Minister of Works (New Zealand)

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The Minister of Works was a former ministerial position in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Ministry of Works and Development.

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List of ministers

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

Key

   Independent    Liberal    Reform    United    Labour    National

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 William Gisborne William Gisborne, circa 1895.jpg 27 September 18702 December 1871 Fox
2 John Davies Ormond John Davies Ormond.jpg 2 December 187110 September 1872
3 Thomas Gillies Thomas Gillies.jpg 10 September 187211 October 1872 Stafford
(2) John Davies Ormond John Davies Ormond.jpg 11 October 187229 October 1872 Waterhouse
4 Edward Richardson Edward Richardson, 1894.jpg 29 October 18724 January 1877
Fox
Vogel
Pollen
Vogel
Atkinson
(2) John Davies Ormond John Davies Ormond.jpg 4 January 187713 October 1877
5 William Larnach William Larnach, 1890.jpg 13 October 18775 March 1878 Grey
6 James Macandrew James Macandrew.jpg 5 March 18788 October 1879
7 Richard Oliver Richard Oliver, 1882.jpg 8 October 187931 May 1880 Hall
8 Walter Woods Johnston No image.png 21 April 188223 November 1883 Whitaker
9 Edwin Mitchelson Edwin Mitchelson.jpg 23 November 188316 August 1884
Atkinson
(4) Edward Richardson Edward Richardson, 1894.jpg 16 August 188428 August 1884 Stout
(9) Edwin Mitchelson Edwin Mitchelson.jpg 28 August 18843 September 1884 Atkinson
(4) Edward Richardson Edward Richardson, 1894.jpg 3 September 18848 October 1887 Stout
(9) Edwin Mitchelson Edwin Mitchelson.jpg 11 October 188717 October 1889 Atkinson
10 Thomas Fergus Thomas Fergus, NZETC.jpg 17 October 188924 January 1891
11 Richard Seddon Richard Seddon, 1906.jpg 24 January 18912 March 1896 Ballance
Seddon
12 William Hall-Jones William Hall-Jones 2.jpg 2 March 189630 November 1908
Hall-Jones
Ward
13 Roderick McKenzie Roderick McKenzie 1900's.jpg 6 January 190928 March 1912
14 William MacDonald William Donald Stuart Macdonald, circa 1910.jpg 28 March 191210 July 1912 Mackenzie
15 William Fraser William Fraser MP.jpg 10 July 19123 April 1920 Massey
16 Gordon Coates Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg 3 April 192012 June 1926
Bell
Coates
17 Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams (crop).jpg 12 June 192610 December 1928
18 Alfred Ransom Alfred Ransom.jpg 10 December 192828 May 1930 Ward
19 William Taverner William Burgoyne Taverner.jpg 28 May 193022 September 1931 Forbes
(16) Gordon Coates Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg 22 September 193110 April 1933
20 John Bitchener John Bitchener.jpg 10 April 19336 December 1935
21 Bob Semple Bob Semple, 1935.jpg 6 December 193521 January 1941 Savage
Fraser
22 Tim Armstrong Tim Armstrong 1935.jpg 21 January 19418 November 1942
(21) Bob Semple Bob Semple, 1935.jpg 8 November 194213 December 1949
23 Stan Goosman Stan Goosman.jpg 13 December 194912 December 1957 Holland
Holyoake
24 Hugh Watt Hugh Watt, 1951 (1).jpg 12 December 195712 December 1960 Nash
(23) Stan Goosman Stan Goosman.jpg 12 December 196020 December 1963 Holyoake
25 Percy Allen Percy Allen.jpg 20 December 19638 December 1972
Marshall
(24) Hugh Watt Hugh Watt, 1951 (1).jpg 8 December 197229 August 1974 Kirk
26 Arthur Faulkner Arthur Faulkner, 1951 (1).jpg 29 August 197410 September 1974
(24) Hugh Watt Hugh Watt, 1951 (1).jpg 10 September 197413 March 1975 Rowling
27 Mick Connelly Mick Connelly MP.jpg 13 March 197512 December 1975
28 Bill Young Bill Young.jpg 12 December 197511 December 1981 Muldoon
29 Derek Quigley Derek Quigley.png 11 December 198115 June 1982
30 Tony Friedlander No image.png 15 June 198226 July 1984
31 Fraser Colman Fraser Colman.jpg 26 July 198415 August 1987 Lange
32 Richard Prebble Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg 15 August 19878 November 1988
33 Bill Jeffries Bill Jeffries.jpg 8 November 19889 February 1990
Palmer
34 Peter Neilson Peter Neilson, 1986.jpg 9 February 19902 November 1990
Moore
35 Doug Kidd Doug Kidd 2014 (cropped).jpg 2 November 19903 October 1991 Bolger
36 Maurice McTigue No image.png 3 October 19911 July 1993
37 Wyatt Creech Wyatt Creech, 1998.jpg 1 July 199321 December 1993

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, pp. 63–98.

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