19th Parliament of New Zealand | |
Body: | New Zealand Parliament |
Election: | 1914 New Zealand general election |
Government: | Reform Government |
Term Start: | 24 June 1915 |
Term End: | 5 November 1919 |
Before: | 18th Parliament |
After: | 20th Parliament |
Chamber1: | House of Representatives |
Chamber1 Image: | File:19th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png |
Membership1: | 80 |
Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker of the House |
Chamber1 Leader1: | Frederic Lang |
Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Prime Minister |
Chamber1 Leader2: | William Massey |
Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
Chamber1 Leader3: | Joseph Ward |
Chamber2: | Legislative Council |
Membership2: | 37 (at start) 39 (at end) |
Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker of the Council |
Chamber2 Leader1: | Sir Walter Carncross from 1 November 1918 — Charles Johnson until 13 June 1918† — Charles Bowen until 4 July 1915 |
Chamber2 Leader2 Type: | Leader of the Council |
Chamber2 Leader2: | Sir Francis Bell |
Chamber3: | Sovereign |
Chamber3 Leader1 Type: | Monarch |
Chamber3 Leader1: | HM George V |
Chamber3 Leader2 Type: | Governor-General as Governor until 28 June 1917 |
Chamber3 Leader2: | HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Liverpool |
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.
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 |
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.
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:
width=30% colspan=2 align=center | Party | width=55% align=center | Leader(s) | width=15% align=center | Seats at start |
Reform Party | William Massey | 40 | |||
Liberal Party | Joseph Ward | 34 | |||
United Labour Party | Alfred Hindmarsh | 3 | |||
Social Democrat Party | James McCombs | 2 | |||
Independents | 1 |
width=30% colspan=2 align=center | Party | width=55% align=center | Leader(s) | width=15% align=center | Seats at end |
Reform Party | William Massey | 39 | |||
Liberal Party | Joseph Ward | 34 | |||
Labour Party | Alfred Hindmarsh, then Harry Holland | 5 | |||
Independents | 2 |
76 general and 4 Māori electorates existed for the 19th Parliament.
There were a number of changes during the term of the 19th Parliament.