Minister of Trade and Industry (New Zealand)

The Minister of Trade and Industry in New Zealand is a former cabinet position (existing from 1972 to 1989) appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of matters of industrial and commercial growth and trade. In 1972 it was created, superseding the precious office of Minister of Industries and Commerce, but was distinct from the separate post of Minister of Overseas Trade. In 1989 the Trade and Industry portfolio was absorbed by the Minister of Commerce.

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Trade and Industry.

Key

  National   Labour

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	1	Brian Talboys		24 October 1972	8 December 1972	width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Marshall
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	2	Warren Freer		8 December 1972	12 December 1975	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Kirk
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	3	Lance Adams-Schneider		12 December 1975	11 December 1981	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Muldoon
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	4	Hugh Templeton		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	5	David Caygill		26 July 1984	10 October 1988	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Lange
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	6	David Butcher		10 October 1988	11 July 1989

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.