Minister of Works (New Zealand)

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

List of ministers

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

Key

Independent Liberal Reform United Labour National

	Name	Term of Office
1	William Gisborne	27 September 1870	2 December 1871	Fox
2	John Davies Ormond	2 December 1871	10 September 1872	Fox
3	Thomas Gillies	10 September 1872	11 October 1872	Stafford
(2)	John Davies Ormond	11 October 1872	29 October 1872	Waterhouse
4	Edward Richardson	29 October 1872	4 January 1877	Waterhouse
				Fox
				Vogel
				Pollen
				Vogel
				Atkinson
(2)	John Davies Ormond	4 January 1877	13 October 1877	Atkinson
5	William Larnach	13 October 1877	5 March 1878	Grey
6	James Macandrew	5 March 1878	8 October 1879	Grey
7	Richard Oliver	8 October 1879	31 May 1880	Hall
8	Walter Woods Johnston	21 April 1882	23 November 1883	Whitaker
9	Edwin Mitchelson	23 November 1883	16 August 1884	Whitaker
9	Edwin Mitchelson	23 November 1883	16 August 1884	Atkinson
(4)	Edward Richardson	16 August 1884	28 August 1884	Stout
(9)	Edwin Mitchelson	28 August 1884	3 September 1884	Atkinson
(4)	Edward Richardson	3 September 1884	8 October 1887	Stout
(9)	Edwin Mitchelson	11 October 1887	17 October 1889	Atkinson
10	Thomas Fergus	17 October 1889	24 January 1891	Atkinson
11	Richard Seddon	24 January 1891	2 March 1896	Ballance
11	Richard Seddon	24 January 1891	2 March 1896	Seddon
12	William Hall-Jones	2 March 1896	30 November 1908	Seddon
				Hall-Jones
				Ward
13	Roderick McKenzie	6 January 1909	28 March 1912	Ward
14	William MacDonald	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
15	William Fraser	10 July 1912	3 April 1920	Massey
16	Gordon Coates	3 April 1920	12 June 1926	Massey
				Bell
				Coates
17	Kenneth Williams	12 June 1926	10 December 1928	Coates
18	Alfred Ransom	10 December 1928	28 May 1930	Ward
19	William Taverner	28 May 1930	22 September 1931	Forbes
(16)	Gordon Coates	22 September 1931	10 April 1933
20	John Bitchener	10 April 1933	6 December 1935
21	Bob Semple	6 December 1935	21 January 1941	Savage
21	Bob Semple	6 December 1935	21 January 1941	Fraser
22	Tim Armstrong	21 January 1941	8 November 1942
(21)	Bob Semple	8 November 1942	13 December 1949
23	Stan Goosman	13 December 1949	12 December 1957	Holland
23	Stan Goosman	13 December 1949	12 December 1957	Holyoake
24	Hugh Watt	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
(23)	Stan Goosman	12 December 1960	20 December 1963	Holyoake
25	Percy Allen	20 December 1963	8 December 1972	Holyoake
25	Percy Allen	20 December 1963	8 December 1972	Marshall
(24)	Hugh Watt	8 December 1972	29 August 1974	Kirk
26	Arthur Faulkner	29 August 1974	10 September 1974	Kirk
(24)	Hugh Watt	10 September 1974	13 March 1975	Rowling
27	Mick Connelly	13 March 1975	12 December 1975	Rowling
28	Bill Young	12 December 1975	11 December 1981	Muldoon
29	Derek Quigley	11 December 1981	15 June 1982
30	Tony Friedlander	15 June 1982	26 July 1984
31	Fraser Colman	26 July 1984	15 August 1987	Lange
32	Richard Prebble	15 August 1987	8 November 1988
33	Bill Jeffries	8 November 1988	9 February 1990
33	Bill Jeffries	8 November 1988	9 February 1990	Palmer
34	Peter Neilson	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Palmer
34	Peter Neilson	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Moore
35	Doug Kidd	2 November 1990	3 October 1991	Bolger
36	Maurice McTigue	3 October 1991	1 July 1993
37	Wyatt Creech	1 July 1993	21 December 1993

Notes

↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 63–98.

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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.

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