Minister of Lands (New Zealand)

The Minister of Lands in New Zealand was a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Department of Lands and Survey.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Lands. ^[1]

Key

   Independent    Liberal    Reform    United    Labour    National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Henry Tancred		19 August 1858	12 July 1861		Stafford
	2	William Gisborne		2 August 1861	6 August 1862		Fox
	3	Walter Mantell		6 August 1862	21 August 1862		Domett
	4	Alfred Domett		22 August 1862	30 October 1863
	5	Thomas Gillies		30 October 1863	13 January 1864		Whitaker
	(4)	Alfred Domett [nb 1]		13 January 1864	24 November 1864
Office not in use
	6	William Fitzherbert		10 September 1872	11 October 1872		Stafford
	7	Maurice O'Rorke		11 October 1872	13 August 1874		Waterhouse
							Fox
							Vogel
	8	Harry Atkinson		7 September 1874	1 September 1876
							Pollen
							Vogel
	9	John Davies Ormond		1 September 1876	13 September 1876		Atkinson
	(8)	Harry Atkinson		13 September 1876	4 January 1877
	10	Donald Reid		4 January 1877	13 October 1877
	11	James Macandrew		15 October 1877	25 July 1878		Grey
	12	Robert Stout		25 July 1878	25 June 1879
	13	William Gisborne		25 June 1879	15 July 1879
	14	James William Thomson		15 July 1879	8 October 1879
	15	William Rolleston		8 October 1879	16 August 1884		Hall
							Whitaker
							Atkinson
	(11)	James Macandrew		16 August 1884	28 August 1884		Stout
	16	Richmond Hursthouse		28 August 1884	3 September 1884		Atkinson
	17	John Ballance		3 September 1884	8 October 1887		Stout
	18	George Richardson		8 October 1887	24 January 1891		Atkinson
	19	John McKenzie		24 January 1891	27 June 1900		Ballance
							Seddon
	20	Thomas Young Duncan		2 July 1900	6 August 1906
							Hall-Jones
	21	Robert McNab		6 August 1906	30 November 1908		Ward
	22	Joseph Ward		1 December 1908	28 March 1912
	23	Thomas Mackenzie		28 March 1912	10 July 1912		Mackenzie
	24	William Massey		10 July 1912	27 February 1918		Massey
	25	David Guthrie		27 February 1918	25 June 1924
	26	Alex McLeod		25 June 1924	28 November 1928
							Bell
							Coates
	27	Kenneth Williams		28 November 1928	10 December 1928
	28	George Forbes		10 December 1928	28 May 1930		Ward
	29	Alfred Ransom		28 May 1930	6 December 1935		Forbes
	30	Frank Langstone		6 December 1935	21 December 1942		Savage
							Fraser
	31	Jim Barclay		7 July 1943	18 October 1943
	32	Jerry Skinner		29 October 1943	26 November 1949
	33	Ernest Corbett		13 December 1949	26 September 1957		Holland
	34	Geoff Gerard		26 September 1957	12 December 1957
							Holyoake
	(32)	Jerry Skinner		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	(34)	Geoff Gerard		12 December 1960	12 December 1966		Holyoake
	35	Duncan MacIntyre		12 December 1966	8 December 1972
							Marshall
	36	Matiu Rata		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	37	Venn Young		12 December 1975	11 December 1981		Muldoon
	38	Jonathan Elworthy		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
	39	Koro Wētere		26 July 1984	16 September 1987		Lange
	40	Peter Tapsell		16 September 1987	2 November 1990
							Palmer
							Moore
	41	Rob Storey		2 November 1990	2 November 1993		Bolger
	42	Denis Marshall		2 November 1993	10 December 1996
	43	John Luxton		10 December 1996	31 August 1998

Table footnotes:

1. Domett was appointed to the Lands portfolio, but not in Ministerial capacity ^[2]

Notes

1. Wilson 1985, pp. 61–98.
2. Wilson 1985, pp. 62.

References

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC   154283103.