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The 8th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.

Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and 91 general electorates on 8 and 9 December 1881, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected, i.e. multi-member electorates were no longer used. Parliament was prorogued in June 1884. During the term of this Parliament, three Ministries were in power.

Sessions

The 8th Parliament opened on 18 May 1882, following the 1881 general election. It sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 27 June 1884.[1]

Session Opened Adjouned
first 18 May 1882 15 September 1882
second 14 June 1883 8 September 1883
third 5 June 1884 24 June 1884

Historical context

Portraits depicting members of the 1882 House of Representatives.

Political parties had not been established yet; this only happened after the 1890 election. Anyone attempting to form an administration thus had to win support directly from individual MPs. This made first forming, and then retaining a government difficult and challenging.[2]

Ministries

The Hall Ministry under Premier John Hall had been in power since 8 October 1879. This ministry lasted until 21 April 1882. It was succeeded by the Whitaker Ministry, which lasted until 25 September 1883. The second Atkinson Ministry succeeded it. This Ministry finished on 16 August 1884, just after the 1884 general election for the 9th Parliament.[3][4]

Electorates

Ninety-one general and four Māori electorates were used for the 1881 elections, i.e. the previous multi-member electorates were abolished. The changes were the result of the Representation Act 1881.[5] The previous electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1875 for the 1875–76 election. In the six years since, New Zealand's European population had increased by 65%. In the 1881 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of European representatives to 91 (up from 84 since the 1875–76 election). The number of Māori electorates was held at four. The House further decided that electorates should not have more than one representative, which led to 35 new electorates being formed: Ashburton, Auckland North, Awarua, Christchurch North, Christchurch South, Coromandel, Dunedin Central, Dunedin East, Dunedin South, Dunedin West, Foxton, Franklin North, Franklin South, Hawke's Bay, Hokonui, Inangahua, Kumara, Lincoln, Manukau, Moeraki, Peninsula, St Albans, Stanmore, Sydenham, Taranaki, Tauranga, Te Aro, Thorndon, Waimate, Waipawa, Wairarapa North, Wairarapa South, Waitotara, Wakanui, and Wellington South. In addition, two electorates that had previously been abolished were recreated: Bay of Islands and Oamaru.[6]

These changes necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries. Only six electorates remained unchanged: Waikato, Waipa, Bruce, Lyttelton, Nelson, and Picton.[6]

Initial composition of the 8th Parliament

95 seats were created across the electorates.[7] The following table shows the successful candidate for each electorate.[8]

