Leader of the Legislative Council

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In the New Zealand Parliament, the leader of the Legislative Council was a government minister appointed by the prime minister to be responsible for the management of government business in the Legislative Council until its abolition.

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The office was created to delegate authority for a member of the Legislative Council (MLC) to introduce government legislation on behalf of the prime minister (who was normally a member of the House of Representatives instead).

List of holders

The following individuals held the office of leader of the Legislative Council. [1]

Key

   Independent    Liberal    Reform    United    Labour    National

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficeGovernment
1 Frederick Whitaker Frederick Whitaker.jpg 12 May 185624 May 1856 Sewell
Fox I
2 Ralph Richardson No image.png 24 May 18562 June 1856
(1) Frederick Whitaker Frederick Whitaker.jpg 2 June 185616 July 1861 Stafford I
Fox II
3 Daniel Pollen Daniel Pollen, ca 1873.jpg 16 July 18616 August 1862
4 Henry Tancred Henry John Tancred 1882.jpg 6 August 18622 November 1863 Domett
Whitaker I
(1) Frederick Whitaker Frederick Whitaker.jpg 2 November 186324 November 1864
5 Henry Sewell Henry Sewell, 1860 cropped.jpg 24 November 186426 July 1865 Weld
6 James Crowe Richmond James Crowe Richmond 1860.jpg 26 July 186517 October 1865
7 Andrew Russell No image.png 17 October 1865July 1866 Stafford II
8 John Johnston John Johnston, ca 1869.jpeg July 1866July 1867
9 John Richardson Painting Major Sir John Larkins Cheese Otago.jpg July 1867July 1868
(3) Daniel Pollen Daniel Pollen, ca 1873.jpg July 18682 July 1869
Fox III
10 William Gisborne William Gisborne, circa 1895.jpg 2 July 186910 September 1872
(5) Henry Sewell Henry Sewell, 1860 cropped.jpg 10 September 187211 October 1872 Stafford III
11 George Waterhouse George Marsden Waterhouse.jpg 11 October 187215 July 1873 Waterhouse
Fox IV
Vogel I
(3) Daniel Pollen Daniel Pollen, ca 1873.jpg 15 July 187316 October 1877
Pollen
Vogel II
Atkinson I, II
12 George Stoddart Whitmore George Stoddart Whitmore.jpg 16 October 18778 October 1879 Grey
(1) Frederick Whitaker Frederick Whitaker.jpg 8 October 18794 June 1884 Hall
Whitaker II
Atkinson III
13 Richard Oliver Richard Oliver, 1882.jpg 4 June 188419 August 1884
(12) George Stoddart Whitmore George Stoddart Whitmore.jpg 19 August 188429 August 1884 Stout–Vogel
14 George McLean No image.png 29 August 18844 September 1884 Atkinson IV
15 Patrick Buckley Patrick Alphonsus Buckley.jpg 4 September 188411 October 1887 Stout–Vogel
(1) Frederick Whitaker Frederick Whitaker.jpg 11 October 188727 January 1891 Atkinson V
(15) Patrick Buckley Patrick Alphonsus Buckley.jpg 27 January 189111 June 1896 Liberal
16 William Campbell Walker William Campbell Walker, ca 1890s.jpg 11 June 189629 June 1903
17 Albert Pitt Albert Pitt.jpg 29 June 190327 June 1907
18 John Findlay John George Findlay.jpg 27 June 19071 August 1911
19 James McGowan James McGowan, 1908.jpg 1 August 191129 August 1911
(18) John Findlay John George Findlay.jpg 29 August 191116 February 1912
(19) James McGowan James McGowan, 1908.jpg 16 February 191227 June 1912
20 Oliver Samuel Oliver Samuel KC.jpg 27 June 191210 July 1912
21 Francis Bell Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924.jpg 10 July 191217 June 1926 Reform
22 Heaton Rhodes Robert Heaton Rhodes Jr (1915).jpg 17 June 1926June 1927
(21) Francis Bell Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924.jpg June 192710 December 1928
23 Thomas Sidey Thomas Kay Sidey.jpg 10 December 19282 October 1931 United
United–Reform
24 Robert Masters Robert Masters, 1922.jpg 2 October 193115 October 1931
25 James Parr James Parr.jpg 15 October 19315 December 1933
(24) Robert Masters Robert Masters, 1922.jpg 5 December 193325 March 1936
26 Mark Fagan Mark Fagan.jpg 25 March 193617 September 1939 First Labour
27 David Wilson David Wilson MLC.jpg 17 September 193926 September 1944
28 Angus McLagan Angus McLagan.tif 26 September 194425 June 1947
(27) David Wilson David Wilson MLC.jpg 25 June 194727 June 1950
29 William Polson William John Polson.jpg 27 June 195031 December 1950 First National

See also

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, pp. 123–4.

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