Minister of Lands (New Zealand)

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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.

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List of ministers

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

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   Independent    Liberal    Reform    United    Labour    National

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 Henry Tancred Henry John Tancred 1882.jpg 19 August 185812 July 1861 Stafford
2 William Gisborne William Gisborne, circa 1895.jpg 2 August 18616 August 1862 Fox
3 Walter Mantell Walter Mantell.jpeg 6 August 186221 August 1862 Domett
4 Alfred Domett Alfred Domett c1870-1887.jpg 22 August 186230 October 1863
5 Thomas Gillies Thomas Gillies.jpg 30 October 186313 January 1864 Whitaker
(4) Alfred Domett [nb 1] Alfred Domett c1870-1887.jpg 13 January 186424 November 1864
Office not in use
6 William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert.jpg 10 September 187211 October 1872 Stafford
7 Maurice O'Rorke George Maurice O'Rorke.jpg 11 October 187213 August 1874 Waterhouse
Fox
Vogel
8 Harry Atkinson Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg 7 September 18741 September 1876
Pollen
Vogel
9 John Davies Ormond John Davies Ormond.jpg 1 September 187613 September 1876 Atkinson
(8) Harry Atkinson Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg 13 September 18764 January 1877
10 Donald Reid No image.png 4 January 187713 October 1877
11 James Macandrew James Macandrew.jpg 15 October 187725 July 1878 Grey
12 Robert Stout Robert Stout, 1885.jpg 25 July 187825 June 1879
13 William Gisborne William Gisborne, circa 1895.jpg 25 June 187915 July 1879
14 James William Thomson No image.png 15 July 18798 October 1879
15 William Rolleston William Rolleston (cropped).jpg 8 October 187916 August 1884 Hall
Whitaker
Atkinson
(11) James Macandrew James Macandrew.jpg 16 August 188428 August 1884 Stout
16 Richmond Hursthouse Richmond Hursthouse, ca 1876.jpg 28 August 18843 September 1884 Atkinson
17 John Ballance John Ballance 1880.jpg 3 September 18848 October 1887 Stout
18 George Richardson George Richardson New Zealand politician.jpg 8 October 188724 January 1891 Atkinson
19 John McKenzie John McKenzie 1900.jpg 24 January 189127 June 1900 Ballance
Seddon
20 Thomas Young Duncan Thomas Young Duncan.jpg 2 July 19006 August 1906
Hall-Jones
21 Robert McNab Robert McNab (1908).jpg 6 August 190630 November 1908 Ward
22 Joseph Ward Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg 1 December 190828 March 1912
23 Thomas Mackenzie Thomas Mackenzie.jpg 28 March 191210 July 1912 Mackenzie
24 William Massey William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg 10 July 191227 February 1918 Massey
25 David Guthrie David Guthrie.jpg 27 February 191825 June 1924
26 Alex McLeod Alexander Donald McLeod (crop).jpg 25 June 192428 November 1928
Bell
Coates
27 Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams (crop).jpg 28 November 192810 December 1928
28 George Forbes George William Forbes.jpg 10 December 192828 May 1930 Ward
29 Alfred Ransom Alfred Ransom.jpg 28 May 19306 December 1935 Forbes
30 Frank Langstone Frank Langstone.jpg 6 December 193521 December 1942 Savage
Fraser
31 Jim Barclay James Gillespie Barclay.jpg 7 July 194318 October 1943
32 Jerry Skinner Jerry Skinner.jpg 29 October 194326 November 1949
33 Ernest Corbett Ernest Corbett.jpg 13 December 194926 September 1957 Holland
34 Geoff Gerard Geoff Gerard.jpg 26 September 195712 December 1957
Holyoake
(32) Jerry Skinner Jerry Skinner.jpg 12 December 195712 December 1960 Nash
(34) Geoff Gerard Geoff Gerard.jpg 12 December 196012 December 1966 Holyoake
35 Duncan MacIntyre Duncan MacIntyre Greg Tate (crop).jpg 12 December 19668 December 1972
Marshall
36 Matiu Rata Matiu Rata.jpg 8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
37 Venn Young No image.png 12 December 197511 December 1981 Muldoon
38 Jonathan Elworthy No image.png 11 December 198126 July 1984
39 Koro Wētere Koro Wetere.jpg 26 July 198416 September 1987 Lange
40 Peter Tapsell Peter Tapsell (cropped).jpg 16 September 19872 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
41 Rob Storey No image.png 2 November 19902 November 1993 Bolger
42 Denis Marshall No image.png 2 November 199310 December 1996
43 John Luxton John Luxton (cropped).jpg 10 December 199631 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.

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