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.
The following ministers held the office of Minister of Lands. [1]
Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
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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 | ||||
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