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Minister of Employment of New Zealand
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Incumbent
Willie Jackson
since 26 October 2017
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation22 September 1931
First holderGordon Coates
Salary$288,900[1]
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The Minister of Employment is a cabinet portfolio in New Zealand which was first established in 1931 and was in use until 1938 before being used in several separate increments. It was revived from 1946 to 1954 and was again reconstituted in 1984.[2]

The current minister is Willie Jackson.[3]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Employment.[2]

Key

  Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"| 1 Gordon Coates 22 September 1931 20 January 1933 width=3 rowspan=4 style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"| Forbes
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"| 2 Adam Hamilton 20 January 1933 26 July 1934
style="background:Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"| - Alexander Young
Acting Minister 		26 July 1934 8 April 1935
style="background:Template:United Party (New Zealand)/meta/color"| 3 Sydney Smith 8 April 1935 6 December 1935
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 4 Tim Armstrong 6 December 1935 13 December 1938 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Savage
Office not in use
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 5 Peter Fraser 28 March 1946 19 December 1946 width=1 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Fraser
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 6 Angus McLagan 19 December 1946 13 December 1949
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 7 Bill Sullivan 13 December 1949 31 October 1954 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Holland
Office not in use
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 8 Kerry Burke 26 July 1984 6 April 1987 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Lange
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 9 Phil Goff 6 April 1987 14 August 1989
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Palmer
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 10 Annette King 14 August 1989 2 November 1990
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 11 Maurice McTigue 2 November 1990 1 July 1993 rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 12 Denis Marshall 1 July 1993 2 March 1994
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 13 Wyatt Creech 2 March 1994 16 December 1996
style="background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"| 14 Peter McCardle 16 December 1996 31 August 1998
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 15 Roger Sowry 31 August 1998 10 December 1999 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Shipley
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 16 Steve Maharey 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 17 Ruth Dyson 19 October 2005 19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 18 Paula Bennett 19 November 2008 27 January 2010 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Key
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 19 Steven Joyce 27 January 2010 20 December 2016
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| English
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 20 Paul Goldsmith 20 December 2016 26 October 2017
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 21 Willie Jackson 26 October 2017 present style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Ardern

Notes

  1. ^ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf
  2. ^ a b Wilson 1985, pp. 83–86, 98.
  3. ^ "Term Pages | Beehive.govt.nz". The Beehive. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

References

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V R Ward, Government Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1 877133 00 0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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