Member Electorate MP's term
Montgomery, WilliamWilliam Montgomery Akaroa Fourth
Wright, Edward GeorgeEdward George Wright Ashburton Second
Pearson, William FisherWilliam Fisher Pearson Ashley First
Grey, GeorgeGeorge Grey Auckland East Fourth
Peacock, ThomasThomas Peacock Auckland North First
Dargaville, JosephJoseph Dargaville Auckland West First
Rolleston, WilliamWilliam Rolleston Avon Fifth
Joyce, James ParkerJames Parker Joyce Awarua Second
Hobbs, RichardRichard Hobbs Bay of Islands Second
Rutherford, JamesJames Rutherford Bruce First
Munro, JohnJohn Munro Buller First
Barron, WilliamWilliam Barron Caversham Second
McIlraith, HughHugh McIlraith Cheviot First
Thomson, HenryHenry Thomson Christchurch North First
Holmes, JohnJohn Holmes Christchurch South First
Thomson, James WilliamJames William Thomson Clutha Fourth
McMillan, DavidDavid McMillan Coleridge First
Cadman, AlfredAlfred Cadman Coromandel First
Bracken, ThomasThomas Bracken Dunedin Central First
Green, MatthewMatthew Green Dunedin East First
Fish, HenryHenry Fish Dunedin South First
Dick, ThomasThomas Dick Dunedin West Fourth
Pyke, VincentVincent Pyke Dunstan Fourth
McDonald, AllanAllan McDonald East Coast Second
Tole, JosephJoseph Tole Eden Third
Atkinson, HarryHarry Atkinson Egmont Sixth
Wilson, JamesJames Wilson Foxton First
Harris, BenjaminBenjamin Harris Franklin North Second
Hamlin, EbenezerEbenezer Hamlin Franklin South Third
Postlethwaite, WilliamWilliam Postlethwaite Geraldine First
Sutter, JamesJames Sutter Gladstone First
Petrie, JosephJoseph Petrie Greymouth First
Sutton, FredFred Sutton Hawkes Bay Third
Wynn-Williams, HenryHenry Wynn-Williams Heathcote First
Fitzgerald, Gerard GeorgeGerard George Fitzgerald Hokitika First
Driver, HenryHenry Driver Hokonui Fifth
Mason, ThomasThomas Mason Hutt Second
Weston, Thomas S.Thomas S. Weston Inangahua Second
Feldwick, HenryHenry Feldwick Invercargill Second
Wilson, IsaacIsaac Wilson Kaiapoi First
Seddon, RichardRichard Seddon Kumara Second
O'Callaghan, ArthurArthur O'Callaghan Lincoln First
Allwright, HarryHarry Allwright Lyttelton Second
Johnston, Walter WoodsWalter Woods Johnston Manawatu Fourth
O'Rorke, MauriceMaurice O'Rorke Manukau Sixth
Mitchelson, EdwinEdwin Mitchelson Marsden First
Mackenzie, Francis WallaceFrancis Wallace Mackenzie Mataura First
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie Moeraki First
Hursthouse, RichmondRichmond Hursthouse Motueka Third
de Lautour, CecilCecil de Lautour Mount Ida Third
Buchanan, JohnJohn Buchanan Napier First
Levestam, HenryHenry Levestam Nelson Second
Kelly, ThomasThomas Kelly New Plymouth Fifth
Swanson, WilliamWilliam Swanson Newton Fourth
Shrimski, SamuelSamuel Shrimski Oamaru Third
Moss, FrederickFrederick Moss Parnell Third
Seaton, JamesJames Seaton Peninsula Second
Connoly, EdwardEdward Connoly Picton First
Macandrew, JamesJames Macandrew Port Chalmers Eighth
Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens Rangitikei First
Thorne George, SeymourSeymour Thorne George Rodney Third
Bathgate, JohnJohn Bathgate Roslyn Second
Hall, JohnJohn Hall Selwyn Fifth
Brown, John EvansJohn Evans Brown St Albans Third
Pilliet, WalterWalter Pilliet Stanmore First
White, WilliamWilliam White Sydenham First
Fulton, JamesJames Fulton Taieri Second
Trimble, RobertRobert Trimble Taranaki Second
Morris, GeorgeGeorge Morris Tauranga Second
Johnston, Charles JohnCharles John Johnston Te Aro First
Sheehan, JohnJohn Sheehan Thames Fourth
Levin, WilliamWilliam Levin Thorndon Second
Turnbull, RichardRichard Turnbull Timaru Third
Brown, James ClarkJames Clark Brown Tuapeka Fifth
Whyte, John BlairJohn Blair Whyte Waikato Second
Green, JamesJames Green Waikouaiti Second
Steward, WilliamWilliam Steward Waimate Second
Shephard, JosephJoseph Shephard Waimea Third
Whitaker, Frederick AlexanderFrederick Alexander Whitaker Waipa Second
Smith, William CowperWilliam Cowper Smith Waipawa First
Beetham, GeorgeGeorge Beetham Wairarapa North Third
Buchanan, Walter ClarkeWalter Clarke Buchanan Wairarapa South First
Dodson, HenryHenry Dodson Wairau First
Duncan, Thomas YoungThomas Young Duncan Waitaki First
Hurst, William JohnWilliam John Hurst Waitemata Second
Bryce, JohnJohn Bryce Waitotara Fifth
Wason, CathcartCathcart Wason Wakanui Second
Fergus, ThomasThomas Fergus Wakatipu First
Daniel, TheophilusTheophilus Daniel Wallace First
Watt, William HoggWilliam Hogg Watt Wanganui Second
Hutchison, WilliamWilliam Hutchison Wellington South Second
Tomoana, HenareHenare Tomoana X-01Eastern Maori Third
Tawhai, HoneHone Tawhai X-02Northern Maori Second
Taiaroa, Hori KereiHori Kerei Taiaroa X-03Southern Maori Fourth
Wheoro, Wiremu TeWiremu Te Wheoro X-04Western Maori Second

Changes during term

There were a number of changes during the term of the 8th Parliament.

By-election Electorate Date Incumbent Reason Winner
1882 Franklin North 9 June Benjamin Harris Election declared void Benjamin Harris
1882 Wakanui 16 June Cathcart Wason Election declared void Joseph Ivess
1882 Stanmore[9] 11 July Walter Pilliet Election declared void Walter Pilliet
1883 Peninsula 22 January[10] James Seaton Death William Larnach
1883 Selwyn 6 April John Hall Resignation Edward Lee
1883 Inangahua 14 May Thomas S. Weston Resignation Edward Shaw
1883 Bruce 29 June James Rutherford Death James McDonald
1884 Selwyn 15 February Edward Lee Death Edward Wakefield
1884 Thorndon 13 May William Levin Resignation Alfred Newman
1884 Kaiapoi 16 May Isaac Wilson Resignation Edward Richardson
1884 East Coast 16 June Allan McDonald Resignation Samuel Locke

Notes

  1. Scholefield 1950, p. 68.
  2. King 2003, p. ?.
  3. King 2003, p. 534.
  4. Scholefield 1950, pp. 37–38.
  5. "Representation Act 1881(45 VICT 1881 No 14)". New Zealand Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  6. 1 2 McRobie 1989, pp. 43–48.
  7. "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  8. Cooper 1882, pp. 1–3.
  9. "Stanmore Election". The Star (4437). 14 July 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  10. "The Peninsula Election". Otago Daily Times (6534). 23 January 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

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