1853 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1853.[1] 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.[2]

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 then electoral law, this was an exceptional situation: normally half the House was elected every two years, and not the House as a whole.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservatives			26
	Liberals			25
	Conservative Liberals			9
	Anti-Revolutionaries			8
Total				68
Total votes		60,432	–
Registered voters/turnout		85,076	71.03
Source: Bromley & Kossman,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

By district

District	Members elected	Group	Ref.
Alkmaar	Cornelis van Foreest	Conservative	[4]
	Jan Jacob Rochussen[Note 1]	Conservative	[5]
Almelo	Wolter Robert van Hoëvell[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[6]
	Maximiliaan Jacob de Man[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[7]
Amersfoort	Frederik van Rappard	Conservative	[8]
	Johan Frederik van Reede van Oudtshoorn	Pragmatic liberal	[9]
Amsterdam	Joannes Bosscha	Conservative	[10]
	Siebert Rudolph van Franck	Conservative	[11]
	Michel Henry Godefroi[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[12]
	Gerrit Schimmelpenninck	Conservative	[13]
	Harm Stolte[Note 1]	Conservative	[14]
Appingedam	Rembertus Westerhoff[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[15]
	Jan Freerks Zijlker[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[16]
Arnhem	Willem van Lynden[Note 1]	Anti-revolutionary	[17]
	Æneas Mackay[Note 1]	Anti-revolutionary	[18]
Assen	Louis van Heiden Reinestein[Note 1]	Conservative	[19]
	Petrus van der Veen[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[20]
Boxmeer	Johannes Hengst[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[21]
Breda	Karel Adrianus Meeussen[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[22]
	Lambertus Dominicus Storm[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[23]
Delft	Cornelis Hoekwater	Conservative	[24]
	Willem Wintgens[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[25]
Den Bosch	Johannes Luyben[Note 1]	Conservative liberal	[26]
	Johannes de Poorter[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[27]
Den Haag	Willem Boreel van Hogelanden[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[28]
	Julius Constantijn Rijk	Conservative	[29]
Deventer	Carel Storm van 's Gravesande[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[30]
Dokkum	Isaäc ter Bruggen Hugenholtz[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[31]
Dordrecht	Johannes Dirk van der Poel	Conservative	[32]
	Pieter Adriaan Sander	Conservative	[33]
Eindhoven	Johannes Baptista Bots[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[34]
	Petrus van den Heuvel	Pragmatic liberal	[35]
Goes	Joannes Jacobus van Deinse	Conservative	[36]
Gorinchem	Pieter Jacob Elout van Soeterwoude	Anti-revolutionary	[37]
Gouda	Willem Maurits de Brauw	Conservative	[38]
	Mari Aert Frederic Henri Hoffmann	Conservative	[39]
Groningen	Steven Blaupot ten Cate[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[40]
Haarlem	Willem Hendrik van Voorst[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[41]
Hoorn	Dirk van Akerlaken[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[42]
	Johannes Donker Hendrikszoon	Conservative	[43]
Leeuwarden	Jan Bieruma Oosting	Conservative	[44]
	Jacob Dirks[Note 1]	Conservative	[45]
Leiden	Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest[Note 1]	Conservative	[46]
	Pieter Hendrik Taets van Amerongen[Note 1]	Conservative	[47]
Maastricht	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke	Thorbeckian liberal	[48]
	Edmond van Wintershoven[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[49]
Middelburg	Jan Jacob Slicher van Domburg[Note 1]	Conservative	[50]
	Daniël van Eck[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[51]
Nijmegen	Gustaaf Dommer van Poldersveldt[Note 1]	Conservative (Catholic)	[52]
	Joannes van Nispen van Sevenaer[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[53]
Roermond	Pieter Lodewijk de Lom de Berg[Note 1]	Conservative (Catholic)	[54]
	Martin Pascal Hubert Strens	Pragmatic liberal	[55]
Rotterdam	Jean Chrétien Baud[Note 1]	Conservative	[56]
	Peter van Bosse	Pragmatic liberal	[57]
Sneek	Willem Engelbart Engelen	Conservative	[58]
	Cornelis Sleeswijk Vening	Conservative	[59]
Steenwijk	Jacob van Lennep	Conservative	[60]
Tiel	Jacob de Kempenaer	Conservative	[61]
Tilburg	Carolus Cornelius Aloysius Beens	Thorbeckian liberal	[62]
	Franciscus Johannes Jespers[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[63]
Utrecht	Hubert Alexander Maurits van Asch van Wijck	Anti-revolutionary	[64]
	Jan Karel van Goltstein[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[65]
Zierikzee	Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije	Conservative	[66]
Zuidhorn	Geert Reinders[Note 1]	Pragmatic liberal	[67]
Zutphen	Justinus van der Brugghen	Anti-revolutionary	[68]
	Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye	Conservative	[69]
Zwolle	Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer[Note 1]	Anti-revolutionary	[70]
	Bartholomeus Sloet tot Oldhuis[Note 1]	Thorbeckian liberal	[71]

Notes

1. Incumbent.

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