6th New Zealand Parliament
Term of the Parliament of New Zealand from 1876 to 1879 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 6th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
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6th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
Term | 15 June 1876 – 11 August 1879 | ||||
Election | 1875–1876 New Zealand general election | ||||
Government | Second Vogel ministry (until 1876) First Atkinson ministry (1876) Second Atkinson ministry (1876–1877) Grey ministry (from 1877) | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 88 | ||||
Speaker of the House | William Fitzherbert | ||||
Premier | George Grey — from 13 October 1877 Harry Atkinson — 1 September 1876 – 13 October 1877 Julius Vogel — until 1 September 1876 | ||||
Legislative Council | |||||
Members | 43 (at start) 49 (at end) | ||||
Speaker of the Council | William Fitzherbert — John Richardson until 6 December 1878† | ||||
Sovereign | |||||
Monarch | HM Victoria | ||||
Governor | HE Rt. Hon. Sir Hercules Robinson from 27 March 1879 — HE The Marquess of Normanby until 21 February 1879 |
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Elections for this term were held in 69 European electorates between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 4 and 15 January 1876. A total of 88 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in August 1879. During the term of this Parliament, five Ministries were in power.