New Zealand general election, 1866

1866 general election

12 February – 6 April 1866

All 70 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives   First party   Leader Edward Stafford Party Independent Leader's seat City of Nelson Last election 70 seats Seats won 70 Seat change Popular vote N/A Percentage N/A Swing N/A

Prime Minister before election Edward Stafford Independent Prime Minister-designate Edward Stafford Independent

The New Zealand general election of 1866 was held between 12 February and 6 April to elect 70 MPs to the fourth term of the New Zealand Parliament. 13,196 votes were cast.

In 1867 four Māori electorates were created, initially as a temporary measure for five years. The first Māori elections for these seats were held in 1868, with universal suffrage for Māori males over 21.

The first four Māori members of parliament were Tareha te Moananui (Eastern Maori), Frederick Nene Russell (Northern Maori) and John Patterson (Southern Maori), who all retired in 1870; and Mete Paetahi (Western Maori) who was defeated in 1871.

Results

Member	Electorate	Province	MP's term	Election date
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	Akaroa	Canterbury	First	21 February[1]
Walker, LancelotLancelot Walker	Ashley	Canterbury	Second	2 March[2]
Clark, ArchibaldArchibald Clark	Auckland East	Auckland	Second	12 February[3]
Williamson, JamesJames Williamson	Auckland West	Auckland	Second	13 February[4]
Williamson, JohnJohn Williamson	Auckland West	Auckland	Third	13 February[4]
Ward, CrosbieCrosbie Ward	Avon	Canterbury	Third	20 February[5]
Carleton, HughHugh Carleton	Bay of Islands	Auckland	Fourth	5 March[6]
Cargill, JohnJohn Cargill	Bruce	Otago	Third	7 March[6]
Burns, ArthurArthur Burns	Caversham	Otago	Second	16 March[7]
Monro, DavidDavid Monro[8]	Cheviot	Canterbury	Third	19 February[9]
FitzGerald, JamesJames FitzGerald	City of Christchurch	Canterbury	Fourth	12 February[10]
Ormond, JohnJohn Ormond	Clive	Hawke's Bay	Second	17 March[11]
Macandrew, JamesJames Macandrew	Clutha	Otago	Fourth	9 March[12]
Cracroft Wilson, JohnJohn Cracroft Wilson	Coleridge	Canterbury	Second	31 January[4]
Richmond, AndrewAndrew Richmond	Collingwood	Nelson	Second	9 March[13]
Reynolds, WilliamWilliam Reynolds	City of Dunedin	Otago	Second	9 March[14]
Paterson, JamesJames Paterson	City of Dunedin	Otago	Second	9 March[15]
Haultain, TheodoreTheodore Haultain	Franklin	Auckland	Third	22 February[16]
Graham, RobertRobert Graham	Franklin	Auckland	Second	22 February[17]
Jollie, FrancisFrancis Jollie	Gladstone	Canterbury	Second	23 February[18]
O'Neill, CharlesCharles O'Neill	Goldfields	Otago	First	26 February[11]
Vogel, JuliusJulius Vogel	Goldfields	Otago	Second	26 February[2]
Bradshaw, JamesJames Bradshaw	Gold Field Towns	Otago	First	16 March[19]
Richmond, JamesJames Richmond	Grey and Bell	Taranaki	Second	2 March[13]
Haughton, CharlesCharles Haughton	Hampden	Otago	Second	5 March[16]
Hall, JohnJohn Hall	Heathcote	Canterbury	Second	1 March[20]
Fitzherbert, WilliamWilliam Fitzherbert	Hutt	Wellington	Third	28 February[10]
Ludlam, AlfredAlfred Ludlam	Hutt	Wellington	Third	28 February[21]
Wood, WilliamWilliam Wood	Invercargill	Southland	First	9 March[22]
Beswick, JosephJoseph Beswick	Kaiapoi	Canterbury	First	16 February[19]
Hargreaves, EdwardEdward Hargreaves	Town of Lyttelton	Canterbury	First	3 March[16]
Baldwin, WilliamWilliam Baldwin	Manuherikia	Otago	Second	17 March[23]
Hull, FrancisFrancis Hull	Marsden	Auckland	First	5 March[24]
Bell, DillonDillon Bell	Mataura	Southland	Third	10 March[25]
Ball, ThomasThomas Ball	Mongonui	Auckland	First	20 March[23]
Parker, CharlesCharles Parker	Motueka	Nelson	Second	2 March[15]
Moorhouse, William SeftonWilliam Sefton Moorhouse^a	Mount Herbert	Canterbury	First	22 February[9]
McLean, DonaldDonald McLean	Napier	Hawke's Bay	First	20 March[26][27]
Curtis, OswaldOswald Curtis	City of Nelson	Nelson	First	20 February[28]
Stafford, EdwardEdward Stafford	City of Nelson	Nelson	Third	20 February[29][1]
Wells, WilliamWilliam Wells	Suburbs of Nelson	Nelson	Third	15 February[30]
Richardson, JohnJohn Richardson	New Plymouth	Taranaki	Second	16 March[14]
Graham, GeorgeGeorge Graham[31]	Newton	Auckland	Second	15 February[17]
O'Neill, JamesJames O'Neill	Northern Division	Auckland	Third	14 February[11]
Henderson, ThomasThomas Henderson	Northern Division	Auckland	Third	14 February[32]
Campbell, RobertRobert Campbell	Oamaru	Otago	First	23 March[6]
Atkinson, ArthurArthur Atkinson[33]	Omata	Taranaki	First	9 March[34]
O'Rorke, MauriceMaurice O'Rorke	Town of Onehunga	Auckland	Second	20 February[11]
Whitaker, FrederickFrederick Whitaker	Parnell	Auckland	First	16 February[30]
de Quincey, PaulPaul de Quincey	Pensioner Settlements	Auckland	First	15 February[35]
Beauchamp, ArthurArthur Beauchamp[36]	Picton	Marlborough	First	14 March[25]
Brandon, AlfredAlfred Brandon	Porirua	Wellington	Third	5 March[37]
Dick, ThomasThomas Dick	Port Chalmers	Otago	Second	17 March[35]
Newman, JosephJoseph Newman	Raglan	Auckland	First	23 February[38]
Watt, WilliamWilliam Watt	Rangitiki	Wellington	First	8 March[5]
Hankinson, DonaldDonald Hankinson[39]	Riverton	Southland	First	26 February[20]
Hepburn, GeorgeGeorge Hepburn	Roslyn	Otago	First	22 March[32]
Stevens, EdwardEdward Stevens	Selwyn	Canterbury	First	26 February[29]
Reid, DonaldDonald Reid	Taieri	Otago	First	7 March[40]
Cox, AlfredAlfred Cox	Timaru	Canterbury	Second	20 February[28]
Murison, WilliamWilliam Murison	Waikouaiti	Otago	First	28 February[41]
Oliver, ArthurArthur Oliver	Waimea	Marlborough	First	23 February[11][1]
Bunny, HenryHenry Bunny	Wairarapa	Wellington	Second	3 March[7]
Eyes, WilliamWilliam Eyes	Wairau	Marlborough	Second	23 February[42]
McNeil, AlexanderAlexander McNeil	Wallace	Otago	First	6 April[26]
Bryce, JohnJohn Bryce	Wanganui	Wellington	First	3 March[37]
Taylor, WilliamWilliam Taylor	City of Wellington	Wellington	Second	1 March[43]
Featherston, IsaacIsaac Featherston	City of Wellington	Wellington	Fourth	1 March[42]
Borlase, CharlesCharles Borlase	City of Wellington	Wellington	First	1 March[19]
Moorhouse, William SeftonWilliam Sefton Moorhouse^a	Westland	Canterbury	Fourth	16 March[9]

