19th New Zealand Parliament 2772087 195521921 2008-03-03T09:47:35Z Hugo999 3006008 /* Initial MPs */ {{New Zealand Parliaments}} The '''19th New Zealand Parliament''' was a term of the [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] of [[New Zealand]]. It opened on [[24 June]] [[1915]], following the [[New Zealand general election 1914|1914 election]]. It was dissolved on [[27 November]] [[1919]] in preparation for [[New Zealand general election 1919|1919 election]]. The 19th Parliament was the second term of the [[New Zealand Reform Party|Reform Party]] government, which had been elected in the [[New Zealand general election 1911|1911 election]]. [[William Massey]], the leader of the Reform Party, remained [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]]. The [[New Zealand Liberal Party|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 [[grand coalition|war-time coalition]] with Reform. Two small left-wing parties, the [[Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)|Social Democratic Party]] and the loosely grouped remnants of the [[United Labour Party (New Zealand)|United Labour Party]], also held seats, and there was one left-wing independent. During the 19th Parliament, the Social Democrats and most of the United Labour Party merged to form the modern [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]]. ==Party standings== {| class="wikitable" width=95% |------------------- |width=1%| |width=30% align=center|'''Party''' |width=45% align=center|'''Leader(s)''' |width=24% align=center|'''Seats at start''' |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[New Zealand Reform Party|Reform Party]]||[[William Massey]]||align=center|41 |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal Party]]||[[Joseph Ward]]||align=center|33 |------------------- |bgcolor={{United Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[United Labour Party (New Zealand)|United Labour Party]]||[[Alfred Hindmarsh]]||align=center|3 |------------------- |bgcolor={{Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)|Social Democratic Party]]||''Unclear''||align=center|2 |------------------- |bgcolor=#ffffff| |colspan=2|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]s||align=center|1 |} ==Members== ===Initial MPs=== {| class="wikitable" width="95%" |------------------- |width=1%| |width=30% align=center|'''Name''' |width=20% align=center|'''Party''' |width=29% align=center|'''Electorate''' |width=20% align=center|'''Term''' |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Allen (New Zealand)|Allen, James]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Bruce||align=center|Tenth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[George James Anderson|Anderson, George]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Mataura||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Anstey|Anstey, John]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Waitaki||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Richard Bollard|Bollard, Richard]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Raglan||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Vigor Brown|Brown, John Vigor]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Napier||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[David Buddo|Buddo, David]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Kaiapoi||align=center|Seventh |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[David Buick (New Zealand)|Buick, David]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Palmerston||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Carroll|Carroll, James]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Gisborne||align=center|Tenth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Gordon Coates|Coates, Gordon]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Kaipara||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Colvin (New Zealand)|Colvin, James]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Buller||align=center|Sixth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Craigie|Craigie, James]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Timaru||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Dickie|Dickie, William]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Selwyn||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[James McColl Dickson|Dickson, James McColl]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Chalmers||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Samuel Dickson|Dickson, James Samuel]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Parnell||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Henry Ell]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Christchurch South||align=center|Sixth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Escott|Escott, James]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Pahiatua||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Thomas Field|Field, Thomas]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Nelson||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Field (New Zealand)|Field, William]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Otaki||align=center|Fifth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Robert Fletcher (politician)|Fletcher, Robert]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Wellington Central||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[George William Forbes|Forbes, George]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Hurunui||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Fraser (1840-1923)|Fraser, William]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Wakatipu||align=center|Eighth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Albert Glover|Glover, Albert]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Auckland Central||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[David Guthrie|Guthrie, David]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Oroua||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Josiah Hanan|Hanan, Josiah]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Invercargill||align=center|Sixth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Alexander Harris|Harris, Alexander]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Waitemata||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Taurekareka Henare|Henare, Taurekareka]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Northern Maori||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Alexander Herdman|Herdman, Alexander]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Wellington