1856 in New Zealand

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[edit] Summary

A summary of the year should go here.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

[edit] Government and law

The 2nd Parliament is formed on 15 April. The election of it’s members had in fact concluded on 28 December the previous year.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Charles Clifford
• Colonial Secretary – Henry Sewell becomes New Zealand’s first Colonial Secretary on 7 May. His government is defeated on 20 May and he is replaced by William Fox. Fox’s government is in turn defeated on 2 June and Fox is replaced by Edward Stafford.
• Colonial Treasurer – Dillon Bell becomes the first Colonial Treasurer on 7 May. When the Sewell government is defeated on 20 May he is replaced by Charles Brown. When the Fox government is defeated on 2 June Brown is replaced by William Richmond
• Chief Justice – William Martin

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] References

Category: 1856 in New Zealand