New Ulster Province

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox settlement |name = New Ulster Province |official_name = |native_name = |native_name_lang = |settlement_type = [[Provinces of New Zealand]] |total_type = Region |image_seal = File:New Ulster seal.png |seal_alt = |motto = |image_map = File:(1842) MAP OF THE COLONY NEW ZEALAND.jpg |map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[New Zealand]] |subdivision_type1 = Island |subdivision_name1 = [[North Island]] |seat = |established_title = Established |established_date = 1846<ref name="te-ara">{{cite web |title=The crown colony, 1840 to 1852 |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/colonial-and-provincial-government/page-1 |website=teara.govt.nz |publisher=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> |extinct_title = Abolished |extinct_date = 1853<ref name="te-ara"/> |named_for = [[Ulster]] |coordinates = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_total = }} '''New Ulster''' was a [[Provinces of New Zealand|province]] of the [[Colony of New Zealand]] that existed between 1841 and 1853. It was named after the [[provinces of Ireland|Irish province]] of [[Ulster]].

== Creation == Between 1841 and 1846, the province included all the [[North Island]]. With the passing of the [[New Zealand Constitution Act 1846]], the province was defined as the [[North Island]] north of the [[Pātea River]] mouth. Like the other province of New Zealand at the time, [[New Munster Province]], New Ulster Province was headed by a [[Lieutenant-Governor]] who reported to the [[Governor of New Zealand]].{{Citation needed |date=December 2023}}

== Abolition == In 1852, a new [[New Zealand Constitution Act 1852|Constitution Act]] was passed, and the New Ulster province was abolished and divided into [[Auckland Province]], part of the [[Wellington Province]] and [[Taranaki Province|New Plymouth province]] (later Taranaki Province).{{Citation needed |date=December 2023}}

== Lieutenant-Governors == * [[George Dean Pitt]] (14 February 1848 – 8 January 1851) * [[Robert Henry Wynyard]] (26 April 1851 – 7 March 1853)

==References== {{reflist}} * [http://rulers.org/newzprov.html Rulers.org]

==External links== * [http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/3970/seal-of-new-ulster The Seal of New Ulster]

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