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Elections to the Parliament of the Legislative Assembly for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope were held in early 1894, and saw the victory of the incumbent Rhodes-Afrikaner Bond alliance. It was the last election before the Glen Grey Act, and also before British Bechuanaland joined the Cape Colony.

Results

Parliament was dissolved on 19 December 1893. Turnout was 73%, an increase on the 67% seen in the last Assembly election in 1888.

The Afrikaner Bond won 35 of the 76 seats in the House of Assembly, which gave the Rhodes administration a comfortable majority when combined with Rhodes' 14 supporters in the Assembly. The core opposition, largely led by James Rose Innes, John X. Merriman, and JW Sauer had only around 18 seats.

2nd Rhodes Ministry

Rhodes and his ministry would remain in office until its collapse following the Jameson Raid.

References

1. The Cape Parliament, 1854-1910 by J. L. McCracken, pg.33-34
2. The Afrikaner Bond, T.R.H. Davenport, p.152
3. CECIL RHODES, THE GLEN GREY ACT, AND THE LABOUR QUESTION IN THE POLITICS OF THE CAPE COLONY, Richards James Thompson, pg.98-99
4. Sank, Yvonne Pauline (October 1955). The Origin and Development of the Cape Progressive Party (1884-1898) (Master of Arts thesis). University of Cape Town.

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Griqualand West Parliamentary elections 1873
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Orange Free State Presidential elections 1854 1855 1860 1863 1868 1873 1878 1883 1888 1893 1896 Parliamentary elections 1854 1907
Transvaal Presidential elections 1872 1883 1888 1893 1898 Parliamentary elections 1855 1856 1893 1907
See also: Elections in South Africa

• 1894 elections in Africa
• Elections in the Cape Colony
• 1894 in the Cape Colony