcy		Hone Heke Ngapua
City of Christchurch	1901	18 July		Charles Lewis	Resignation		George Smith
Patea	July 1901	18 July		George Hutchison	Resignation		Frederick Haselden
Patea	November 1901	6 November		Frederick Haselden	Election voided on petition[33]		Frederick Haselden
Caversham	1901	19 December		Arthur Morrison	Death		Thomas Sidey

Notes

1. "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
2. McRobie 1989, p. 63.
3. Scholefield 1950, p. 90.
4. Scholefield 1950, p. 69.
5. Scholefield 1950, p. 40.
6. Scholefield 1950, pp. 40–41.
7. Hamer, David. "Seddon, Richard John - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
8. "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
9. "Electoral District of Ashburton". Ashburton Guardian. Vol. XXI, no. 4977. 28 November 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
10. "Farewell to Mr and Mrs W. T. Murray and Mr and Mrs B. W. R. Dunn". The Southland Times. No. 14743. 12 September 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
11. "Electoral District of Bay of Islands". Auckland Star. Vol. XXX, no. 280. 25 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
12. "The Electoral District of Bay of Plenty". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. XXIV, no. 3932. 1 December 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
13. "Electoral District of Caversham". Otago Daily Times. No. 11604. 12 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
14. "Clutha Electoral District". Mataura Ensign. No. 669. 2 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
15. Scholefield 1940b, p. 124.
16. "Electoral District of Manukau". Observer. Vol. XVIII, no. 1094. 16 December 1899. p. 19. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
17. "Masterton Electorate". Wairarapa Daily Times. Vol. XVI, no. 6410. 4 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
18. "Electoral District of Mataura". Mataura Ensign. No. 673. 12 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
19. "Electoral District of Oamaru". The Oamaru Mail. Vol. XXIV, no. 7695. 12 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
20. Scholefield 1940a, p. 55.
21. "Electoral District of Thames". Thames Advertiser. Vol. XXIX, no. 9510. 13 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
22. "The General Election". Daily Telegraph. No. 9729. 30 November 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
23. "Notice of Nominations". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXVI, no. 8683. 30 November 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
24. "Official Declaration of Poll". Auckland Star. Vol. XXX, no. 296. 30 November 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
25. "Otago". The Star. No. 6661. 6 December 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
26. "Waitaki Electoral District". The Timaru Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 3123. 1 December 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
27. "Orepuki". Otago Witness. No. 2385. 23 November 1899. p. 34. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
28. "Untitled". The Evening Post. Vol. LVIII, no. 136. 6 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
29. Scholefield 1950, p. 105.
30. Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
31. Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
32. Scholefield 1950, p. 123.
33. "The Patea Election Petition". Vol. XXXV, no. 10465. Wanganui Herald. 9 October 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

References

• McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
• Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940a). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
• Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940b). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.