1894 Cape Colony parliamentary election

Cecil Rhodes (left), Prime Minister of the Cape since 1890, was again returned with the support of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (right), leader of the Afrikaner Bond.

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.

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' 20 supporters in the Assembly. The core opposition, largely led by James Rose Innes and John X. Merriman, had only around 15 seats.

Party		Seats
	Afrikaner Bond	35
	Rhodes supporters	20
	Opposition	15
	Others	6
Total		76

2nd Rhodes Ministry

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

Portfolio	Minister	Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Rt Hon. Cecil Rhodes (MLA, Barkly West)	17 July 1890	12 January 1896
Colonial Secretary	Pieter Hendrik Faure (MLA, Namaqualand)	4 May 1893	12 January 1896
Colonial Treasurer	Gordon Sprigg (MLA, East London)	4 May 1893	12 January 1896
Attorney-General	William Schreiner (MLA, Kimberley)	4 May 1893	12 January 1896
Commissioner of Public Works	John Laing (MLA)	4 May 1893	12 January 1896
Secretary for Native Affairs	Sir John Frost (MLA, Queenstown)	4 May 1893	12 January 1896
Secretary for Agriculture
Source: The Old Cape House by Ralph Kilpin, pg.172