New Zealand general election, 1890
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The New Zealand general election of 1890 was held to elect seventy-four MPs to the 11th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Maori electorates voted on November 27 and the European (now known as General) electorates on December 5.
There were 183,171 voters registered in the sixty-two European electorates, which returned a total of seventy members. This figure includes 13,668 voters in the six electorates where there was an unopposed return. 136,337 valid votes were cast in European electorates, including additional votes cast in the four three-member electorates.
Mackie and Rose suggest there was a 74.4% turnout, based on valid votes cast as a percentage of the registered electors. The official turnout figure is 80.4%, calculated on a different basis (see the Elections New Zealand official results web-site link below for further details of the changing methods used to calculate the official turnout).
The Maori vote, for the remaining four seats, was held on November 27. Maori voters were not registered at this period.
1890 was the year plural voting was abolished - 'one man, one vote' introduced (from 1890 election); multi-member electorates reintroduced in four main centres; country quota increased to 28%.
Following the election John Ballance formed the first Liberal Party ministry, taking office on 24 January 1891.
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[edit] Result by Party
| Party | Candidates | Total votes | Percentage | Seats won |
| Conservatives | ? | 39,338 | 28.9% | 25 |
| Liberals | ? | 76,548 | 56.1% | 38 |
| Others | ? | 20,451 | 15.0% | 11 |
- Notes:
- (1) Six European members were returned unopposed.
- (2) The table excludes the four Maori electorates, except that the four MPs elected are included in the Others category.
- (3) This election was held before the establishment of formal political parties, so the figures should only be regarded as an approximate indication of the division of political opinion.
[edit] See also
[edit] External Link
[edit] Reference
- The International Almanac of Electoral History, 3rd edition, Thomas T. Mackie and Richard Rose (Macmillan 1991)
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