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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox legislative term The 16th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1905 general election in December of that year.

Changes to the electoral law

The 1903 City Single Electorates Act declared that at the dissolution of the 15th Parliament, the four multi-member electorates would be abolished and replaced each with three single-member electorates.Шаблон:Sfn It was also the year absentee voting was introduced for all electors unable to be in their own electorate on election day. The first Chief Electoral Officer was appointed.

Accordingly, the multi-member urban electorates of Шаблон:NZ electorate link, Шаблон:NZ electorate link, Шаблон:NZ electorate link and Шаблон:NZ electorate link were abolished and replaced with the following single-member seats:

Nine of these twelve electorates had existed before. Wellington Central, Wellington North, and Dunedin North were established for the first time.Шаблон:Sfn

1905 general election

Шаблон:Main The 1905 general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates, respectively.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 38 represented North Island electorates, 38 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates.Шаблон:Sfn 476,473 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 83.3%.[1]

Sessions

The 16th Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1906), and was prorogued on 29 October 1908.Шаблон:Sfn

Session Opened Adjourned
first 27 June 1906 29 June 1906
second 21 August 1906 29 October 1906
third 27 June 1907 25 November 1907
fourth 29 June 1908 10 October 1908

Ministries

The Liberal Government of New Zealand had taken office on 24 January 1891.Шаблон:Sfn The Seddon Ministry under Richard Seddon had taken office in 1893 during the term of the 11th Parliament.Шаблон:Sfn The Seddon Ministry remained in power for the whole term of this Parliament and held power until Seddon's death on 10 June 1906.[2] Seddon was travelling overseas at the time of his death, and William Hall-Jones was a reluctant acting Premier at the time. Joseph Ward would normally have been acting Premier, but he was also overseas.[3] So upon Seddon's death, Hall-Jones was sworn in as Prime Minister (the first time this new title was used) and formed the Hall-Jones Ministry on 21 June 1906.[3]Шаблон:Sfn Upon Ward's return from overseas, the leadership was offered to him, which he accepted. Hall-Jones resigned as Prime Minister, succeeded by Ward who formed the Ward Ministry on 6 August 1906.[3] The Ward Ministry remained in power for the remainder of the parliamentary term and subsequently until Ward's resignation as Prime Minister in 1912.[4]Шаблон:Sfn

Party composition

Start of term

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Party Seats
Source[5]

Initial composition of the 16th Parliament

{{#section:1905 New Zealand general election|Electorate results}}

By-elections during 16th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 16th Parliament.

Шаблон:New Zealand by-elections during the 16th Parliament
Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner

Notes

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