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.

List of ministers

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

Key

  Independent  Liberal  Reform  United  Labour  National

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1Henry Tancred 19 August 185812 July 1861Stafford
2William Gisborne 2 August 18616 August 1862Fox
3Walter Mantell 6 August 186221 August 1862Domett
4Alfred Domett 22 August 186230 October 1863
5Thomas Gillies 30 October 186313 January 1864Whitaker
(4)Alfred Domett[nb 1] 13 January 186424 November 1864
Office not in use
6William Fitzherbert 10 September 187211 October 1872Stafford
7Maurice O'Rorke 11 October 187213 August 1874Waterhouse
Fox
Vogel
8Harry Atkinson 7 September 18741 September 1876
Pollen
Vogel
9John Davies Ormond 1 September 187613 September 1876Atkinson
(8)Harry Atkinson 13 September 18764 January 1877
10Donald Reid 4 January 187713 October 1877
11James Macandrew 15 October 187725 July 1878Grey
12Robert Stout 25 July 187825 June 1879
13William Gisborne 25 June 187915 July 1879
14James William Thomson 15 July 18798 October 1879
15William Rolleston 8 October 187916 August 1884Hall
Whitaker
Atkinson
(11)James Macandrew 16 August 188428 August 1884Stout
16Richmond Hursthouse 28 August 18843 September 1884Atkinson
17John Ballance 3 September 18848 October 1887Stout
18George Richardson 8 October 188724 January 1891Atkinson
19John McKenzie 24 January 189127 June 1900Ballance
Seddon
20Thomas Young Duncan 2 July 19006 August 1906
Hall-Jones
21Robert McNab 6 August 190630 November 1908Ward
22Joseph Ward 1 December 190828 March 1912
23Thomas Mackenzie 28 March 191210 July 1912Mackenzie
24William Massey 10 July 191227 February 1918Massey
25David Guthrie 27 February 191825 June 1924
26Alex McLeod 25 June 192428 November 1928
Bell
Coates
27Kenneth Williams 28 November 192810 December 1928
28George Forbes 10 December 192828 May 1930Ward
29Alfred Ransom 28 May 19306 December 1935Forbes
30Frank Langstone 6 December 193521 December 1942Savage
Fraser
31Jim Barclay 7 July 194318 October 1943
32Jerry Skinner 29 October 194326 November 1949
33Ernest Corbett 13 December 194926 September 1957Holland
34Geoff Gerard 26 September 195712 December 1957
Holyoake
(32)Jerry Skinner 12 December 195712 December 1960Nash
(34)Geoff Gerard 12 December 196012 December 1966Holyoake
35Duncan MacIntyre 12 December 19668 December 1972
Marshall
36Matiu Rata 8 December 197212 December 1975Kirk
Rowling
37Venn Young 12 December 197511 December 1981Muldoon
38Jonathan Elworthy 11 December 198126 July 1984
39Koro Wētere 26 July 198416 September 1987Lange
40Peter Tapsell 16 September 19872 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
41Rob Storey 2 November 19902 November 1993Bolger
42Denis Marshall 2 November 199310 December 1996
43John Luxton 10 December 199631 August 1998

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Notes

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.