^a Moorhouse was elected in both the Mount Herbert and Westland electorates. He chose to represent Westland.

Notes

1. "Election Intelligence". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle XXV (24). 22 February 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
2. Scholefield 1950, p. 145.
3. Scholefield 1950, p. 100.
4. Scholefield 1950, p. 148.
5. Scholefield 1950, p. 146.
6. Scholefield 1950, p. 99.
7. Scholefield 1950, p. 98.
8. "The Elections". Otago Witness (747). 24 March 1866. p. 11. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
9. Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
10. Scholefield 1950, p. 106.
11. Scholefield 1950, p. 130.
12. Scholefield 1950, p. 121.
13. Scholefield 1950, p. 136.
14. Scholefield 1950, p. 135.
15. Scholefield 1950, p. 131.
16. Scholefield 1950, p. 112.
17. Scholefield 1950, p. 109.
18. Scholefield 1950, p. 117.
19. Scholefield 1950, p. 96.
20. Scholefield 1950, p. 111.
21. Scholefield 1950, p. 120.
22. Scholefield 1950, p. 149.
23. Scholefield 1950, p. 94.
24. Scholefield 1950, p. 115.
25. Scholefield 1950, p. 95.
26. Scholefield 1950, p. 124.
27. "The Napier election". Otago Witness (749). 7 April 1866. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
28. Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
29. Scholefield 1950, p. 140.
30. Scholefield 1950, p. 147.
31. "Mr. George Graham - NZETC". Cyclopedia Company Limited. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. 1902. p. 104.
32. Scholefield 1950, p. 113.
33. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1908, p. 46.
34. Scholefield 1950, p. 93.
35. Scholefield 1950, p. 103.
36. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1906, p. 311.
37. Scholefield 1950, p. 97.
38. Scholefield 1950, p. 129.
39. Cyclopedia Company Limited 1903, p. 790.
40. Scholefield 1950, p. 134.
41. Scholefield 1950, p. 128.
42. Scholefield 1950, p. 105.
43. Scholefield 1950, p. 143.

References

• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.