| 9th Parliament of New Zealand | |
| Body: | New Zealand Parliament |
| Election: | 1884 New Zealand general election |
| Government: | Stout-Vogel Ministry |
| Term Start: | 7 August 1884 |
| Term End: | 10 June 1887 |
| Before: | 8th Parliament |
| After: | 10th Parliament |
| Chamber1: | House of Representatives |
| Membership1: | 95 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker of the House |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Maurice O'Rorke |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Premier |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Robert Stout |
| Chamber2: | Legislative Council |
| Membership2: | 47 (at start) 49 (at end) |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker of the Council |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | William Fitzherbert |
| Chamber3: | Sovereign |
| Chamber3 Leader1 Type: | Monarch |
| Chamber3 Leader1: | HM Victoria |
| Chamber3 Leader2 Type: | Governor |
| Chamber3 Leader2: | HE Lt. Gen. Sir William Jervois |
The 9th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and 91 general electorates on 21 and 22 July 1884, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in July 1887. During the term of this Parliament, four Ministries were in power.
The 9th Parliament opened on 7 August 1884, following the 1884 general election. It sat for four sessions, and was prorogued on 15 July 1887.
| Session | Opened | Adjourned | |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | 7 August 1884 | 10 November 1884 | |
| second | 11 June 1885 | 22 September 1885 | |
| third | 13 May 1886 | 18 August 1886 | |
| fourth | 26 April 1887 | 10 June 1887 |
Political parties had not been established yet; this only happened after the 1890 election. Anyone attempting to form an administration thus had to win support directly from individual MPs. This made first forming, and then retaining a government difficult and challenging.
The second Atkinson Ministry had been in power since 25 September 1883. This Ministry finished on 16 August 1884, just after the 1884 general election for the 9th Parliament. It was succeeded by the short-lived first Stout-Vogel Ministry, which lasted only twelve days until 28 August 1884. It was followed by an equally short third Atkinson Ministry, which folded on 3 September 1884. The second Stout-Vogel Ministry lasted to 8 October 1887, just after the 1887 general election to determine the composition of the 10th Parliament.
The same 95 electorates that were defined through the 1881 electoral redistribution were used for the 1884 election. The next electoral redistribution was held in 1887 in preparation for the .
95 seats were created across the electorates.[1]
There were a number of changes during the term of the 9th Parliament.