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4 unusual facts about 1st New Zealand Parliament


1st New Zealand Parliament

Then, from 31 August 1854 to 2 September 1854, there was another four-person cabinet led by Thomas Forsaith, with James Macandrew, William Travers, and Jerningham Wakefield.

The minority “Wakefieldites” (followers of Edward Gibbon Wakefield) opposed the move, and tried to leave so that there would not be two-thirds of members present.

Earl of Wharncliffe

James Stuart-Wortley, third son of the second Baron, was a member of the first Parliament of New Zealand.

Isaac Luck

Wilson was some 20 votes ahead of Luck; the other unsuccessful candidates were the working-class representative Samuel Paull Andrews and Jerningham Wakefield, who had represented Christchurch Country electorate in the 1st New Zealand Parliament.


Joseph Greenwood

He served in the first and second New Zealand Parliaments, representing the Pensioner Settlements electorate consisting of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.


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