Māori Representation Act
- When
- 10 October 1867
- Reach
- Nationwide
Four Māori seats were created as a temporary measure, giving Māori men the vote twelve years before all Pākehā men got it.
Four seats for a population that would have merited around fifteen on a per-head basis, intended to last five years. They were made permanent in 1876 and still exist. The Act also gave every Māori man over 21 the vote regardless of property, which was ahead of the Pākehā franchise, while simultaneously capping Māori influence at four seats out of seventy-odd.
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