Nelson Province

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Nelson Province 1853-1859
Nelson Province 1859-1876

Nelson Province was one of six provinces established in 1853 as an independent administrative unit in the former British colony of New Zealand on the basis of the Second New Zealand Constitution Act .

geography

Nelson Province was the northernmost province on the South Island of New Zealand. The southern border was defined with the Hurunui River , starting from its confluence in the Pacific Ocean to its source in the Crawford Range , then on, where the Kotu-urakaoka ( Arnold River ) emerges as an outflow of Lake Brunner and about 20 km further flows north-northwest into the Gray River and then following to its mouth in the Tasman Sea . The western border was formed by the coastline to the Tasman Sea, the northern border by the coastline to Cook Strait and the eastern border by the coastline to the Pacific Ocean.

history

On June 30, 1952, the British Parliament the law " Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand " passed that in New Zealand under New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 is known. The law regulates the administrative redistribution of the New Zealand colony into six provinces. The boundaries of the districts should be determined by proclamation by the governor of New Zealand. The law also stipulated that each province should have a provincial council with at least nine members and a superintendent (head, head).

The then governor George Edward Gray proclaimed the legal changes on January 17, 1853 and with the public announcement of February 28, 1853 the provinces of Auckland , New Plymouth and Wellington in the North Island and Nelson , Canterbury and Otago in the South Island, with the dated Governor proclaimed limits legal force. On March 5, 1853, the first elections to the Provincial Council were held and repeated every four years from then on. The politician and later Prime Minister of New Zealand Edward William Stafford was appointed the first superintendent of Nelson Province . He held the position until 1856.

In 1859, the northeastern part of Nelson Province was separated and henceforth continued as an independent province of Marlborough . The area on the east coast between Conway River and Hurunui River were not included and remained in Nelson Province . In the years that followed, there were repeated irritations regarding the district boundaries of the Nelson district . However, they remained congruent with those of Nelson Province until all provinces were dissolved. This took place on October 12, 1875 by resolution of the British Parliament. The Abolition of Provinces Act then ended the administration of New Zealand over the provinces. On November 1, 1876, the law became law. The provincial system was replaced by an administrative system based on boroughs and counties .

See also

literature

  • Nelson Province and Provincial District . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed August 16, 2016]).
  • New Zealand's Nine Provinces (1853-76) . In: Friends of the Hocken Collection (Ed.): Welcome to the Hocken (Bulletin) . Bulletin number 31 . Dunedin March 2000 (English, online PDF 22 kB [accessed on August 16, 2016]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Proclamation of Boundaries of Provinces . In: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle . Issue 583 . Nelson May 7, 1853 ( online [accessed August 16, 2016]).
  2. ^ Robert Stokes : The New Zealand Constitution Act (1852): Together with Correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-in-chief of New Zealand in Explanation thereof . Ed .: New Zealand Government . Wellington 1853, An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand. , S.  179 (English, online [accessed August 16, 2016]).
  3. ↑ Friends of the Hocken Collection (ed.): New Zealand's Nine Provinces (1853-76) . 2000, p.  1 (English).
  4. ↑ Provinces 1848-77 . In: Rulers . B. Schemmel , accessed August 16, 2016 .
  5. ^ McLintock (Ed.): Nelson Province and Provincial District . 1966 (English).