North||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Herries|Herries, William]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Tauranga||align=center|Seventh |------------------- |bgcolor={{United Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[Alfred Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh, Alfred]]||align=center|United Labour||align=center|Wellington South||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Hine|Hine, John]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Stratford||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Hornsby (New Zealand)|Hornsby, John]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Wairarapa||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Richard Hudson (New Zealand)|Hudson, Richard]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Motueka||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[George Hunter (1859-1930)|Hunter, George]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Waipawa||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Leonard Monk Isitt (minister)|Isitt, Leonard]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Christchurch North||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Jennings (New Zealand)|Jennings, William]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Taumarunui||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Frederic Lang|Lang, Frederic]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Manukau||align=center|Eighth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Ernest Lee|Lee, Ernest]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Oamaru||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Macdonald (New Zealand)|Macdonald, William]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Bay of Plenty||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Alexander Malcolm|Malcolm, Alexander]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Clutha||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Francis Mander|Mander, Francis]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Marsden||align=center|Fifth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Massey|Massey, William]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Franklin||align=center|Eighth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Richard McCallum|McCallum, Richard]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Wairau||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[James McCombs|McCombs, James]]||align=center|Social Democrats||align=center|Lyttelton||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Robert McNab|McNab, Robert]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Hawkes Bay||align=center|Sixth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Arthur Myers|Myers, Arthur]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Auckland East||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Alfred Newman (New Zealand)|Newman, Alfred]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Wellington East||align=center|Seventh |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Edward Newman|Newman, Edward]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Rangitikei||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Apirana Ngata|Ngata, Apirana]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Eastern Maori||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Nosworthy|Nosworthy, William]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Ashburton||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Henry Okey|Okey, Henry]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Taranaki||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Taare Parata|Parata, Taare]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Southern Maori||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Christopher Parr|Parr, Christopher]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Eden||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor=#ffffff| |[[John Payne (politician)|Payne, John]]||align=center|Independent||align=center|Grey Lynn||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[George Pearce (New Zealand)|Pearce, George]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Patea||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Hugh Poland|Poland, Hugh]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Ohinemuri||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Maui Pomare|Pomare, Maui]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Western Maori||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Charles Poole|Poole, Charles]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Auckland West||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Vernon Reed|Reed, Vernon]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Bay of Islands||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Heaton Rhodes|Rhodes, Heaton]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Ellesmere||align=center|Sixth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Thomas William Rhodes|Rhodes, Thomas]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Thames||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[George Russell (New Zealand)|Russell, George]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Avon||align=center|Fifth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Robert Scott (New Zealand)|Scott, Robert]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Otago Central||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Tom Seddon|Seddon, Tom]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Westland||align=center|Fourth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Thomas Sidey|Sidey, Thomas]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Dunedin South||align=center|Sixth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Robert Smith (New Zealand)|Smith, Robert]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Waimarino||align=center|Third |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Charles Statham|Statham, Charles]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Dunedin Central||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Downie Stewart|Stewart, William Downie]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Dunedin West||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[George Sykes (New Zealand)|Sykes, George]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Masterton||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Charles Talbot|Talbot, Charles]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Temuka||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Henry Thacker|Thacker, Henry]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Christchurch