8th New Zealand Parliament

8th Parliament of New Zealand
7th Parliament 9th Parliament
Overview
Legislative bodyNew Zealand Parliament
Term18 May 1882 – 24 June 1884
Election1881 New Zealand general election
GovernmentHall ministry (until 1882)
Whitaker ministry (1882 - 1883)
Third Atkinson ministry (from 1883)
House of Representatives
Members95
Speaker of the HouseMaurice O'Rorke
PremierHarry Atkinson
— from 25 September 1883

John Hall
— until 21 April 1882
Legislative Council
Members47 (at start)
49 (at end)
Speaker of the CouncilWilliam Fitzherbert
PremierFrederick Whitaker
— 21 April 1882 – 25 September 1883
Sovereign
MonarchHM Victoria
GovernorHE Lt. Gen. Sir William Jervois from 20 January 1883
— HE Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon until 24 June 1882

The 8th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament.

Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and 91 general electorates on 8 and 9 December 1881, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected, i.e. multi-member electorates were no longer used. Parliament was prorogued in June 1884. During the term of this Parliament, three Ministries were in power.