19th_New_Zealand_Parliament

19th New Zealand Parliament

19th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand


The 19th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It opened on 24 June 1915, following the 1914 election. It was dissolved on 27 November 1919 in preparation for 1919 election.

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Sessions

The 19th Parliament opened on 24 June 1915, following the 1914 general election. It sat for six sessions (with two sessions in 1918), and was dissolved on 27 November 1919.[1]

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Historical context

The 19th Parliament was the second term of the Reform Party government, which had been elected in the 1911 election. William Massey, the leader of the Reform Party, remained Prime Minister.[2] The Liberal Party, led by former Prime Minister Joseph Ward, was technically the main opposition party, although for the majority of the term, the Liberals were part of a war-time coalition with Reform. Two small left-wing parties, the Social Democratic Party and the loosely grouped remnants of the United Labour Party, also held seats, and there was one left-wing independent (John Payne). During the 19th Parliament, the Social Democrats and most of the United Labour Party merged to form the modern Labour Party.

Party standings

There were 616,043 electors on the European roll, with 521,525 (84.66%) voting, including 5,618 informal votes.[3] Turnout including Maori voters was 540,075. The following table shows votes at and party strengths immediately after the 1914 election:[citation needed]

1914–1916

Party Leader(s) Seats at start
Reform PartyWilliam Massey40
Liberal PartyJoseph Ward34
United Labour PartyAlfred Hindmarsh3
Social Democrat PartyJames McCombs2
Independents1

1916–1919

Party Leader(s) Seats at end
Reform PartyWilliam Massey39
Liberal PartyJoseph Ward34
Labour PartyAlfred Hindmarsh, then Harry Holland5
Independents2

Members

Initial MPs

76 general and 4 Māori electorates existed for the 19th Parliament.

The following are the results of the 1914 general election:

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  Liberal   Reform   United Labour   Social Democrat   Independent Labour   Independent

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By-elections during the 19th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 19th Parliament.

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Summary of changes

Party changes

  • Thomas Rhodes, the Liberal Party MP for Thames, changed affiliation to the Reform Party in 1915.
  • The Social Democratic Party and the loose United Labour Party grouping merged to form the modern Labour Party on 7 July 1916. One ULP member, Bill Veitch, rejected the merger, and carried on as an independent.

Deaths

Resignations

Expulsions


Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, pp. 138, 141.
  2. Wilson 1985, p. 286.
  3. Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  4. "Henry Featherston Toogood (1879–1962)". Engineering New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. "General Election". The Press. Vol. L, no. 15116. 4 November 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. "Mr. H.C. Tewsley". Observer. Vol. XXXV, no. 14. 12 December 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  7. "Labour's Candidates". Maoriland Worker. Vol. 12, no. 299. 22 November 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  8. "Election void, Vernon Reed disqualified for a year". Colonist. Vol. LVII, no. 13773. 10 May 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  9. "Mr Jennings Unseated for Taumarunui". Ashburton Guardian. Vol. XXXV, no. 9140. 14 May 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

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