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.
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.
Session |
Opened |
Ended |
Prorogued
|
first |
24 June 1915 |
12 October 1915 |
15 October 1915
|
second |
9 May 1916 |
8 August 1916 |
9 August 1916
|
third |
28 June 1917 |
1 November 1917 |
2 November 1917
|
fourth |
9 April 1918 |
15 April 1918 |
17 April 1918
|
fifth |
24 October 1918 |
9 December 1918 |
12 December 1918
|
sixth |
28 August 1919 |
5 November 1919 |
7 November 1919
|
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. 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. Turnout including Maori voters was 540,075. The following table shows votes at and party strengths immediately after the 1914 election:[
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1914–1916
1916–1919
Members
Initial MPs
76 general and 4
Māori electorates existed for the 19th Parliament.
The following are the results of the 1914 general election:
Key
Liberal
Reform
United Labour
Social Democrat
Independent Labour
Independent
Electorate results for the 1914 New Zealand general election
[4]
Electorate
|
Incumbent
|
Winner
|
Majority
|
Runner up
|
General electorates
|
Ashburton
|
|
William Nosworthy
|
157
|
|
William Maslin
|
Auckland Central
|
|
Albert Glover
|
2,302
|
|
Michael Joseph Savage
|
Auckland East
|
|
Arthur Myers
|
2,507
|
|
Arthur Holmes
|
Auckland West
|
|
James Bradney
|
|
Charles Poole
|
1,411
|
|
James Bradney
|
Awarua
|
|
Joseph Ward
|
1,226
|
|
John Hamilton
|
Avon
|
|
George Russell
|
1,073
|
|
Dan Sullivan
|
Bay of Islands
|
|
Vernon Reed
|
108
|
|
Peter Buck
|
Bay of Plenty
|
|
William MacDonald
|
965
|
|
Kenneth Williams
|
Bruce
|
|
James Allen
|
693
|
|
Charles Smith
|
Buller
|
|
James Colvin
|
2,195
|
|
George Powell
|
Chalmers
|
|
Edward Clark
|
|
James Dickson
|
686
|
|
William Mason
|
Christchurch East
|
|
Thomas Davey
|
|
Henry Thacker
|
1,890
|
|
Hiram Hunter
|
Christchurch North
|
|
Leonard Isitt
|
1,217
|
|
Henry Toogood
[5]
|
Christchurch South
|
|
Harry Ell
|
2,333
|
|
Gains Whiting
|
Clutha
|
|
Alexander Malcolm
|
1,009
|
|
John Jenkinson
|
Dunedin Central
|
|
Charles Statham
|
12
|
|
Jim Munro
|
Dunedin North
|
|
George Thomson
|
|
Andrew Walker
|
322
|
|
George Thomson
|
Dunedin South
|
|
Thomas Sidey
|
2,697
|
|
Thomas Dalton
|
Dunedin West
|
|
John A. Millar
|
|
William Downie Stewart
|
345
|
|
John Johnson
|
Eden
|
|
John Bollard
|
|
James Parr
|
2,456
|
|
William Tuck
|
Egmont
|
|
Charles Wilkinson
|
894
|
|
David Astbury
|
Ellesmere
|
|
Heaton Rhodes
|
273
|
|
James Free
|
Franklin
|
|
William Massey
|
2,928
|
|
Arthur Glass
|
Gisborne
|
|
James Carroll
|
1,249
|
|
Harry de Lautour
|
Grey
|
|
Paddy Webb
|
980
|
|
Henry Michel
|
Grey Lynn
|
|
John Payne
|
89
|
|
Murdoch McLean
|
Hawke's Bay
|
|
Hugh Campbell
|
|
Robert McNab
|
40
|
|
Hugh Campbell
|
Hurunui
|
|
George Forbes
|
1,486
|
|
William Banks
|
Hutt
|
|
Thomas Wilford
|
943
|
|
Albert Samuel
|
Invercargill
|
|
Josiah Hanan
|
1,590
|
|
John Lillicrap
|
Kaiapoi
|
|
David Buddo
|
1,181
|
|
David Jones
|
Kaipara
|
|
Gordon Coates
|
1,118
|
|
Richard Hoe
|
Lyttelton
|
|
James McCombs
|
1,598
|
|
Malcolm Miller
|
Manukau
|
|
Frederic Lang
|
1,224
|
|
John McLarin
|
Marsden
|
|
Francis Mander
|
940
|
|
Edmund Purdie
|
Masterton
|
|
George Sykes
|
193
|
|
Alexander Hogg
|
Mataura
|
|
George Anderson
|
174
|
|
William Mehaffey
|
Motueka
|
|
Roderick McKenzie
|
|
Richard Hudson
|
602
|
|
Roderick McKenzie
|
Napier
|
|
Vigor Brown
|
2,215
|
|
George William Venables
[6]
|
Nelson
|
|
Harry Atmore
|
|
Thomas Field
|
90
|
|
Harry Atmore
|
Oamaru
|
|
Ernest Lee
|
338
|
|
John MacPherson
|
Ohinemuri
|
|
Hugh Poland
|
100
|
|
Joseph Clark
|
Oroua
|
|
David Guthrie
|
1,119
|
|
John Morrison
|
Otago Central
|
|
Robert Scott
|
999
|
|
William Bodkin
|
Otaki
|
|
John Robertson
|
|
William Field
|
640
|
|
John Robertson
|
Pahiatua
|
|
James Escott
|
683
|
|
John Mathews
|
Palmerston
|
|
David Buick
|
1,109
|
|
Jim Thorn
|
Parnell
|
|
James Dickson
|
1,172
|
|
Jeremiah Sullivan
|
Patea
