1894 Cape Colony parliamentary election
Elections to the Parliament of the Legislative Assembly for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope were held in early 1894, and saw the victory of the incumbent Rhodes-Afrikaner Bond alliance. It was the last election before the Glen Grey Act.
Results
Parliament was dissolved on 19 December 1893. Turnout was 73%, an increase on the 67% seen in the last Assembly election in 1888.[1]
The Afrikaner Bond won 35 of the 76 seats in the House of Assembly, which gave the Rhodes administration a comfortable majority when combined with Rhodes' 20 supporters in the Assembly.[2] The core opposition, largely led by James Rose Innes and John X. Merriman, had only around 15 seats.[3]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Afrikaner Bond | 35 | |
Rhodes supporters | 20 | |
Opposition | 15 | |
Others | 6 | |
Total | 76 |
2nd Rhodes Ministry
Rhodes and his ministry would remain in office until its collapse following the Jameson Raid.
Portfolio | Minister | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | Rt Hon. Cecil Rhodes (MLA, Barkly West) |
17 July 1890 | 12 January 1896 |
Colonial Secretary | Pieter Hendrik Faure (MLA, Namaqualand) |
4 May 1893 | 12 January 1896 |
Colonial Treasurer | Gordon Sprigg (MLA, East London) |
4 May 1893 | 12 January 1896 |
Attorney-General | William Schreiner (MLA, Kimberley) |
4 May 1893 | 12 January 1896 |
Commissioner of Public Works | John Laing (MLA) |
4 May 1893 | 12 January 1896 |
Secretary for Native Affairs | Sir John Frost (MLA, Queenstown) |
4 May 1893 | 12 January 1896 |
Secretary for Agriculture | |||
Source: The Old Cape House by Ralph Kilpin, pg.172 |
References
- ^ The Cape Parliament, 1854-1910 by J. L. McCracken, pg.33-34
- ^ The Afrikaner Bond, T.R.H. Davenport, p.152
- ^ CECIL RHODES, THE GLEN GREY ACT, AND THE LABOUR QUESTION IN THE POLITICS OF THE CAPE COLONY, Richards James Thompson, pg.98-99