Minister of Labour (New Zealand)

The Minister of Labour was the minister in the government responsible for the Department of Labour. The portfolio was established in 1892, a year after the Department of Labour was formed, and was abolished on 1 July 2012, when it was replaced by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Today, the duties of the Minister of Labour are assumed by the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety.

Office-holders

The following MPs have held the office of Minister of Labour:

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	1	William Pember Reeves		31 May 1892	10 January 1896	width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color;"|	Ballance
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|						style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color;"|	Seddon
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color;"|	2	Richard Seddon		10 January 1896	10 June 1906	style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color;"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	3	William Hall-Jones		21 June 1906	6 August 1906	style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Hall-Jones
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	4	John A. Millar		6 August 1906	6 January 1909	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Ward
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	5	Alexander Hogg		6 January 1909	17 June 1909
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	(4)	John A. Millar		17 June 1909	28 March 1912
style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	6	George Laurenson		28 March 1912	10 July 1912	style="background:Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color"|	Mackenzie
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	7	William Massey		10 July 1912	14 May 1920	rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	Massey
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	8	William Herries		17 May 1920	7 February 1921
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	9	George Anderson		1 March 1921	26 November 1928	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|						Bell
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|						Coates
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	10	Robert Alexander Wright		28 November 1928	10 December 1928		style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	11	Bill Veitch		10 December 1928	28 May 1930	style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	Ward
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	12	Sydney Smith		28 May 1930	22 September 1931	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"|	Forbes
style="background:Template:New Zealand Reform Party/meta/color"|	13	Adam Hamilton		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	14	Tim Armstrong		6 December 1935	13 December 1938	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	Savage
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	Fraser
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	15	Paddy Webb		13 December 1938	27 June 1946	rowspan=3 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	16	James O'Brien		27 June 1946	19 December 1946
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	17	Angus McLagan		19 December 1946	12 December 1949
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	18	Bill Sullivan		13 December 1949	13 February 1957	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holland
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	19	John McAlpine		13 February 1957	12 December 1957
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	20	Fred Hackett		12 December 1957	12 December 1960	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Nash
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	21	Tom Shand		12 December 1960	11 December 1969	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Holyoake
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	22	Jack Marshall		12 December 1969	7 February 1972
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	23	David Thomson		7 February 1972	8 December 1972	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Marshall
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	24	Hugh Watt		8 December 1972	10 September 1974	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Kirk
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	25	Arthur Faulkner		10 September 1974	12 December 1975	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	26	Peter Gordon		12 December 1975	13 December 1978	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Muldoon
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	27	Jim Bolger		13 December 1978	26 July 1984
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	28	Stan Rodger		26 July 1984	8 August 1989	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Lange
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	29	Helen Clark		4 August 1989	2 November 1990	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Palmer
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	30	Bill Birch		2 November 1990	3 October 1991	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	31	Maurice McTigue		27 March 1993	21 December 1993
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	32	Doug Kidd		21 December 1993	16 December 1996
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	33	Max Bradford		16 December 1996	5 December 1999
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Shipley
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	34	Margaret Wilson		5 December 1999	26 February 2004	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	35	Paul Swain		26 February 2004	19 October 2005
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	36	Ruth Dyson		19 October 2005	5 November 2007
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	37	Trevor Mallard		5 November 2007	19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	38	Kate Wilkinson		19 November 2008	6 November 2012	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Key
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|		Chris Finlayson Acting Minister		6 November 2012	31 January 2013
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	39	Simon Bridges		31 January 2013	6 October 2014

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)