17th General Election: 6 November 1889
Party composition: Liberals 28, Reform 3, Independent 1. Total Assembly membership: 32
William Whiteway began a new Premiership, but he was not as vigorous as he had been in his previous term of office.
The Reform Party disappeared and a new Tory Party took over as the opposition to the Liberals.
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