Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province

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The Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province was the British colonial official responsible for administering the southern part of New Zealand under the short-lived New Munster provincial government in the mid-19th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative office
vice-regal office
appliesToEthnicGroup European settlers in southern New Zealand
Māori inhabitants within New Munster Province
appliesToJurisdiction New Munster Province
southern New Zealand
appliesToTerritorialExtent Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island)
South Island of New Zealand (most of)
southern part of North Island of New Zealand
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1853
governmentalBody New Munster Provincial Government
governmentForm British colonial administration
governs New Munster Province
hasAuthorityOver colonial public service in New Munster Province
provincial executive council of New Munster
hasHistoricalStatus defunct office
hasJurisdictionOver implementation of colonial policy in New Munster Province
local legislation within New Munster Province
maintenance of law and order in New Munster Province
provincial administration
hasRank Lieutenant-Governor
hierarchicalPosition below Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand
historicalPeriod mid-19th century
historicalSubdivisionOf Colony of New Zealand
inception 1848
isHistoric true
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis New Zealand Constitution Act 1846
Royal Charter establishing New Munster Province
locatedInTimeZone New Zealand Standard Time (historical local time)
officeCreatedBy British Colonial Office
Crown of the United Kingdom
officeHolder Edward John Eyre
officeScope regional
officeTermLength at pleasure of the Crown
partOf Colonial government of New Zealand
Province of New Munster
reasonForAbolition introduction of new provincial system under New Zealand Constitution Act 1852
replacedBy provincial superintendents of New Zealand (after 1853)
reformed provincial system under New Zealand Constitution Act 1852
residence Wellington (de facto)
seatOfGovernment Wellington
subordinateTo Governor of New Zealand
Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand
usedIn British Empire colonial governance structure

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Edward John Eyre
positionHeld

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