Minister for State Insurance

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The Minister for State Insurance was a former cabinet member in New Zealand appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's state owned insurance scheme.

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It was established in response to the founding of the State Fire Insurance Office in 1903 following a government decision for state involvement in the insurance industry. The portfolio existed until 1990 when, following its restructuring as a state owned enterprise, and it was sold to Norwich Union in 1990.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for State Insurance. [1]

Key

   Liberal    Reform    United    Labour    National

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 Albert Pitt Albert Pitt.jpg 6 August 1906December 1906 Ward
2 George Fowlds George Fowlds, ca 1910.jpg December 19064 September 1911
3 David Buddo David Buddo.jpg 4 September 191128 March 1912
4 George Warren Russell George Warren Russell.jpg 28 March 191210 July 1912 Mackenzie
5 Frank Fisher Francis Fisher MP.jpg 10 July 191212 August 1915 Massey
6 William MacDonald William Donald Stuart Macdonald, circa 1910.jpg 12 August 191525 August 1919
7 John Bird Hine John Bird Hine.jpg 4 September 191917 May 1920
8 George James Anderson George James Anderson.jpg 17 May 19207 June 1923
9 Heaton Rhodes Robert Heaton Rhodes Jr (1915).jpg 7 June 192324 May 1926
Bell
Coates
10 William Nosworthy William Nosworthy.jpg 24 May 192610 December 1928
11 Āpirana Ngata ApiranaNgata1905.jpg 10 December 19281 November 1934 Ward
Forbes
12 George Forbes George William Forbes.jpg 1 November 193419 December 1934
13 Robert Masters Robert Masters, 1922.jpg 19 December 19346 December 1935
14 Walter Nash Walter Nash (young adult).jpg 6 December 193530 April 1940 Savage
Fraser
15 David Wilson David Wilson MLC.jpg 30 April 194012 April 1944
16 Arnold Nordmeyer Arnold Nordmeyer c. 1950.jpg 12 April 194418 December 1946
17 Fred Hackett Fred Hackett, 1949.jpg 18 December 194618 October 1947
18 Rex Mason Rex Mason.jpg 18 October 194713 December 1949
19 Wilfred Fortune Wilfred Fortune 1950.jpg 13 December 194926 November 1954 Holland
20 Ernest Corbett Ernest Corbett.jpg 26 November 195423 March 1956
21 Dean Eyre Dean Eyre.jpg 23 March 195612 December 1957
Holyoake
22 Philip Skoglund Philip Skoglund, 1960.jpg 12 December 195712 December 1960 Nash
23 Arthur Kinsella Arthur Kinsella, 1961.jpg 12 December 196020 December 1963 Holyoake
24 John Rae John Rae, 1964.jpg 20 December 19639 February 1972
25 George Gair George Gair.jpg 9 February 19728 December 1972 Marshall
26Sir Basil Arthur Sir Basil Arthur.jpg 8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
27 Bert Walker No image.png 12 December 197513 December 1978 Muldoon
28 Derek Quigley Derek Quigley.png 13 December 197815 June 1982
29 Keith Allen No image.png 15 June 198226 July 1984
30 Phil Goff Goff in Napier.jpg 26 July 19846 April 1987 Lange
31 Kerry Burke No image.png 6 April 198724 July 1987
32 Richard Prebble Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg 15 August 19874 November 1988
33 David Lange David Lange (cropped).jpg 4 November 19888 November 1988
34 Bill Jeffries Bill Jeffries.jpg 8 November 19888 August 1989
35 Stan Rodger Stan Rodger, 1970.jpg 8 August 19899 February 1990 Palmer
36 Richard Prebble Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg 9 February 19902 November 1990
Moore

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, p. 131.

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