3rd New Zealand Parliament

3rd Parliament of New Zealand
3rd Parliament of New Zealand
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	3 June 1861 – 30 October 1865
Election	1860–1861 general election
Government	First Stafford ministry (until 1861) ; Second Fox ministry (1861–1862) ; Domett ministry (1862–1863) ; Whitaker-Fox ministry (1863–1864) ; Weld ministry (1864–1865) ; Second Stafford ministry (from 1865)
House of Representatives
Members	53
Speaker of the House	David Monro
Colonial Secretary	Edward Stafford ; — from 16 October 1865 ; Frederick Weld ; — 24 November 1864 – 16 October 1865 ; ; Alfred Domett ; — 6 August 1862 – 30 October 1863 ; William Fox ; — 12 July 1861 – 6 August 1862 ; Edward Stafford ; — until 12 July 1861
Legislative Council
Members	21 (at start) ; 35 (at end)
Speaker of the Council	Thomas Bartley
Colonial Secretary	Frederick Whitaker ; — 30 October 1863 – 24 November 1864
Sovereign
Monarch	HM Victoria
Governor	HE Rt. Hon Sir George Grey from December 1861 ; — HE Rt. Hon Colonel Thomas Browne until 3 October 1861

The 3rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Elections for this term were held between 12 December 1860 and 28 March 1861 in 43 electorates to elect 53 MPs. Two electorates were added to this during this term, Gold Fields District (overlaid over existing Otago electorates) and a new Dunedin electorate created by splitting the existing City of Dunedin into Dunedin and Suburbs North and Dunedin and Suburbs South, increasing the number of MPs to 57. During the term of this Parliament, six Ministries were in power.