1853 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1853. They followed the dissolution of the House of Representatives as a result of a government crisis caused by the restoration of the episcopal hierarchy.

The result of the elections was a defeat for Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke and his liberals. Only the province of Groningen and Twente remained a liberal stronghold. The conservative Van Hall-Donker Curtius cabinet thus received ample support in the House of Representatives and Floris Adriaan van Hall became prime minister. However, the restoration of the episcopal hierarchy that had caused the government crisis was not reversed, although the Roman Catholic Church was restricted in its freedom of movement by the introduction of the Law on Church Societies.

Background

During the Constitutional Reform of 1848, the Catholic Church was allowed to determine ecclesiastical divisions within the Netherlands in the context of the separation of church and state. In 1853 this law was applied, and Pope Pius IX divided the Netherlands into five dioceses, including an archdiocese in Utrecht. Among the Dutch Protestants, there was much dislike of this action, which culminated in the April movement. The submission of the complaints by the April movement to King William III led to a crisis between the king and the Thorbecke I cabinet, which felt that the king had answered the April movement too positively and had not been sufficiently neutral. As a result, the cabinet resigned and the House of Representatives was dissolved.

According to the electoral law in force at the time, this was an exceptional situation: normally half the House was elected every two years, and not the House as a whole.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Conservatives26
Liberals25
Conservative Liberals9
Anti-Revolutionaries8
Total68
Total votes60,432–
Registered voters/turnout85,07671.03
Source: Bromley & Kossman, Nohlen & Stöver

By district

District Members elected Group Ref.
Alkmaar Cornelis van Foreest Conservative
Jan Jacob Rochussen Conservative
Almelo Wolter Robert van Hoëvell Thorbeckian liberal
Maximiliaan Jacob de Man Pragmatic liberal
Amersfoort Frederik van Rappard Conservative
Johan Frederik van Reede van Oudtshoorn Anti-revolutionary
Amsterdam Joannes Bosscha Conservative
Siebert Rudolph van Franck Conservative
Michel Henry Godefroi Pragmatic liberal
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck Conservative
Harm Stolte Conservative
Appingedam Rembertus Westerhoff Thorbeckian liberal
Jan Freerks Zijlker Thorbeckian liberal
Arnhem Willem van Lynden Anti-revolutionary
Æneas Mackay Anti-revolutionary
Assen Louis van Heiden Reinestein Conservative
Petrus van der Veen Pragmatic liberal
Boxmeer Johannes Hengst Pragmatic liberal
Breda Karel Adrianus Meeussen Thorbeckian liberal
Lambertus Dominicus Storm Thorbeckian liberal
Delft Cornelis Hoekwater Conservative
Willem Wintgens Pragmatic liberal
Den Bosch Johannes Luyben Conservative liberal
Johannes de Poorter Thorbeckian liberal
Den Haag Willem Boreel van Hogelanden Pragmatic liberal
Julius Constantijn Rijk Conservative
Deventer Carel Storm van 's Gravesande Pragmatic liberal
Dokkum Isaäc ter Bruggen Hugenholtz Thorbeckian liberal
Dordrecht Johannes Dirk van der Poel Conservative
Pieter Adriaan Sander Conservative
Eindhoven Johannes Baptista Bots Thorbeckian liberal
Petrus van den Heuvel Pragmatic liberal
Goes Joannes Jacobus van Deinse Conservative
Gorinchem Pieter Jacob Elout van Soeterwoude Anti-revolutionary
Gouda Willem Maurits de Brauw Conservative
Mari Aert Frederic Henri Hoffmann Conservative
Groningen Steven Blaupot ten Cate Pragmatic liberal
Haarlem Willem Hendrik van Voorst Pragmatic liberal
Hoorn Dirk van Akerlaken Pragmatic liberal
Johannes Donker Hendrikszoon Conservative
Leeuwarden Jan Bieruma Oosting Conservative
Jacob Dirks Conservative
Leiden Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest Conservative
Pieter Hendrik Taets van Amerongen Conservative
Maastricht Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Thorbeckian liberal
Edmond van Wintershoven Thorbeckian liberal
Middelburg Jan Jacob Slicher van Domburg Conservative
Daniël van Eck Thorbeckian liberal
Nijmegen Gustaaf Dommer van Poldersveldt Conservative (Catholic)
Joannes van Nispen van Sevenaer Pragmatic liberal
Roermond Pieter Lodewijk de Lom de Berg Conservative (Catholic)
Martin Pascal Hubert Strens Pragmatic liberal
Rotterdam Jean Chrétien Baud Conservative
Peter van Bosse Pragmatic liberal
Sneek Willem Engelbart Engelen Conservative
Cornelis Sleeswijk Vening Conservative
Steenwijk Jacob van Lennep Conservative
Tiel Jacob de Kempenaer Conservative
Tilburg Carolus Cornelius Aloysius Beens Thorbeckian liberal
Franciscus Johannes Jespers Thorbeckian liberal
Utrecht Hubert Alexander Maurits van Asch van Wijck Anti-revolutionary
Jan Karel van Goltstein Pragmatic liberal
Zierikzee Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Conservative
Zuidhorn Geert Reinders Pragmatic liberal
Zutphen Justinus van der Brugghen Anti-revolutionary
Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Conservative
Zwolle Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Anti-revolutionary
Bartholomeus Sloet tot Oldhuis Thorbeckian liberal

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Incumbent.

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