1890 New Zealand general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1890_New_Zealand_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf New Zealand general election
gptkbp:country gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:date 5 December 1890
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1893_New_Zealand_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1890 New Zealand general election
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:mainCandidate 183
gptkbp:notable_for first election after abolition of plural voting
first use of party labels in New Zealand elections
first election after introduction of one-man-one-vote
gptkbp:number_of_enrolled_voters 183,171
gptkbp:number_of_Māori_seats 4
gptkbp:party gptkb:Liberal_Party
Conservative (Atkinsonites)
gptkbp:precededBy 1887 New Zealand general election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:John_Ballance
gptkb:Harry_Atkinson
gptkbp:resultedIn formation of the Liberal Party government
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 74
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 67.1%
gptkbp:votingSystem First-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1893_New_Zealand_general_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8