14th New Zealand Parliament

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
Affiliation		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			Majority
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:

^ Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as belonging to the opposition
^ Not to be confused with James Whyte Kelly, who was defeated that election in the Invercargill electorate
^ 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		Cause
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

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

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