Wellington (Province)

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Wellington Province 1853-1858
Wellington Province 1858-1876

Wellington 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

Wellington Province was the southernmost province on the North Island of New Zealand. The northern limit of the province was determined by the course of the Mokau River from its source to its confluence with the Tasman Sea , then from the point where the 39th parallel crosses the Whanganui River , along the latitude to the east coast. The western border was shared by the province of Wellington with the province of New Plymouth , whose border course followed from the 39th parallel along the Whanganui River in the extension of the Patea River and its estuary into the Tasman Sea. The southern border was formed by the Cook Strait and the eastern border by 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 medical doctor and editor of the Wellington Independent , Isaac Earl Featherston , was appointed the first superintendent of the Province of Wellington . He held the position until 1870.

In 1858, the eastern part between Hawke Bay and the Ruahine Range was separated and from then on continued as an independent province of Hawke's Bay 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

  • Wellington 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.): Wellington Province and Provincial District . 1966 (English).