Minister of Employment (New Zealand)

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Minister of Employment
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Carmel Sepuloni.jpg
Incumbent
Carmel Sepuloni
since 6 November 2020
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation22 September 1931
First holder Gordon Coates
Salary$288,900 [1]
Website www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Employment is a cabinet portfolio in New Zealand which was first established in 1931 and was in use until 1938 before being used in several separate increments. It was revived from 1946 to 1954 and was again reconstituted in 1984. [2]

Contents

The current minister is Carmel Sepuloni. [3]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Employment. [2]

Key

   Reform    United    Labour    National    NZ First

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 Gordon Coates Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg 22 September 193120 January 1933 Forbes
2 Adam Hamilton Adam Hamilton (1926).jpg 20 January 193326 July 1934
- Alexander Young
Acting Minister		 Alexander Young.jpg 26 July 19348 April 1935
3 Sydney Smith Sydney George Smith, year unknown.jpg 8 April 19356 December 1935
4 Tim Armstrong Tim Armstrong 1935.jpg 6 December 193513 December 1938 Savage
Office not in use
5 Peter Fraser Peter Fraser.jpg 28 March 194619 December 1946 Fraser
6 Angus McLagan Angus McLagan.tif 19 December 194613 December 1949
7 Bill Sullivan Bill Sullivan.jpg 13 December 194931 October 1954 Holland
Office not in use
8 Kerry Burke No image.png 26 July 19846 April 1987 Lange
9 Phil Goff Phil Goff, 1989.jpg 6 April 198714 August 1989
Palmer
10 Annette King Annette King at Onslow Kindergarten.jpg 14 August 19892 November 1990
Moore
11 Maurice McTigue No image.png 2 November 19901 July 1993 Bolger
12 Denis Marshall No image.png 1 July 19932 March 1994
13 Wyatt Creech Wyatt Creech, 1998.jpg 2 March 199416 December 1996
14 Peter McCardle Peter McCardle.jpg 16 December 199631 August 1998
Shipley
15 Roger Sowry Roger Sowry.jpg 31 August 199810 December 1999
16 Steve Maharey Steve Maharey, 2008.jpg 10 December 199919 October 2005 Clark
17 Ruth Dyson Ruth Dyson, 2011.jpg 19 October 200519 November 2008
18 Paula Bennett Paula Bennett Official.png 19 November 200827 January 2010 Key
19 Steven Joyce Steven Joyce crop.jpg 27 January 201020 December 2016
20 Paul Goldsmith Paul Goldsmith.jpg 20 December 201626 October 2017 English
21 Willie Jackson Willie Jackson.jpg 26 October 20176 November 2020 Ardern
22 Carmel Sepuloni Carmel Sepuloni.jpg 6 November 2020present
Hipkins

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. 1 2 Wilson 1985, pp. 83–86, 98.
  3. ↑ "Term Pages | Beehive.govt.nz". The Beehive. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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