All 74 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
80.4%
First party
Second party
Leader
John Ballance
Harry Atkinson
Party
Liberal
Conservative
Leader since
6 July 1889
25 September 1883
Leader's seat
Wanganui
Egmont
Last election
34 seats
52 seats
Seats won
40
25
Seat change
6
27
Popular vote
76,548
39,338
Percentage
56.1%
28.9%
Results of the election.
Premier before election
Harry Atkinson
Conservative
Subsequent Premier
John Ballance
Liberal
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The 1890 New Zealand general election was one of New Zealand's most significant.[1] It marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand with the formation of the Liberal Government, which was to enact major welfare, labour and electoral reforms, including giving the vote to women.
It was also the first election in which there was no legal plural voting. Multi-member electorates were re-introduced in the four main centres and the 'country quota' (which gave more weight to rural votes) was increased to 28%.
Following the election and the resignation of the previous government headed by Harry Atkinson, John Ballance formed the first Liberal Party ministry, taking office on 24 January 1891. At this stage no formal party organisation existed, but the formation of the Liberal ministry signalled the end of the system by which governments were made up of a loose and unstable coalition of independent MPs and the beginning of the 'party system'.
^Atkinson, Neill (2003), Adventures in Democracy: A History of the Vote in New Zealand, p.81
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