13th General Election: 7 November 1874
Party composition: Conservative 17, Anti-Confederation 13. Total Assembly membership 30.
The Conservatives decided that the way to win the next election was to take up sectarian issues. The tactic worked at some cost to the islands political stability. Frederick Carter defeats Fox and regains the Premiership. The party system continued to move in the direction of renewed sectarianism. The Anti-Confederation Party faded away and was replaced by a new Liberal Party, as before largely composed of Catholics.
In April 1878 Carter was replaced as Conservative Premier by William Whiteway.
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