East||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Thomson (New Zealand)|Thomson, John]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Wallace||align=center|Fifth |------------------- |bgcolor={{United Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[Bill Veitch|Veitch, Bill]]||align=center|United Labour||align=center|Wanganui||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{United Labour Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[Andrew Walker (New Zealand)|Walker, Andrew]]||align=center|United Labour||align=center|Dunedin North||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Joseph Ward|Ward, Joseph]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Awarua||align=center|Tenth |------------------- |bgcolor={{Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)/meta/color}}| |[[Paddy Webb|Webb, Paddy]]||align=center|Social Democrats||align=center|Grey||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[Thomas Mason Wilford|Wilford, Thomas]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Hutt||align=center|Seventh |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Charles Wilkinson|Wilkinson, Charles]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Egmont||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[George Witty|Witty, George]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Riccarton||align=center|Fifth |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[Robert Wright (New Zealand)|Wright, Robert]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Wellington Suburbs and Country||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Young (New Zealand)|Young, James]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Waikato||align=center|Second |} ===New MPs=== {| class="wikitable" width="95%" |------------------- |width=1%| |width=30% align=center|'''Name''' |width=20% align=center|'''Party''' |width=29% align=center|'''Electorate''' |width=20% align=center|'''Term''' |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Findlay|Findlay, John]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Hawkes Bay||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color}}| |[[Peter Fraser|Fraser, Peter]]||align=center|Labour||align=center|Wellington Central||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color}}| |[[Harry Holland|Holland, Harry]]||align=center|Labour||align=center|Grey||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color}}| |[[John Luke|Luke, John]]||align=center|Liberal||align=center|Wellington North||align=center|Second |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[James Nash|Nash, James]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Palmerston||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color}}| |[[Bob Semple|Semple, Bob]]||align=center|Labour||align=center|Wellington South||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[George Harold Smith|Smith, George]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Pahiatua||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor=#ffffff| |[[Sydney George Smith|Sydney Smith]]||align=center|Independent||align=center|Taranaki||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor={{New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color}}| |[[William Stewart (New Zealand)|Stewart, William]]||align=center|Reform||align=center|Bay of Islands||align=center|First |------------------- |bgcolor=#ffffff| |[[John Uru|Uru, John]]||align=center|Independent||align=center|Southern Maori||align=center|First |} ===Summary of changes=== ====Party changes==== *'''[[Thomas William Rhodes|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 [[New Zealand Labour Party|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]]. **''[[Pahiatua by-election 1916]]'' — won by [[George Harold Smith|George Smith]] (Reform) *'''[[Robert McNab]]''' (Liberal, Hawkes Bay) died on [[3 February]] [[1917]]. **''[[Hawkes Bay by-election 1917]]'' — won by [[John Findlay (New Zealand)|John Findlay]] (Liberal) *'''[[Taare Parata]]''' (Liberal, Southern Maori) died on [[8 January]] [[1918]]. **''[[Southern Maori by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[John Uru]] (Independent) *'''[[Robert Fletcher (New Zealand)|Robert Fletcher]]''' (Liberal, Wellington Central) died on [[4 September]] [[1918]]. **''[[Wellington Central by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[Peter Fraser]] (Labour) *'''[[Henry Okey]]''' (Reform, Taranaki) died on [[13 September]] [[1918]] **''[[Taranaki by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[Sydney George Smith|Sydney Smith]] (Independent aligned with Liberals) *'''[[Alfred Hindmarsh]]''' (Labour, Wellington South) died on [[13 November ]] [[1918]]. **''[[Wellington South by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[Bob Semple]] (Labour) *'''[[David Buick (New Zealand)|David Buick]]''' (Reform, Palmerston) died on [[18 November]] [[1918]]. **''[[Palmerston by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[James Nash]] (Reform) *'''[[James Colvin (New Zealand)|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 (New Zealand)|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. **''[[Bay of Islands by-election 1915]]'' — won by [[William Stewart (New Zealand)|William Stewart]] (Reform) **''[[Bay of Islands by-election 1917]]'' — won by [[Vernon Reed]] (Reform) *'''[[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. **''[[Grey by-election 1917]]'' — won by [[Paddy Webb]] (Labour) *'''[[Alexander Herdman]]''' (Reform, Wellington North) resigned in February 1918. Herdman, as [[Attorney-General (New Zealand)|Attorney-General]], had just appointed himself to a judicial position, and was resigning in order to take up this role. **''[[Wellington North by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[John Luke]] (Liberal) ====Expulsions==== *'''[[William Jennings (New Zealand)|William Jennings]]''' (Liberal Party, Taumarunui) lost his seat in May 1915 when his election the previous year was declared void. **''[[Taumarunui by-election 1915]]'' — won by [[William Jennings (New Zealand)|William Jennings]] (Liberal) *'''[[Vernon Reed]]''' (Reform, Bay of Islands) lost his seat in May 1915 when his election the previous year was declared void. (His replacement later resigned, allowing Reed to reclaim the seat). **''[[Bay of Islands by-election 1915]]'' — won by [[William Stewart (Bay of Islands)|William Stewart]] (Reform) *'''[[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). **''[[Grey by-election 1918]]'' — won by [[Harry Holland]] (Labour) [[Category:New Zealand Parliament]]