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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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