|
|
George Pearce
|
118
|
|
William Morrison
|
Raglan
|
|
Richard Bollard
|
1,448
|
|
William Thompson
|
Rangitikei
|
|
Edward Newman
|
903
|
|
Robert Hornblow
|
Riccarton
|
|
George Witty
|
1,215
|
|
Bertram Bunn
|
Selwyn
|
|
William Dickie
|
1,227
|
|
George Sheat
|
Stratford
|
|
John Hine
|
637
|
|
William Hawkins
|
Taranaki
|
|
Henry Okey
|
201
|
|
Daniel Hughes
|
Taumarunui
|
|
Charles Wilson
|
|
William Jennings
|
205
|
|
Charles Wilson
|
Tauranga
|
|
William Herries
|
1,992
|
|
Ralph Stewart
|
Temuka
|
|
Thomas Buxton
|
|
Charles Talbot
|
407
|
|
Charles Kerr
|
Thames
|
|
Thomas Rhodes
|
515
|
|
Edmund Taylor
|
Timaru
|
|
James Craigie
|
1,110
|
|
Francis Smith
|
Waikato
|
|
Alexander Young
|
2,193
|
|
Alexander Scholes
|
Waimarino
|
|
Robert Smith
|
1,995
|
|
Hugh Speed
|
Waipawa
|
|
George Hunter
|
138
|
|
Albert Jull
|
Wairarapa
|
|
Walther Buchanan
|
|
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
|
60
|
|
Walter Buchanan
|
Wairau
|
|
Richard McCallum
|
369
|
|
John Duncan
|
Waitaki
|
|
Francis Smith
|
|
John Anstey
|
156
|
|
Norton Francis
|
Waitemata
|
|
Alexander Harris
|
1,013
|
|
Henry Cromwell Tewsley
[7]
|
Wanganui
|
|
Bill Veitch
|
852
|
|
Frederick Pirani
|
Wakatipu
|
|
William Fraser
|
897
|
|
Joseph Stephens
[8]
|
Wallace
|
|
John Thomson
|
881
|
|
Alexander Rodger
|
Wellington Central
|
|
Francis Fisher
|
|
Robert Fletcher
|
2,329
|
|
Francis Fisher
|
Wellington East
|
|
Alfred Newman
|
48
|
|
David McLaren
|
Wellington North
|
|
Alexander Herdman
|
2,655
|
|
William Turnbull
|
Wellington South
|
|
Alfred Hindmarsh
|
1,215
|
|
John Luke
|
Wellington Suburbs and Country
|
|
William Bell
|
|
Robert Wright
|
1,002
|
|
Frank Moore
|
Westland
|
|
Tom Seddon
|
826
|
|
Arthur Paape
|
Māori electorates
|
Eastern Maori
|
|
Sir Āpirana Ngata
|
2,825
|
|
Hetekia Pere
|
Northern Maori
|
|
Te Rangi Hīroa
|
|
Taurekareka Henare
|
176
|
|
Hemi te Paa
|
Southern Maori
|
|
Taare Parata
|
238
|
|
Teone Matapura Erihana
|
Western Maori
|
|
Māui Pōmare
|
|
Māui Pōmare
|
2,107
|
|
Hema te Ao
|
By-elections during the 19th Parliament
There were a number of changes during the term of the 19th Parliament.
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
-
James Escott (Reform, Pahiatua) died on 28 July 1916.
-
Robert McNab (Liberal, Hawkes Bay) died on 3 February 1917.
-
Taare Parata (Liberal, Southern Maori) died on 8 January 1918.
-
Robert Fletcher (Liberal, Wellington Central) died on 4 September 1918.
-
Henry Okey (Reform, Taranaki) died on 13 September 1918
-
Alfred Hindmarsh (Labour, Wellington South) died on 13 November 1918.
-
David Buick (Reform, Palmerston) died on 18 November 1918.
-
James Colvin (Liberal, Buller) died on 29 October 1919.
- Seat remained vacant, as it was only two months until the general election.
Resignations
-
William Stewart (Reform, Bay of Islands) resigned in March 1917. Stewart won the seat in a by-election when the victory of another Reform candidate,
Vernon Reed, had been overturned, and Stewart's resignation opened the way for Reed to return via another by-election.
-
Paddy Webb (Labour, Grey) resigned in November 1917. He then challenged the government to fight the resulting by-election on the issue of conscription, which Webb opposed. The government declined the challenge, and did not contest the by-election.
-
Alexander Herdman (Reform, Wellington North) resigned in February 1918. Herdman, as
Attorney-General, had just appointed himself to a judicial position, and was resigning in order to take up this role.
Expulsions
-
William Thomas Jennings (Liberal Party, Taumarunui) lost his seat in May 1915 when his election the previous year was declared void.
-
Vernon Reed (Reform, Bay of Islands) lost his seat in May 1915 when his election the previous year was declared void. (His successor later resigned, allowing Reed to reclaim the seat).
-
Paddy Webb (Labour, Grey) lost his seat in April 1918, having been jailed for refusing military service. (He had previously fought and won a by-election on the issue).
Notes
References