Minister of Electricity (New Zealand)
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The Minister of Electricity was a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the New Zealand Electricity Department.
History
The First Labour Government enacted the Electricity Act 1945 which split the hydro-electric branch of the Works Department would be constituted as a separate organisation. Additionally a Minister-in-Charge was to be made responsible for the administration of both the Act and the newly established State Hydro-electric Department.[1] In 1958 the Second Labour Government passed the Electricity Amendment Act which established a dedicated Electricity portfolio as a full cabinet level role, whose minister was responsible for the administration of the Electricity Act and accountability for the New Zealand Electricity Department (superseding the State Hydro-electric Department). In 1978 the Electricity portfolio was abolished and its responsibilities were transferred to the Minister of Energy after the Third National Government passed the Ministry of Energy Act 1977.
List of ministers
The following ministers held the office of Minister of Electricity.[2]
- Key
See also
Notes
- ^ "New Department - Hydro-Electricity". Auckland Star. Vol. LXXVI, no. 284. 30 November 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–95.
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
